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WP Mail From II vs Change Mail Sender

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

Change Mail Sender is the safest pick: health C · 60 against 51 for WP Mail From II, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	WP Mail From II	Change Mail Sender
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	5K–6K	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	D · 51	C · 60 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	37/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100 ✓	80/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	4.2★
Reviews	23 ✓	18
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	48/100	70/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	5.9y ago	1.6y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	505	952 ✓
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.	+49%	+31%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.1%	10% ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

WP Mail From IIChange Mail Sender

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.