P2 By Email
by Daniel Bachhuber · Email & Marketing
Also makes 9 other plugins · 51.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Use P2? Use email? Use both!
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email notifications”, “p2” and “productivity” 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 2,124 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 63.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4925 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.6.1; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 4925 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtd your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| email notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| p2 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| productivity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| workflow your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email notifications”, “p2” and “productivity” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 1 Nov 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 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
13.5y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 9 May 2013
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Tevya12.2y ago
Works great with WP 3.9.2 and WooTheme’s Houston child theme for P2.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Weston Ruter12.8y ago
We were using Jetpack to get notifications when new posts were published. Somehow Jetpack got disconnected from our site, and the connection could not get re-established. We’ve got an open ticket with the Jetpack team to fix, but I ran across this plugin and it does a better job than what we were using Jetpack for in the first place.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ivanblagdan13.0y ago
Just what I need 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bertobox13.4y ago
It took some testing to figure out that every user except the author of a post/comment receives the default email notifications (adjustable per user in their profile settings) but now my team can engage in the conversation right from the convenience of their email. This is exactly what we needed!! Many thanks to the developers!! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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
0 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 Short description is 28 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 763 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("email notifications", "GTD", "productivity", "workflow" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-02 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 10+ → 20+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 20+ → 10+ down after 569 days in tier
- 2023-11-27 30+ → 20+ down after 296 days in tier
- 2023-02-04 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-02 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-01 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2023-01-14 30+ → 40+ up after 19 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).
- P P2 Resolved Posts 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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AdMinimal Bar – Minimize the Admin Bar 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Editor Insights for Elementor 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Teknora Kanban – Task Manager — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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