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ZeroBounce Email Verification & Validation vs Clearout Email Validator

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

Active-install trajectory

ZeroBounce Email Verification & Validation moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+; Clearout Email Validator moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric ZeroBounce Email Verification & Validation Clearout Email Validator
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 900–1K ✓ 500–600
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window. -10% ✓ -17%
Overall health A · 85 ✓ B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. 78/100 ✓ 76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. 70/100 70/100
Rating (weighted for review count) 4.1★ ✓ 4.0★
Reviews 4 13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 89/100 92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 2d ago ✓ 9d ago
Downloads · 30d 668 ✓ 577
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 5.9% ✓ 1.4%
Category Email & Marketing eCommerce

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

Release activity

ZeroBounce Email Verification & ValidationClearout Email Validator

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.