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Easily integrate SendGrid with your WordPress site vs Connect SendGrid for Emails

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

Connect SendGrid for Emails is the safest pick: health D · 53 against 45 for Easily integrate SendGrid with your WordPress site, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Easily integrate SendGrid with your WordPress siteConnect SendGrid for Emails

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	Easily integrate SendGrid with your WordPress site	Connect SendGrid for Emails
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	800–900 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-29%	900+ → 800+ ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	21/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	40/100	58/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	3.9y ago	2.2y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	77	271 ✓
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.	-7%	+33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	4.8% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Easily integrate SendGrid with your WordPress siteConnect SendGrid for Emails

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.