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Gmail SMTP

by Noor Alam · Email & Marketing

Connect to Gmail SMTP server to automatically send email from your WordPress site. Configure wp_mail() to use SMTP with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

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84 Health · B
Maintenance 100
Rating quality 77
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+63%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1383 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.2.3.21
Last updated
10d ago
Added
2015-11-12
Requires WP
7.0
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
8.1

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-12-21 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in band
  2. 2023-12-19 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2023-12-18 20K+ → 10K+ down

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