BlackSwan vs CM E-Mail Blacklist

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

BlackSwan

by BlackSwanDev

Health B81

CM E-Mail Blacklist

by CreativeMindsSolutions

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

BlackSwan CM 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.	30–40	800–900 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+200% ✓	-11%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100	99/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	79/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.14★ ✓
Reviews	1	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	91	591 ✓
Category	Performance	Security

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

Release activity

BlackSwan CM 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.