MY SMTP WP
by Valerio Souza · Email & Marketing
Also makes 9 other plugins · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Configure your WordPress to send e-mails using your personal e-mail via SMTP.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈260 estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email”, “mail” and “my smtp wp” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 21.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 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.
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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2543 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.3.27; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2543 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| my smtp wp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| phpmailer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email”, “mail” and “my smtp wp” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 114 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
No release in a yearHow 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
7.0y ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 14 Nov 2019
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 60% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Claus Pescha6.8y ago
Works. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nicoter6.9y ago
Great and useful plugin, thanks! The “From Email”, “From Name” and “Reply To” fields should be optional though and the plugin should use the email from the WP dashboard settings instead. No need to add this twice IMHO.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chillmen10.8y ago
Does exactly what it’s supposed to do. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alvaro Gois dos Santos11.7y ago
I have WordPress on a cloudways cloud server, which doesn’t have a mail server configured. So, I need to send the site’s email through a remote mail server, enabling SMTP. I installed My SMTP WP, configured the smtp mail account and, voilá, it worked. Easy and simple.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Joel Garcia Jr12.3y ago
Fits perfect on my project! Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Thalita Nick Pinheiro Gomes12.3y ago
=) works!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Configure your WordPress to send e-mails using your personal e-mail via SMTP."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 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 Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 707 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "phpmailer" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 200+ → 300+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 300+ → 200+ down after 527 days in tier
- 2024-12-07 400+ → 300+ down after 307 days in tier
- 2024-02-04 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-03 400+ → 500+ 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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SMTP Mailer 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Zoho Mail for WordPress 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Gmail SMTP 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Configure SMTP 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Simple SMTP 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
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