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CPS vs Age Gate

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

Age Gate is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 82 for CPS, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

CPS moved down one install band, 900+ to 800+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	CPS	Age Gate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	40K–50K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-11%	Stable ✓
Overall health	B · 82	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	94/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	7	64 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	369	8.6K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+30%	+55%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1%	2.8% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

CPSAge Gate

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.