Change Mail Sender
by Syed Balkhi · Email & Marketing
Also makes 99 other plugins · 21.7M+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily change the default WordPress from email name and from email address.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “email” and “from email” for “change mail sender name” and “email sender”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change mail sender name” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “from email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email sender” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
61 health vs 66 average across 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →10%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 191.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 578 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 578 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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| change mail sender your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| mail sender | #4 | #6 | up 1 |
| sender | #8 | #11 | 0 |
| change mail sender name | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| sender name | #8 | #9 | down 1 |
| change default mail sender name | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| mail sender plugin | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| wordpress default mail sender change | #6 | #8 | — |
| default sender | #8 | #7 | 0 |
| wordpress default mail sender | #8 | #9 | up 1 |
| wordpress sender name | #11 | #15 | 0 |
| sender plugin | #11 | #11 | 0 |
| change mail sender email | #11 | #12 | — |
| mail change | #14 | #17 | — |
| email sender | #24 | #19 | — |
| change sender email | #14 | #16 | down 1 |
| wordpress default email sender change | #15 | #15 | 0 |
| wp default email sender name change | #18 | #20 | down 1 |
| wp change email sender | #19 | #20 | 0 |
| wp change default email sender | #19 | #20 | down 1 |
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| from email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| name your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “email” and “from email” for “change mail sender name” and “email sender”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change mail sender name” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “from email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email sender” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 17.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.6y ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 2 Apr 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 months ago; the previous band took 2.3 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Jun 2017
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.0 Improved: overall plugin UI/UX. Fixed: Email send functionality breaks if “Sender Email” and “Sender Name” fields are left empty. 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.2 Fixed: setting menu position restored. 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Improved: translation string security. 1.2.1
- — Version 1.0 Added: initial plugin version. 1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 26 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 689 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Change Mail Sender" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-23 30K+ → 20K+ down after 842 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 40K+ → 30K+ down after 413 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 30K+ → 40K+ up after 369 days in tier
- 2020-08-13 20K+ → 30K+ up after 470 days in tier
- 2019-05-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 129 days in tier
- 2018-12-23 3K+ → 10K+ up
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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Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
SMTP Mailer 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Zoho Mail for WordPress 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Gmail SMTP 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Mail Log 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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