HTML Emails
by Mohammad Jangda · Email & Marketing
Converts the default plain text email notifications into fully customizable, sweet-lookin' HTML emails.
42 health vs 66 average across 688 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5917 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
31
now · peak 65
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-10-13 30+ → 20+ down after 21 days in band
- 2024-09-22 20+ → 30+ up after 64 days in band
- 2024-07-20 30+ → 20+ down after 409 days in band
- 2023-06-07 40+ → 30+ down after 62 days in band
- 2023-04-06 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-04-02 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post Status Notifier Lite 700+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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