WP Mailgun SMTP
by inkthemes · Email & Marketing
Also makes 3 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
An SMTP service is must in order to resolve the deliverability issues, limitations, you face while sending emails through your WordPress website.
42 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2930 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 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
131
now · peak 194
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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
8.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.5
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,428 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ fchampreux8.5y ago
3 points : Your password is stored in clear text Just sends an email for testing the smtp connection, but does not run a complete test as some other smtp integration plug-ins do Does not propose the mailgun API It is just to propose another email service, as competitor of mailgun.com
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.
- Medium · 5.3 Multiple Plugins and Themes by inkthemes <= 1.1.8 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure ↗2025-09-12 CVE-2025-59003 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.0.7 No patch available
- Medium · 5.3 WP Mailgun SMTP <= 1.0.7 - Missing Authorization ↗
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 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 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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Mail Baby SMTP 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
FluentSMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 600K+ 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 -
GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
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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