Mail Subscribe List vs MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress

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

Mail Subscribe List

by Richard Leishman

Health D50

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress

by Danny van Kooten

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Mail Subscribe List MC4WP: Mailchimp 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	Mail Subscribe List	MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 50	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.30★	4.79★ ✓
Reviews	60	1,497 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.1y ago	9d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	289	728.4K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Mail Subscribe List MC4WP: Mailchimp 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.