User-Cats Manager vs Simple Membership Form Shortcode

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

Health D41

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Simple Membership Form Shortcode moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	User-Cats Manager	Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-33%
Overall health	—	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.06★ ✓
Reviews	0	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	18.2y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	397 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	5.0% ✓
Category	Login & Users	Membership

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

Release activity

User-Cats ManagerSimple Membership Form Shortcode

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.