WP SMTP Mailer
by Boopathi Rajan · Email & Marketing
WP SMTP Mailer is a simple and flexible plugin to configure SMTP settings in WordPress. It allows you to set up SMTP credentials, test email sending, …
54 health vs 63 average across 980 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 716 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
39
now · peak 164
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-14 50+ → 40+ down after 47 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 40+ → 50+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 40+ → 50+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 20+ → 30+ up after 76 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 30+ → 20+ down after 31 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 20+ → 30+ up after 237 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers 200K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Bit SMTP – Easy SMTP Solution with Email Logs 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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