Simple Membership Custom Messages vs Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Simple Membership Custom Messages and Simple Membership Form Shortcode are close on health (A · 86 vs B · 84), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.
Simple Membership Form Shortcode moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
Metric
Simple Membership Custom Messages
Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Active installsModeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.
7K–8K ✓
2K–3K
Active installs, change over ~6 monthsCompares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.
Stable ✓
3K+ → 2K+
Overall health
A · 86 ✓
B · 84
MaintenanceHow recently the plugin was updated.
100/100
100/100
Rating qualityVolume-adjusted review quality.
80/100 ✓
76/100
SupportShare of forum threads marked resolved.
70/100
70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)
4.2★ ✓
4.1★
Reviews
4 ✓
2
Ranking optimizationHow well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.
89/100
89/100
Removal riskMaintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.
Low
Low
Last updated
3mo ago
3mo ago
Downloads, last 30d
914 ✓
801
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30dDips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.
+42%
+51%
Install conversionActive installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.
6.0% ✓
4.9%
Category
Membership
Membership
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
Simple Membership Custom MessagesSimple Membership Form Shortcode
7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.