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 B76

Send Emails with Mandrill

by Matt Miller

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

WP Mail GatewaySend 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.	60–70	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	-14%
Overall health	B · 76	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	86/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	68/100	87/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	5	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	yesterday ✓
Downloads · 30d	488	5.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3%	2.2% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

WP Mail GatewaySend 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.