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WP Email Debug vs Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer

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

Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 63 for WP Email Debug, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

WP Email DebugKadence WooCommerce Email Designer

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	WP Email Debug	Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-13%	-10% ✓
Overall health	C · 63	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	46/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	2	142 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.4y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	264	17.2K ✓
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.	-3%	+35%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	3.8% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

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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.