PDF Password Protect vs Email Encoder

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

Health B83

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

PDF Password Protect moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	PDF Password Protect	Email Encoder
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 83	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	1	94 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	300	17.7K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.2%	3.9% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Security

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

Release activity

PDF Password ProtectEmail Encoder

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.