Simple Membership Menu vs Simple Membership

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health D44

Health A95

Active-install trajectory

Simple Membership Menu moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. 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 Menu	Simple Membership
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	40K–50K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	94/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	5	476 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.1y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	89	70K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	1.1% ✓
Category	Membership	Membership

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Simple Membership MenuSimple Membership

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.