Configure SMTP
by Scott Reilly · Email & Marketing
Also makes 50 other plugins · 78.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Configure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending email via SSL/TLS (such as Gmail).
59 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 768 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
642
now · peak 2.8K
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
2.1y ago
latest release · v3.5
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,439 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
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2016-11-14 Version 3.2 New: Add unit tests. Change: Handle ‘Send email via Gmail?’ checkbox changes with JS event listener rather than explicit ‘onclick’. Change: Move JS into file and enqueue rather outputting directly into footer. Change: Up 3.2
- — Version 3.1 Add new debugging configuration option Fix bug that resulted from WP 3.2’s update to a new phpmailer Fix bug with checking ‘Use GMail?’ did not auto-reset settings accordingly (jQuery bug regarding .attr() vs .prop() int 3.1
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2024-02-26 CVE-2024-27192 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.1 Patched in 3.5
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 6.6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 72 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 48 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-01 7K+ → 6K+ down after 260 days in tier
- 2025-08-14 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 7K+ → 8K+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-08-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 7K+ → 8K+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2025-06-20 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 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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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
SMTP Mailer 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gmail SMTP 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
MailerSend – Official SMTP Integration 2K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B
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