Stop Emails
by Sal Ferrarello · Email & Marketing
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Stop all outgoing emails sent from WordPress.
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Health
B 77/100
no flags
Active installs
5K+
≈5.5K estimated
Momentum
+9%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “stop”, “outgoing” and “emails” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #10 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
77 health vs 66 average across 2,135 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.9%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 85.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,298 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 295 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 12 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stop | #7 | #15 | up 1 |
| outgoing | #10 | #14 | 0 |
| emails | #19 | #21 | down 3 |
| outgoing email | #11 | #13 | 0 |
| development your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “stop”, “outgoing” and “emails” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7, #10 and #19 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
10mo ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 13 Jan 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ JRyven4.4y ago
Excellent plugin! Easy, effective, bloatless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darkpollo8.4y ago
Not much more to say. It is great and it works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nick57989.0y ago
Great plugin. nice and simple and works
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ NicheLabs9.3y ago
I develop a lot of WordPress sites and normally this isn’t an issue. But I’ve been developing a membership site and normally when I do a site that includes users and their email addresses I just click on the box that asks to send the user notification of their password. But on this particular site the users need to be approved. I’m using BuddyPress and a plugin that allows user moderation, BP Registration. The problem came in when when I had to start approving members so they would show up in the list. These were existing members so they needed to be active. I started getting emails asking what the heck was going on. Each of my members were getting notices that they had been approved. I had to take the time to explain to each one of them what had happened. Very time consuming, very embarrassing. Glad I found this since I have several members that still need to be added. I added myself as a user and checked the box to notify me of my password. No email! I changed my password. No email! I approved my account. Still no email! Works perfectly. I can now develop in silence and not worry about alerting/confusing members. Thank you for your work! Allen This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by NicheLabs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LewisCowles9.9y ago
Worked out of the box for me on a VPS; we were developing a system in parallel to an existing site and someone else installed this instead of using our existing process. I learned of a new plugin and a new way of doing things for WP. Very impressed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anita C10.0y ago
This works great. I had used it months ago for something else. But I needed to migrate a Ning.com website with members into a new Buddypress site. I had to make sure the members were not emailed or pinged. This plugin stopped all outgoing emails to all the members.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kevin Cristiano10.0y ago
Nice plugin. Does exactly what it says
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tiomno10.4y ago
This a great plugin for testing and developing purpose. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.1 Conditionally modify how our fake PHPMailer extends the real PHPMailer class based on changes in PHPMailer introduced in WordPress core 5.5. This eliminates the message “PHP Deprecated: class-phpmailer.php is deprecated 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 Add filter to force BuddyPress to use wp_mail() rather than its own BP_PHPMailer class 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.0 Add Italian translation (it_IT), thanks to Andrea Gherardi https://twitter.com/ilghera_TP 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.1 No changes to code functionality “Tested Up To:” version bump to 4.2 Update to readme.txt to more clearly communicate plugin functionality Version bump to 1.0.1 1.0.1
- — Version 0.8.0 Overhaul of plugin includes: fixing issue with plugin not stopping emails, moving to a class structure, changing email stopping behavior to use the same technique as WordPress core tests, improved inline documentation, a 0.8.0
- — Version 0.7.1 Added check for supporting files before loading them. Since the primary functionality is in stop-emails.php, adding this check allows stop-emails.php to be used in the mu-plugins/ directory (previously, it would throw wa 0.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 126 languages, 6 at 90% or more
Plus 102 more locales with partial translations.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 829 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-07 6K+ → 5K+ down after 110 days in tier
- 2025-03-19 5K+ → 6K+ up after 798 days in tier
- 2023-01-11 4K+ → 5K+ up after 569 days in tier
- 2021-06-21 2K+ → 4K+ up after 319 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1731 days in tier
- 2015-11-10 800+ → 1K+ up
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★ · 1 shared tag A -
Mailchimp for WooCommerce 200K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Email Deliverability – SMTP Replacement, Email API Deliverability & Email Log 200K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging 90K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Email Log 80K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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