SMTP Connector – Free SMTP & Email Log
by Mukesh Patel · Email & Marketing
Send every WordPress email through your own SMTP server: Gmail, Zoho, Amazon SES, Brevo, Mailgun and more. With test email and email log.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email”, “email log” and “mailer” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 66 average across 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,296 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 1 release 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 28 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email log your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mailer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smtp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email”, “email log” and “mailer” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 24 Dec 2023 · 1,043 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 169 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
28d ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 4 Oct 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 23 Dec 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ TwisteD2.7y ago
I have the plugin running on a Hetzner Cloud Server with CloudPanel.io. I was looking for an SMTP mail plugin and this one does the job very well. It’s also not very big and therefore recommended 👍🏼
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Send every WordPress email through your own SMTP server: Gmail, Zoho, Amazon SES, Brevo, Mailgun and more...."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 12 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 Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Contact Form 7, WPForms and 5 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,914 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "mailer", "wp-mail" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 20+ → 10+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 10+ → 20+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 217 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 10+ → 20+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 10+ → 20+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 10+ → 20+ up after 206 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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WP Mail Logging 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Email Deliverability – SMTP Replacement, Email API Deliverability & Email Log 200K+ installs · 3.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging 90K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Solid Mail – SMTP email and logging made by SolidWP 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
SmartSMTP 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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