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MailOptin vs CM Pop-Up

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

MailOptin is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 80 for CM Pop-Up, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

MailOptin moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+; CM Pop-Up moved down one install band, 9K+ to 8K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric MailOptin CM Pop-Up
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10K–20K ✓ 8K–9K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 20K+ → 10K+ -11% ✓
Overall health A · 91 ✓ B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 95/100 ✓ 65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.8★ ✓ 3.6★
Reviews 438 ✓ 13
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 99/100 ✓ 92/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 24d ago 24d ago
Downloads, last 30d 24.8K ✓ 5.5K
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. +64% +135%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.4% 1.5% ✓
Category Email & Marketing Page Builders

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

Release activity

MailOptinCM Pop-Up

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.