WP Mail Gateway
by Shaharia Azam · Email & Marketing
Send email from your Wordpress site via SMTP and other 3rd party mail gateway provider. Current it supports Amazon SES, Mailgun, Mandrill, Mailjet, Po …
81 health vs 64 average across 826 Email & Marketing plugins
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
Biggest win: WP compatibility
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
97
now · peak 203
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
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-13 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-06-30 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-29 70+ → 60+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-18 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-17 70+ → 60+ down after 19 days in band
- 2026-05-29 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-28 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Contact Form 7 to Mailjet 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
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MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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