Send Emails with Resend
by CloudCatch · Email & Marketing
Also makes 3 other plugins · 2.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Resend for WordPress integrates the Resend.com API, replacing PHPMailer to ensure reliable email delivery through Resend.com's robust service.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.3K estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “send”, “phpmailer” and “send email” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #9 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
77 health vs 66 average across 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →19%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 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 3 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 237 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
50
Momentum
Holding steady
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| resend your tag | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| send emails | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| send | #7 | #16 | up 2 |
| phpmailer | #9 | #13 | down 4 |
| resend email | #5 | #15 | up 1 |
| send email | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| wp phpmailer | #16 | #21 | down 2 |
| api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “send”, “phpmailer” and “send email” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #9 and #11 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Jul 2024 · 824 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 587 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
8mo ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 9 Mar 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 · 85% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 27% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 457 days.
Install history since 30 Jul 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ exinator410mo ago
As someone who really wanted to use Resend for email delivery, this is the best way to do it. Integrated logging is also really useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kanye200412mo ago
Faster response, seamless integration. Thanks to the developer for putting this together!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ davedecc1.2y ago
Can’t believe I’m the first to review this super helpful plugin. Resend is a great service and this plugin helps connect it to your WP site in minutes. Highly recommended!
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
4 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 "Resend for WordPress integrates the Resend.com API, replacing PHPMailer to ensure reliable email delivery t..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 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 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 336 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "smtp" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 800+ → 900+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 700+ → 800+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 600+ → 700+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 500+ → 600+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 400+ → 500+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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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