SMTP by BestWebSoft
by bestweblayout · Email & Marketing
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Configure SMTP server to receive email messages from WordPress to Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and other services.
66 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 443 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
406
now · peak 1.8K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.9
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,427 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles6 of the last 10 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zmeeloff6.4y ago
Целый день мучился с этими SMTP, работает только ваш. Спасибо!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ miaoz7.4y ago
I tried 3 of them and they all failed. Only it worked. No working plug-ins: 1.WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 2.Easy WP SMTP 3.WP SMTP
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kahanit9.9y ago
Works perfect as expected, keep it up!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dustyhale10.2y ago
Tried it with Google Apps and gmail settings. Settings correct but it doesn’t work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ weetrey10.2y ago
BEst simple SMTP for WP!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Knut Sparhell10.2y ago
Had a problem with submissions from Jetpack Contact Form being rejected as spam at the receiving server, because of two things combined: * Sender not in my domain * Sending IP-adresse not trusted as legal sender for the server because of dedicated IP on shared hosting * gmail.com or other free email service as Reply-To By sending to the local SMTP server using an default account, it worked again. Excellent plugin to work with and set up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SydneyT10.4y ago
Love this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sale1h10.7y ago
Excellent work successfully Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2025-03-07 CVE-2024-13908 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 1.2.0
- 2017-04-12 CVE-2017-18518 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.9 Patched in 1.1.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 121 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 97 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 2K+ → 1K+ down
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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SMTP Mailer 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gmail SMTP 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple SMTP 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
SmartSMTP 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B - S SMTP 700+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D
- Y Yandex Mail 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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