Visitor Mailer vs Connect Matomo

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

Visitor Mailer

by Conner Tolley

Health D45

Connect Matomo

by matomoteam

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Visitor Mailer Connect Matomo

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	Visitor Mailer	Connect Matomo
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.45★ ✓
Reviews	1	95 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	34/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.6y ago	27d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	52	61.3K ✓
Category	Analytics	Analytics

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

Release activity

Visitor Mailer Connect Matomo

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.