Email Auth vs WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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

Health A85

Health A94

Active-install trajectory

Email Auth moved up one install band, 100+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Email Auth	WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	4M–5M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 85	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	79/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	4	5,210 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	78/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	15d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	212	5.4M ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.6% ✓	4.4%
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Email AuthWP 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.