Email Address Encoder vs Zero Spam for WordPress

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

Email Address Encoder

by Till Krüss

Health B83

Zero Spam for WordPress

by Ben Marshall

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Email Address Encoder Zero Spam for WordPress

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	Email Address Encoder	Zero Spam for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 83 ✓	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	94/100 ✓	90/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★ ✓	4.10★
Reviews	160 ✓	143
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads · 30d	8.3K ✓	2.0K
Category	Blocks	Security

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

Release activity

Email Address Encoder Zero Spam for WordPress

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.