underConstruction vs Ultimate Under Construction

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

underConstruction

by Garrett Grimm

Health C55

Ultimate Under Construction

by Mike Morrow

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

underConstruction Ultimate Under Construction

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	underConstruction	Ultimate Under Construction
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	C · 55 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	17/100	28/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	61/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.43★ ✓	3.44★
Reviews	111 ✓	15
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	70/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.5y ago	1.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.4K ✓	204
Category	Security	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

underConstruction Ultimate Under Construction

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.