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Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more
Reliable email delivery that requires a subscription for Gmail users.
HealthyGrowing
71/100
The plugin works well but hides the most popular mailers behind a paywall.
Active installs
~550,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
4.6★
703 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+5%
Growing
2,042 → 2,135 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +5% in the last year
2,042/day a year ago→2,135/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEasy WP SMTP is generally well-regarded as a simple, effective email delivery plugin for WordPress, but users raise notable concerns about bundled plugin installs and paywalled features for common providers like Office 365.
What people like
- +Easy to set up with minimal configuration required×4
- +Reliably solves WordPress email delivery problems×3
Common complaints
- −Installation presents pre-checked options to install additional plugins without explicit user consent
- −Google SMTP requires payment, contrary to user expectations of a free setup
- −Key providers like Office 365 are locked behind a paid upgrade, and the same owner controls both Easy WP SMTP and WP Mail SMTP, limiting free alternatives
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.84★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 703 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★works flawlessaikotimmer
- 2026-06-01★★★★★multiple advertisements and misleading claimsEduard Doloc
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Shitjonelvinnaorbe1-shot
- 2026-04-10★★★★★MagnificientAli Tan Serbetci
- 2026-03-24★★★★★An essential pluginnordiskastil
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Absolutely EssentialOutBoxed
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Fantastic applegalmax
- 2026-03-04★★★★★Easy to useHenning Edske Henriksen
- 2026-03-04★★★★★WordPress SMTP Monopoly? You’ll Probably Pay for Office 365BestRanger
- 2026-03-02★★★★★It just worksscottjswenson
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Easy WP SMTP
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
2,084
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,142
Prior 7-day baseline
1,365
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,426
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,124
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
14%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.82
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+186%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.81 → 4.84★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered