System Update Exporter vs MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management

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

System Update Exporter

by Umbradev

Health B80

MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management

by mainwp

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

System Update Exporter MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	System Update Exporter	MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+600% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 80	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.93★ ✓
Reviews	0	2,348 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	100/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	103	38.8K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Security

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

Release activity

System Update Exporter MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management

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.