SMSTunnel
by nicunarcisbodea · Payments
Send SMS messages directly from WordPress using your own Android phone as the SMS gateway.
81 health vs 66 average across 786 Payments 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 2026-04-06 · 102 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
79
now · peak 90
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-04-07 · 100 observations
Details
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
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WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wordfence Login Security 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
miniOrange 2FA – Two Factor Authentication for WordPress (OTP, SMS, Email, Google Authenticator) 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Two Factor (2FA) Authentication via Email 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
NotifSMS – SMS Notifications OTP & 2FA for WordPress & WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP 2-step verification 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/smstunnel" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="SMSTunnel — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> SMSTunnel: — active installs, 2.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/smstunnel