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Mail2Admins

by WPBrite · Admin & Utilities

A simple email routing plugin that instantly forwards admin emails to selected administrators, with optional subject-based rules.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 63/100

Stale · Few reviews

Active installs

10+

≈17 estimated

Momentum

0%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “admin notifications” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

How scoring works →
63 Health · C
Maintenance 50/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

63 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.5%

of downloads still active

At least 10 of 659 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Details

Version
1.0.5
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2025-06-06 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.8.12
Requires PHP
7.4

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.

73 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 58/100

Updated 466 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 52/100

4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 84/100

3 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 466 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 3 Jun 2025 · 515 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

0% vs prior 30d
130 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 74 · peaks are release surges

4631 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.531 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6331 Oct 2026

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

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.3y ago

latest release · v1.0.5 · 22 Jul 2025

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.5 · 22 Jul 20251.0.4 · 11 Jun 20251.0.2 · 6 Jun 20251.0.3 · 6 Jun 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history since 6 Jun 2025

1031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Tekguild
    1.3y ago

    For something so simple, you’d *think* this kind of thing would be in WP Core! As it’s not – this plugin appears to fill that niche need. There are tons of other ways to do this – using functions.php, email forwarders, etc. but, in my case, I wanted something easy enough for my client to use and it did the job. I would have given it 5 stars but the documentation is sorely lacking. In case you pop in here to see if anyone mentions it, here’s what’s missing: After activation you’ll have a ‘Mail2Admins’ menu item in the left panel of the Dashboard Next to ‘Enable Mail2Admins’, toggle it to ‘on’. Select admin(s) in the ‘Select Administrators’ field by typing their email address – it will auto-complete the address for any admins found, then click on the admin from the list. Enable the Subject Filter if you need it and enter the subject terms you want forwarded (any email without at least one of the subject terms will not be forwarded.) Click ‘Save Settings’ Click ‘Send Test’ under ‘Select Administrators’, then check those email addresses to ensure you’re getting the test email. NOTE! You MUST ‘Save Settings’ before doing the send test!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ shiraz9980
    1.4y ago

    This plugin is a game changer! Mail2Admins automatically routes all important emails to the right admins without any manual setup. It’s super lightweight and does exactly what it promises. I tested it on multiple setups and it works flawlessly. Kudos to the developer for such a thoughtful solution keep up the great work This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by shiraz9980.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

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

2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 660 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 3 tags appear in the text ("admin notifications", "Email router", "Notifications forwarder" missing).

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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Mail2Admins: 10+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mail2admins

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