Magic API Email
by MagicWP.io · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Send WordPress emails through a transactional API provider: Resend, Mailgun, Postmark, or Mailtrap. No SMTP needed.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “email” for “email api”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email api” sits at #22 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 →4.0%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,296 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 11 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 16 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mailtrap | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| mailtrap for wp | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| magic | #14 | #22 | 0 |
| postmark your tag | #19 | #24 | up 1 |
| email api | #22 | #24 | down 4 |
| cc email | #18 | #22 | up 1 |
| resend email | #23 | #24 | down 2 |
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mailgun your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| resend your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 9 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 “email api”. “email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “email api” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 22 Mar 2026 · 224 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 547 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
11
releases in the last 12 months
16d ago
latest release · v1.2.3 · 15 Oct 2026
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 21 Mar 2026
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Send WordPress emails through a transactional API provider: Resend, Mailgun, Postmark, or Mailtrap. No SMTP..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for developers", "if you have").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,877 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-10-07 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-03 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-29 10+ → 50+ up
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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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
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