User Domain Whitelist vs Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration

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

User Domain Whitelist

by Warren Harrison

Health D45

Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration

by codicone

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

User Domain Whitelist Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration

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	User Domain Whitelist	Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400 ✓	40–50
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 45 ✓	D · 43
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	75/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.77★
Reviews	9 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	45/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	8.7y ago	4.7y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	122 ✓	57
Category	Login & Users	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

User Domain Whitelist Blacklist & Whitelist Domains for Registration

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.