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SMTP

by soso · Email & Marketing

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Allows you to configure and use a SMTP server (such as Gmail) for sending emails.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 63/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins

700+

Active installs

≈750 estimated

82.8K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.55★

Rating (adjusted)

2.5★ raw · 4 reviews

+57%

124

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3196 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+57% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

124

now · peak 196

12030d downloads · Aug 26

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

SMTP · #8070 you Zoho Mail for WordPr · #1394 SocketLabs · #7293 Simple SMTP by Maile · #7746

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

171per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-16 · 1,421 observations

700Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
0 4★
2 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2011-06-28 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.3.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    10.2y ago

    Just you need to configure the SMTP when necessary

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  2. ★★★★★ DrD347h
    12.9y ago

    its very good and helpful for me, only problem is that we cant modify sender name in plugin settings page

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  3. ★★★★★ the1knight
    13.0y ago

    Same as dollar_dad. However the 2 year old plug-in WP-MAIL-SMTP worked just fine, so don’t waste your time with this one.

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  4. ★★★★★ Kevin Phillips
    13.6y ago

    This plugin does not send a test email or work from any plugin that calls wp_mail function.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✕ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-27 800+ → 700+ down after 287 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-16 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-15 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-13 900+ → 800+ down after 180 days in tier
  5. 2024-11-14 1K+ → 900+ down

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