Subscribe2: stats, alternatives & is it maintained?

Maintenance check

Is Subscribe2 still maintained?

Mostly - but at least one sign below is worth checking before you rely on it.

Updated recently. The last release was 1 month ago.
Slightly behind on testing. Tested up to 7.0.8, while current plugins are tested on 7.1.
Mixed ratings. 3.5 out of 5 from 116 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 95.5% of the directory

Ahead of 45,575 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

95.5% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

45,575 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

2,158 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

How to read that

The directory rounds install counts hard and publishes them as bands, so two plugins showing the same number are not necessarily level. The percentile is computed over the plugins that report a count at all, which excludes the quarter of the directory sitting on the reporting floor.

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