Email Essentials vs WP Mail Logging

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

Email Essentials

by Acato

Health B80

WP Mail Logging

by Syed Balkhi

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Email EssentialsWP 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	Email Essentials	WP Mail Logging
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	300K–400K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+300% ✓	0%
Overall health	—	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	0	375 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	20d ago
Downloads · 30d	443	349.5K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.6%	5.4% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Email EssentialsWP 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.