SAR Friendly SMTP vs SMTP Mailer

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

SAR Friendly SMTP

by Samuel Aguilera

Health A88

SMTP Mailer

by Noor Alam

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

SAR Friendly SMTP SMTP Mailer

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	SAR Friendly SMTP	SMTP Mailer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.48★ ✓	4.45★
Reviews	46	67 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	311	32.6K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

SAR Friendly SMTP SMTP Mailer

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.