ELM: Make Simple Membership Sites Minus the Headache
by Ristretto Apps · Education
eLearning + Membership Features in an All-In-One Easy to Use Plugin
45 health vs 66 average across 169 Education plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2209 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 2.1K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.7y ago
latest release · v1.1
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,390 observations
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ atypicalalyssa6.7y ago
We have a team intranet site that we use internally and didn’t want to spend money and time with setting up some overly complicated membership plugin. This plugin is about as easy as they come when it comes to making a membership site. I’ve used a bunch of the big name membership plugins for WordPress, and I have to say that this was the easiest to set and get started with. It’s perfect for our simple company needs! The only thing it’s missing is PayPal integration so that we can take signups on the frontend of our websites if we decide to use this for some of our other membership projects. Right now it seems to only have a shortcode for putting a simple registration form on the frontend but for free memberships only. Hoping they’ll build something for taking payments soon! This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by atypicalalyssa.
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Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Membership 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tutor LMS Elementor Addons 30K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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