Subscription System vs User Registration & Membership

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

Health B80

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

User Registration & Membership moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Subscription System	User Registration & Membership
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-17% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	832 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	17d ago
Downloads · 30d	326	67.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	1.1% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Membership

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

Release activity

Subscription SystemUser Registration & 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.