Global SMTP
by Alexander Rohmann · Email & Marketing
Setup SMTP via wp-config.php.
47 health vs 69 average across 513 Email & Marketing plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3966 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 76
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-25 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-06-22 50+ → 40+ down after 81 days in band
- 2026-04-02 60+ → 50+ down after 60 days in band
- 2026-02-01 70+ → 60+ down after 139 days in band
- 2025-09-15 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-11 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-09 80+ → 70+ down after 116 days in band
Competes with
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