WP Mail Gateway vs Send Emails with Mandrill

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

WP Mail Gateway

by Shaharia Azam

Health B79

Send Emails with Mandrill

by Matt Miller

Health B82

Active-install trajectory

WP Mail Gateway Send Emails with Mandrill

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 Mail Gateway	Send Emails with Mandrill
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-14%
Overall health	B · 79	B · 82 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	95/100 ✓	86/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.75★	4.43★ ✓
Reviews	5	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	70/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago ✓	7mo ago
Downloads · 30d	101	1.6K ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

WP Mail Gateway Send Emails with Mandrill

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.