S/MIME Email Signing vs WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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

S/MIME Email Signing

by Liups233

Health C68

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

by Syed Balkhi

Health A97

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	S/MIME Email Signing	WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	4M–5M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 68	A · 97 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	62/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	91/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	1	5,185 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.0y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	23	640.5K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

S/MIME Email Signing WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

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.