Saxon Email Marketing Center
by Saxonblade · Email & Marketing
Self hosted email marketing in WordPress | Marketing campaigns with contact lists, email templates, newsletter forms and scheduled email campaigns.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-100%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “email campaigns” for “center”. “email campaigns” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “center” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 66 average across 2,135 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 956 lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,298 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 9 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 45 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ 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
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email preference center | #3 | #13 | up 1 |
| center | #24 | #24 | — |
| contact center | #18 | #23 | — |
| email campaigns your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email marketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email templates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| self hosted your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “email campaigns” for “center”. “email campaigns” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “center” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 16 Jul 2026 · 111 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 377 · 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.
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.
9
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 20 Sep 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Jul 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 2ndonleft4mo ago
I was really surprised at how much this plugin can do, it really does the lot. I was up and running in around half an hour and my emails look great. I recommend this if you have a small online business or shop, it’s got everything you’re likely to need and a lot more to boot. Congrats on a great plugin!
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "who want", "for businesses").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,765 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
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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Connect SendGrid for Emails 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Email Marketing for WordPress and WooCommerce – Retainful 600+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Emerge Campaigns — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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