Title: WordPress plugins and active installations
Last modified: September 7, 2023

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# WordPress plugins and active installations

 *  [Beyrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyrone/)
 * (@beyrone)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugins-and-active-installations/)
 * When plugins are installed via Composer for example by using wpackagist, do their
   downloads account towards the “active installations” on a plugin page?
   We’ve 
   been using a plugin quite alot but it has not raised the number at all, which
   makes me wonder if the “active installations” is a presentational number for 
   plugins which are mostly installed through Composer…
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [Beyrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyrone/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [Beyrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyrone/).

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 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugins-and-active-installations/#post-17034135)
 * Download counts do not affect active installs at all. Only active installations
   of plugins count.
 * Active installations depend on whether the plugin is checking for updates against
   the API here at WordPress.org. As long as the version from Packagist is the same
   version of the plugin hosted in the plugin directory and doesn’t have code blocking
   the check for updates, it should be counted the same.
 *  Thread Starter [Beyrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyrone/)
 * (@beyrone)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugins-and-active-installations/#post-17034153)
 * Hi Justin, thanks for your reply and the explanation.
   Sorry I meant active installs
   there.

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 * Last reply from: [Beyrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beyrone/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugins-and-active-installations/#post-17034153)
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