WordPress plugin comparison
Ultimate Member vs User Frontend
At a glance
- Ultimate Member has more active installs: 200K+, against 20K+ for User Frontend.
- On a typical day, Ultimate Member is downloaded about 3,799 times, User Frontend about 624.
- Ultimate Member is rated higher: 4.4 out of 5 from 1,445 reviews, against 4.1 from 537 reviews.
- Ultimate Member was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Oct 28, 2026 for User Frontend.
- Ultimate Member resolves more of its support threads: 67% in the last two months, against 50% for User Frontend.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- User Frontend has been around longer: since 2011, against 2015 for Ultimate Member.
Line by line
Ultimate Member leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Ultimate Member |  User Frontend |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #274 | #1,349 |
| Active installs | 200K+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 216.6K | 19.5K |
| Rating | 4.4(1.4K) | 4.1(537) |
| Support threads resolved | 67% | 50% |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×3.78 | ×1.14 |
| Last release | 7 days ago | 13 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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