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MailerSend vs Mailchimp for WooCommerce

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

Mailchimp for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 76 for MailerSend, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

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

Metric	MailerSend	Mailchimp for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	200+ → 100+	Stable ✓
Overall health	B · 76	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	88/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	66/100	74/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.0★ ✓
Reviews	5	726 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	179	46.5K ✓
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.	+29%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4% ✓	0.8%
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

MailerSendMailchimp for WooCommerce

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.