Elastic Email Sender
by Elastic Email · Email & Marketing
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Reconfigures wp_mail() to send email using Elastic Email API instead of SMTP.
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Health
B 76/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “outgoing email”, “verify email” and “email api” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #7 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
76 health vs 66 average across 2,123 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 295.4K 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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: Support resolution
Updated 333 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| elastic email | #2 | #7 | down 1 |
| elastic | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| email sender your tag | #3 | #11 | up 1 |
| sender | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| sender plugin | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| email verify | #6 | #8 | down 1 |
| outgoing email | #6 | #15 | down 1 |
| verify email | #7 | #13 | down 1 |
| transactional email your tag | #12 | #20 | down 3 |
| email api | #10 | #20 | down 3 |
| wordpress default email sender | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| sender email | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| mail sender plugin | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| change sender email | #5 | #13 | 0 |
| change mail sender email | #5 | #11 | — |
| wordpress sender email | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| mail sender | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| email campaigns | #12 | #21 | down 2 |
| wordpress default mail sender | #7 | #18 | down 1 |
| change mail sender | #7 | #14 | down 2 |
| email marketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mailer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
64 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 33 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “outgoing email”, “verify email” and “email api” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #7 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “transactional email”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 19.9K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.2.22 · 3 Dec 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ helderlopesofficial3.5y ago
Excellent plugin to setup Cloudways SMTP Elastic Mail
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jean Werk4.3y ago
I use it on Cloudways servers. Affordable and quite reliable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Infinite Uploads4.4y ago
This plugin instantly solves my problems. I have Elastic email through Cloudways, and I install this plugin, add my API key, and it instantly resolves my email issues.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chashutch5.4y ago
Elastic email sender is just what I needed. After configuring and fussing with other SMTP plugins, I found this and it turned out to be ‘set it and forget it’. hutch
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ greendragontech6.6y ago
I’ve been using the old version for years and just discovered this. No more SMTP settings/passwords, etc. Just need your API key. Super-easy!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris7.4y ago
I set this up on my WordPress sites with Cloudways to be the default email sender for WordPress and it works great. Coulnd’t be simpler to setup and just works as it should. Thanks to the author!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 2belegit8.5y ago
Work very well
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Demian8.8y ago
In general I like Elastic Email, but the plugin is conflicting with Visual Composer (WP Bakery) and pages cannot be build. VC is a very popular used page builder, implemented in tons of themes, so for me this means to cancel my account with elastic email. Which is a shame.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.2.22). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Elastic Email Sender <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-07-20 CVE-2023-38387 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.6 Patched in 1.2.7
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Reconfigures wp_mail() to send email using Elastic Email API instead of SMTP."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Ninja Forms, bbPress.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,507 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Email Marketing", "mailer" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-09-28 9K+ → 10K+ up after 132 days in tier
- 2022-05-19 8K+ → 9K+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2022-03-20 7K+ → 8K+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2022-01-20 6K+ → 7K+ up after 156 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 5K+ → 6K+ up after 91 days in tier
- 2021-05-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2021-01-24 3K+ → 4K+ up after 127 days in tier
- 2020-09-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 426 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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Zoho ZeptoMail 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Connect SendGrid for Emails 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Jooosi Mail – Email delivery with routing, queues, and failover, built for WordPress — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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