Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability vs WP Mail Logging

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

Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability

by Nicolas Verlhiac

Health B83

WP Mail Logging

by Syed Balkhi

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability WP Mail Logging

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	Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability	WP Mail Logging
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	0%
Overall health	B · 83	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	86/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.71★ ✓
Reviews	1	365 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads · 30d	566	82.7K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability WP Mail Logging

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.