Share by Email
by Árpád Lehel Mátyus · Email & Marketing
Lightweight plugin that gives your readers an easy way to share your content via their email client. A classic Share via Email link.
43 health vs 64 average across 890 Email & Marketing plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1193 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 72
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-22 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-17 50+ → 60+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2025-07-11 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-03 60+ → 50+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2024-11-20 70+ → 60+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2024-09-22 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-20 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Mail Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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