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Error Monitor & Notifier vs Fatal Error Notify

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

Fatal Error Notify is the safest pick: health B · 78 against 61 for Error Monitor & Notifier, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Error Monitor & Notifier moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Error Monitor & Notifier	Fatal Error Notify
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	6K–7K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+100% ✓	Stable
Overall health	C · 61	B · 78 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	43/100	76/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	1	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	44	1.1K ✓
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.	0%	+48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5%	6.3% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Error Monitor & NotifierFatal Error Notify

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.