Subscribr
by Mindshare Labs, Inc. · Email & Marketing
Allows WordPress users to subscribe to notifications for new posts, pages, and custom types, filterable by taxonomies.
46 health vs 74 average across 360 Email & Marketing plugins
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3994 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 61
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-19 30+ → 20+ down after 364 days in band
- 2024-04-20 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-04-12 30+ → 40+ up after 67 days in band
- 2024-02-05 40+ → 30+ down after 98 days in band
- 2023-10-30 50+ → 40+ down after 22 days in band
- 2023-10-08 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
- 2023-10-02 50+ → 40+ down after 47 days in band
- 2023-08-16 40+ → 50+ up after 123 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
BlossomThemes Email Newsletter 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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