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ElasticEmail Plugin

by cubefeed · Email & Marketing

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Reconfigures the wp_mail() function to send email using HTTPS (via Elasticemail) instead of SMTP and creates an options page to manage the settings.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 63 average across 1,298 Email & Marketing plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

4.1K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

-5%

54

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5440 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-5% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

54

now · peak 159

5830d downloads · Aug 26

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

ElasticEmail Plugin · #27826 you Simple SMTP by Maile · #7738 SMTP · #8081 WP Mail SMTP SendGri · #8826

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.

5.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-10-13 · 1,385 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
14.9y ago
Added
2011-10-09 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
3.2.1
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ royhardman
    12.8y ago

    I was thrilled to sign up for ElasticEmail as a way to email newsletters since every host I could find has their SMTP ports blocked. ElasticEmail also had the best examples of setting the SPF and DKIM records, so I managed to get them set in the GoDaddy. On top of all that, the test emails went into the inbox instead of the spam 🙂 Now that this is working, I plan to use either the WPNewsMan or Wysija (now called http://www.mailpoet.com/) plugins for newsletter and other mailings.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-13 20+ → 10+ down after 243 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-12 30+ → 20+ down after 25 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-18 20+ → 30+ up after 29 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-19 30+ → 20+ down after 52 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-29 20+ → 30+ up after 55 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-04 30+ → 20+ down after 186 days in tier
  7. 2024-11-30 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-24 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in tier

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