Emails Catch All
by Iulia Cazan · Email & Marketing
Also makes 7 other plugins · 21K+ installs across the portfolio →
Log all emails send through your WordPress website, edit SMTP settings, change/add recipients, or disable outgoing emails.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈690 estimated
Momentum
+33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “disable email” for “outgoing email”. “disable email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “outgoing email” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 18.4K 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 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 164 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ 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.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-1.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| catch all emails your tag | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| replace email recipients your tag | #7 | #11 | down 1 |
| catch email | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| outgoing email | #19 | #18 | down 1 |
| email recipients | #16 | #19 | — |
| disable email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email log your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mail smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “disable email” for “outgoing email”. “disable email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “outgoing email” sits at #19 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · 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
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
5mo ago
latest release · v3.6.0 · 20 May 2026
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 50% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months 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 6 Apr 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kingbolo1.7y ago
Exactly what is needed and works like charm
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ greentreefrog2.9y ago
If you have a need for logging emails on your production site, this plugin does it for free. If you have a test site, this plugin is essential. It can save you from inadvertently sending test emails to customers when they should not have ever received them. Need more convincing? I appreciated it so much, I just wrote a blog article about it, “No Escapes! Safe WordPress Email Testing.” (I would give you a link, but that is, understandably, against WordPress.org policy. Besides, you don’t need to read it. Just try the plugin!)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vladimir Vassilev3.1y ago
A plugin that combines Disable Plugins, WP Mail Catcher and a basic replacement for WP SMTP Mail in a neat and simple interface and settings. I love it <3
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eickit3.4y ago
And that too free of charge. I have been looking for a long time and finally found what I was looking for.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webkiwinz4.5y ago
Great for running on test sites to ensure you can fully test mail outs and messages but not leak emails to actual users. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Abbas5.6y ago
I use this plugin in my local developmental site and it works flawlessly, catches all emails going out and shows all emails in admin panel. Replaces all emails, to, cc, bcc, with the email in settings. Awesome work. thank you developer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matoto9516.1y ago
Really usefull plugin. Faster than waiting for emails to come in or simply test email sending 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cezar Cazan10.7y ago
Just exactly what I needed. I use this to stop all emails from going to actual users while testing stuff. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched High · 8.8 Emails Catch <= 3.5.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure to Password Reset and Privilege Escalation ↗2025-10-11 CVE-2025-60041 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 3.5.3 Patched in 3.5.4
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 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Log all emails send through your WordPress website, edit SMTP settings, change/add recipients, or disable o..."
- ! 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 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 605 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("disable email", "email log", "mail smtp", "replace email recipients" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-19 500+ → 600+ up after 276 days in tier
- 2025-02-16 400+ → 500+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 500+ → 400+ down after 95 days in tier
- 2024-08-27 400+ → 500+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2024-08-14 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-11 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-10 400+ → 500+ up after 2 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 Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Activity Log – Monitor User and Agent Changes 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Email Deliverability – SMTP Replacement, Email API Deliverability & Email Log 200K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging 90K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Email Log 80K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Solid Mail – SMTP email and logging made by SolidWP 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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