WP Email Debug
by Grant Derepas · Email & Marketing
Never accidentally send users emails from your testing sites again!
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
C 68/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “email debug” to your wp.org tags. You rank #23 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
68 health vs 66 average across 2,121 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 7.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
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: Update recency
Updated 493 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 493 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email debug | #23 | #23 | 0 |
| debug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| debugging your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “email debug” to your wp.org tags. You rank #23 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 264 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 25 Jun 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 37% 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 24 Oct 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Adrian Mörchen8.5y ago
The plugins still works. I use it regularly for development.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pippin Williamson11.3y ago
Debugging emails can be incredibly frustrating. This makes it so, so much easier!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pippin Williamson11.3y ago
Debugging emails can be incredibly frustrating. This makes it so, so much easier!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.2.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
2 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 "Never accidentally send users emails from your testing sites again!"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 613 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "debugging" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 80+ → 70+ down after 61 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 80+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 90+ → 80+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 80+ → 90+ up after 172 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-10-01 70+ → 80+ up after 88 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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Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
SMTP Mailer 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Change Mail Sender 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Zoho Mail for WordPress 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Gmail SMTP 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Mail Log 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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