Lettermint
by Lettermint · Email & Marketing
Professional email delivery for WordPress. Seamlessly integrates with wp_mail() to send emails through Lettermint.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈500 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “email” for “change mail sender name”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change mail sender name” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 66 average across 2,121 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →17%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 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 10 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 44 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
55
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
56%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lettermint your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| change mail sender name | #21 | #24 | up 1 |
| sender | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| transactional your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 6 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 “email” for “change mail sender name”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change mail sender name” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 3 Jun 2025 · 516 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 535 · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
10
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.6.0 · 28 Jun 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% 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 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 500.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 60 days.
Install history since 2 Jun 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ designu7mo ago
Simple, clean, and does exactly what it promises. No unnecessary features, no bloat, just solid functionality that works reliably. It’s refreshing to use a plugin that stays focused on its purpose and executes it well. Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
7 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 "Professional email delivery for WordPress. Seamlessly integrates with wp_mail() to send emails through Lett..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,890 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "smtp", "wp-mail" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 400+ → 500+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-08-30 300+ → 400+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 300+ up after 79 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 100+ → 200+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 80+ → 90+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 60+ → 70+ 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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SmartSMTP 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Pro Mail SMTP 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Mail Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Email Deliverability – SMTP Replacement, Email API Deliverability & Email Log 200K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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