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Simple newsletter vs Mail Subscribe List

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

Mail Subscribe List is the safest pick: health D · 49 against 45 for Simple newsletter, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Simple newsletter	Mail Subscribe List
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	3K–4K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 45	D · 49 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	7/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	1	60 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	56/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	7.8y ago	3.2y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	93	490 ✓
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.	-8%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.6% ✓	1.6%
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

Simple newsletterMail Subscribe List

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.