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Newsletter vs Hustle

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

Hustle is the safest pick: health A · 95 against 47 for Newsletter, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Hustle moved down one install band, 90K+ to 80K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Newsletter	Hustle
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	80K–90K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-11%
Overall health	D · 47	A · 95 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	4	859 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.1y ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	67	88K ✓
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.	+12%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.1%	1.6% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

NewsletterHustle

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.