Change Admin Email vs WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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

Change Admin Email

by johndeebdd

Health A88

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

by Syed Balkhi

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

Change Admin Email WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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	Change Admin Email	WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50K–60K	4M–5M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	93/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	94/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.76★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	140	5,181 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	6.0K	647.8K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Change Admin Email WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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.