← Compare

Restrict Email Domains vs Classic Editor

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

Classic Editor is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 43 for Restrict Email Domains, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Restrict Email DomainsClassic Editor

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	Restrict Email Domains	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30–40	8M–9M ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-40%	-11% ✓
Overall health	D · 43	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	91/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	70/100	98/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	1	1,251 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	42/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.2y ago	5mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	73	805.2K ✓
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.	+26%	+15%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	8.5% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Blocks

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

Release activity

Restrict Email DomainsClassic Editor

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.