Smart Send vs DEPRECATED

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

Smart Send is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 69 for DEPRECATED, led by stronger maintenance.

Smart Send

by SmartSend

Health A86

DEPRECATED

by Shipmondo

Health C69

Active-install trajectory

Smart SendDEPRECATED

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	Smart Send	DEPRECATED
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	4K–5K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+233% ✓	-33%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	C · 69
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	74/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	63/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	3.5★
Reviews	5	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	377	870 ✓
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.	+163%	+11%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Smart SendDEPRECATED

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.