Mailgun Email Validator
by Jesin A · Security
Also makes 2 other plugins · 560+ installs across the portfolio →
Kick spam with a highly advanced email validation in comment forms, user registration and contact forms using Mailgun's Email validation service.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
50+
≈56 estimated
Momentum
+87%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “anti spam”, “comments” and “email validation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 66 average across 1,776 Security plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 11.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3262 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 25 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3262 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| comments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email validation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| spam your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| validation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “anti spam”, “comments” and “email validation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 89 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.9y ago
latest release · v1.2.4.1 · 25 Nov 2017
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 63% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, Jetpack.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,247 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "anti-spam", "comments" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 60+ → 50+ down after 181 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 70+ → 60+ down after 78 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 80+ → 70+ down after 188 days in tier
- 2025-03-28 90+ → 80+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2025-01-29 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-21 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-01-13 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Spam Destroyer 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Antispam 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B - P Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C
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