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BlackSwan vs CM E-Mail Blacklist

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

CM E-Mail Blacklist is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 77 for BlackSwan, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

BlackSwanCM E-Mail Blacklist

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	BlackSwan	CM E-Mail Blacklist
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	700–800 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	-13%
Overall health	B · 77	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	84/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	23d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	103	1.2K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+4%	-17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.9% ✓	1.4%
Category	Performance	Security

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

Release activity

BlackSwanCM E-Mail Blacklist

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.