WP Offload SES Lite

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 47% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ kloddant

   7mo ago

   Good. Does what it is supposed to.

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2. ★★★★★ kwebdesign

   2.9y ago

   I’ve been through many mailing plugins, often changing each year. WP Offload SES hasn’t given me any reason to look elsewhere.

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3. ★★★★★ tufty

   3.5y ago

   Fast and just works. Thanks!

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4. ★★★★★ tsiotas

   3.6y ago

   it works perfectly

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5. ★★★★★ Terence Milbourn

   5.3y ago

   I love everything these guys do. They have a way of creating plugins that’s all their own. They’re deceptively simple to install, and very workmanlike, solid and reliable in what they do. Also, they’re very easy to troubleshoot. I know that if I ever have a problem, I know it won’t be the plugin and the chances are that I screwed up somewhere. So if I have a choice, I will choose a Delicious Brains plugin every time. You should too.

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6. ★★★★★ suman4468

   5.4y ago

   Hi, I am using WP SES plugin in our website using AWS secret and key id. I am recently receiving below message from AWS. Hello, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) had extended support for Signature Version 3 to February 28th, 2021. To continue to use Amazon SES, you must migrate to Signature Version 4 which offers enhanced security for authentication and authorization of Amazon SES customers. We have identified that, between 2021-03-22 and 2021-03-29, your AWS account 553361156523 used Signature Version 3 to call Amazon SES APIs in the us-east-1 Region. Your Signature Version 3 requests were identified to be originating from: - IAM Users: arn:aws:iam::------:user/sendynew - IPs: 18.212.163.144 - User Agents: SimpleEmailService/php Your Signature Version 3 requests were identified to be using the following SES actions: - APIs: SendEmail Example Request ID using Signature Version 3: d2eeef38-18d9-49ee-bc04-516d42680246 You can identify API requests that use Signature Version 3 by looking at the request headers. Requests that use the Signature Version 3 resemble the following example (note the "AWS3"): X-Amzn-Authorization: AWS3-HTTPS AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE,Algorithm=HMACSHA256,Signature=lBP67vCvGl ... To move to Signature Version 4: - If you are self-signing your requests, refer to our documentation for Authenticating requests to the Amazon SES API [1] and creating a canonical request for Signature Version 4 [2]. - If you are not self-signing your requests, simply update your SDK/CLI to the latest version. The Amazon SES team will update the request information weekly and will stop notifications once we identify that Signature Version 3 is no longer being used from your account. Also, in the SES setting, below message is appearing Sending emails through Amazon SES is currently OFF But mails are coming. Please suggest what should I do. Thanks, Suman Kumar This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by suman4468.

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7. ★★★★★ ivetandh

   5.7y ago

   Emails say they are successfully being sent but I am not receiving any emails. I set up AWS SES in Production mode and included the correct access keys, so everything should be working, but I’m getting nothing. They are not in junk either. I am experienced with AWS and have never had this problem. This plugin just straight up didn’t work for me. Disappointing.

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8. ★★★★★ catboulin

   6.4y ago

   BEST PLUGIN TO SEND EMAILS THROUGH AMAZON SES Just lately, we are getting false email alerts saying that cron is not working, which is wrong, because emails are sent and received. Thank you to fix this.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-08-19 Version 1.8.2 Improvement: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated Bug fix: An email that PHPMailer cannot build, such as one with a rejected From address, is now reported as failed instead of being sent empty Bug fix: Email address 1.8.2
2. 2026-07-07 Version 1.8.1 Improvement: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated Bug fix: The On/Off entries in Diagnostic Info now work as expected Bug fix: An unlimited PHP memory limit no longer prevents queued emails from being sent 1.8.1
3. 2026-03-25 Version 1.8.0 New: AWS PHP SDK has been updated to v3.369.22 New: PHP 8.4 compatible New: PHP 8.5 compatible New: Requires PHP 8.1+ New: WordPress 7.0 compatible New: Requires WordPress 5.9+ New: Amazon SES regions Asia Pacific (Hyder 1.8.0
4. 2025-05-08 Version 1.7.2 Bug fix: Detecting whether running as a must-use plugin is now more robust Bug fix: Clash with WP Offload SES (Pro) avoided if both are installed as must-use plugins Bug fix: AWS SES account rate limit exceeded failures 1.7.2
5. 2024-10-04 Version 1.7.1 Security: The plugin can now serve updates from WP Engine servers, however this update mechanism is not included when installed directly from WordPress.org New: Amazon SES regions Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Os 1.7.1
6. 2024-07-01 Version 1.7.0 New: Logs of successfully sent emails can now be instantly removed New: Logs can now be bulk deleted via new “Purge Logs” functionality New: Emails can now be enqueued in the local database without being sent to Amazon S 1.7.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 guzzlehttp/psr7 < 1.9.1 & 2.4.5 - Interpretation Conflict ↗
   2023-04-17 CVE-2023-29197 Interpretation Conflict Affects < 1.6.4 Patched in 1.6.4
2. Medium · 5.4 WP Offload SES Lite <= 1.4.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-06-29 CVE-2021-24494 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.4 Patched in 1.4.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-09-15 20K+ → 10K+ down after 366 days in tier
2. 2024-09-14 30K+ → 20K+ down

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).

• FluentSMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers 200K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Bit SMTP – Easy SMTP Solution with Email Logs 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B

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WP Offload SES Lite: 10K+ active installs, 4.3★ (36 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-ses