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Email Validation Filter for Contact Form 7 vs Mailgun Email Validator

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

Mailgun Email Validator is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Mailgun Email Validator moved down one install band, 60+ to 50+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Email Validation Filter for Contact Form 7	Mailgun Email Validator
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300 ✓	50–60
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	60+ → 50+
Overall health	—	D · 45 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	31/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	76/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.0★ ✓
Reviews	0	25 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100 ✓	44/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.8y ago ✓	9.0y ago
Downloads, last 30d	124 ✓	86
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.	+19%	+39%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	6.1% ✓	0.4%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Email Validation Filter for Contact Form 7Mailgun Email Validator

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.