Mesh SMTP – Easy WordPress SMTP & Email Delivery
by Mesh Creation · Email & Marketing
Send WordPress email through SMTP with a simple 3-step setup, test email confirmation, privacy-first logs, provider presets, and safe diagnostics.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
+58%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “email deliverability”, “smtp” and “transactional email” for “microsoft 365”, “sendgrid smtp” and “phpmailer”. “email deliverability” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “microsoft 365” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “smtp” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sendgrid smtp” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “transactional email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phpmailer” sits at #23 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 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.1%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 982 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 4 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 76 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress smtp your tag | #20 | #23 | up 2 |
| microsoft 365 | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| sendgrid smtp | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| gmail smtp | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| phpmailer | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| custom smtp | #18 | #23 | down 1 |
| email deliverability your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| transactional email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 13 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 deliverability”, “smtp” and “transactional email” for “microsoft 365”, “sendgrid smtp” and “phpmailer”. “email deliverability” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “microsoft 365” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “smtp” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sendgrid smtp” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “transactional email” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phpmailer” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 12 Mar 2026 · 234 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 317 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
4
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 17 Aug 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 60 days.
Install history since 13 Mar 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ almoraonline8mo ago
Mesh SMTP makes WordPress email setup much easier. The plugin is simple, clean, and focused on the features that actually matter. It is easy to configure, works smoothly, and is a helpful solution for improving email sending on WordPress websites.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Send WordPress email through SMTP with a simple 3-step setup, test email confirmation, privacy-first logs,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("who want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Zoho.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,935 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "email deliverability", "wp-mail" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 50+ → 40+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-09-11 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 40+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2026-07-01 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 30+ → 20+ down after 12 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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GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Solid Mail – SMTP email and logging made by SolidWP 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP SMTP Mailer – SMTP7 8K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
SMTP for Amazon SES – YaySMTP 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A
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