WP Mail SMTP SendGrid Edition
by FolioVision · Email & Marketing
Also makes 15 other plugins · 36.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Based on WP Mail SMTP. Also adds subject for display on SendGrid Activity Screen.
49 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 767 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
211
now · peak 312
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 447 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,417 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 500+ → 400+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 400+ → 500+ up after 158 days in tier
- 2025-10-07 300+ → 400+ up after 236 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 200+ → 300+ 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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Simple SMTP by Maileroo 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 5 shared tags B -
Zoho Mail for WordPress 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Zoho ZeptoMail 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A - S SMTP 700+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags D
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SMTP.com 80+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B -
Simple SMTP Mailer 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags C
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