Smooth SMTP
by Smmooth WP Plugins · Email & Marketing
SMTP configuration, email logging, failure alerts, and fallback sending for WordPress.
82 health vs 66 average across 701 Email & Marketing plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2025-02-10 · 522 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
76
now · peak 306
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 345 days.
Install history · since 2025-02-10 · 520 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-17 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 90+ → 100+ up after 27 days in band
- 2026-04-18 80+ → 90+ up after 30 days in band
- 2026-03-19 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-10 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-08 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-02-26 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S SMTP 700+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags D
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ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
SMTP2GO for WordPress – Email Made Easy 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Zoho Mail for WordPress 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
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