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Change Admin Email vs WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms and Change Admin Email are close on health (A · 94 vs A · 91). WP Mail SMTP by WPForms has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Change Admin Email moved down one install band, 50K+ to 40K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Change Admin Email	WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K	4M–5M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	50K+ → 40K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 91	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	81/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.8★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	141	5,211 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	95/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	18d ago	16d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	32.2K	5.3M ✓
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.	-3%	+216%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.2% ✓	4.4%
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Change Admin EmailWP 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.