WPFrom Email vs Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)

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

WPFrom Email

by Manny Rodrigues

Health B75

Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)

by David Vongries

Health B76

Active-install trajectory

WPFrom Email Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)

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	WPFrom Email	Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	7K–8K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	B · 75	B · 76 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	80/100 ✓	75/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.19★ ✓
Reviews	1	68 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	73/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	8mo ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads · 30d	142	661 ✓
Category	Email & Marketing	Email & Marketing

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

Release activity

WPFrom Email Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)

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.