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Publish Post Email Notification vs Post Status Notifications

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

Publish Post Email Notification is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 44 for Post Status Notifications, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Publish Post Email Notification moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Publish Post Email Notification	Post Status Notifications
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-17%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	7/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100 ✓	68/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	3	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100 ✓	52/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	7d ago ✓	3.2y ago
Downloads, last 30d	813 ✓	291
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.	+25%	+16%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.4%	3.2% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Publish Post Email NotificationPost Status Notifications

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.