Email Post Changes
by Michael Adams (mdawaffe) · Email & Marketing
Also makes 6 other plugins · 11.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Emails you whenever a change to a post or page is made.
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Health
B 82/100
no flags
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “change” and “email” for “email client” and “post by email”. “change” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email client” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “post by email” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 37.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 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 1 release 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 115 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| diff your tag | #4 | #5 | down 1 |
| changes | #7 | #15 | 0 |
| email client | #20 | #20 | down 1 |
| post by email | #22 | #23 | 0 |
| post email | #18 | #22 | 0 |
| change email | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| email change | #22 | #24 | down 2 |
| change your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 8 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 “change” and “email” for “email client” and “post by email”. “change” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email client” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “post by email” sits at #22 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.7.2 · 8 Jul 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Sep 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dylan2.7y ago
This plugin used to work, but it hasn’t been updated in nearly a decade, and it doesn’t work with newer versions of WordPress. A question about ongoing development went unanswered, so I guess that’s all the answer you need. This plugin is dead.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ salemilk6.5y ago
It ’s hard to imagine that the plug-in 6 years ago is still available!Thank you so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gotti759.2y ago
Email notfication on updating a specific post is what I need. In the GUI I cannot configure the ID of a specific post where I need the alert so I had to adapt the code. This works for me, now. This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by gotti75.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ashish Makwana9.7y ago
Nice work and also fulfilled my requirement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bobo810.4y ago
This plugin has near no settings – you can only select e-mails to which an e-mail will be sent after any post/page change. That’s all.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kahil10.5y ago
I have it only enabled on a custom post type. Tried several times…nothing. Really wanted it to work. :/
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JoeWatts11.3y ago
Works. Does what it says and provides a helpful highlighted email that captures the changes made. Very useful tool for a nonprofit website I created recently where volunteers maintain the content, but staff wanted a simple way to make sure odd things weren’t introduced. Wish it handled custom post types, too. But it is perfect for pages and posts!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpwalker11.4y ago
It does what it says it does — i like it! My main reason for getting this plugin was, as admin, to see when an article was posted by editor(s) so i could download images for backup. But i’m finding that i really like that editing diff display, editors and i can see exactly what edits we made. Would like it to email for custom post types as well. It did pick up a custom post type on one of my websites, but not on the others. Don’t know if there’s something i need to do in coding on my side to make that happen? thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
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 29 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 412 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-27 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 600+ → 500+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-11 600+ → 500+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 600+ → 500+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 500+ → 600+ up 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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