Vanilla Bean – Error Mailer
by vsmash · Email & Marketing
Also makes 5 other plugins · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
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Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-09-29. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈16 estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “debug”, “error” and “error mail” 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.
45 health vs 66 average across 2,124 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1695 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16; the current branch is 6.8
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: Last updated 1695 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| error your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| error mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| exception email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| exception handler your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “debug”, “error” and “error mail” 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 7 Oct 2022 · 1,439 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 68 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.6y ago
latest release · v3.11 · 13 Mar 2022
9
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 12 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vsmash11.9y ago
This is just perfect for alerting an admin, owner or developer via email about php errors in their production environment. The best way to know about problems with new plugins and plugin upgrade problems, as well as configuration issues. Easy to configure so that you can ignore selected errors, error types or specific pages, and switch on and off as you see fit. I searched for a plugin that would email errors to me from production environment and only found one which didn’t work so I wrote this one.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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BugFu Console Debugger 300+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - D Debug Log 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Output Log File 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
KolorWeb Log Manager: cleaver debugging management 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hagakure – Yet Another Error Reporter 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Admin Debug Tools 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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