MailingBoss WP Plugin vs MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress

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

MailingBoss WP Plugin

by Builderall

Health D45

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress

by Danny van Kooten

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

MailingBoss WP PluginMC4WP: 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	MailingBoss WP Plugin	MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	1M–2M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-43%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	10/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.7★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,498 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.9y ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	138	383.6K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4% ✓	1.3%
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

MailingBoss WP PluginMC4WP: 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.