Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)
by David Vongries · Email & Marketing
Swift SMTP is a free & simple SMTP Plugin for WordPress.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “7K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1383 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-02 8K+ → 7K+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-30 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 213 days in band
- 2025-09-28 9K+ → 8K+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-24 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-23 9K+ → 8K+ down after 171 days in band
- 2025-04-05 10K+ → 9K+ down
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