WP Essentials vs MainWP Child

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

Health D44

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

WP Essentials moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	WP Essentials	MainWP Child
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	700K–800K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	72/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	71 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.0y ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	58	1.5M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	1.4% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

WP EssentialsMainWP Child

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.