Grade C

Elastic Email Sender

Name: Elastic Email Sender
Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Author: Elastic Email

⤓ Download v1.2.22 on WordPress.org ↗

by Elastic Emailupdated 2025-12-03😴The Napper

Skip the SMTP settings with this simple API email bridge.

Declining

61/100

Most users find the API setup simple and reliable despite a few reported page builder conflicts.

Loved25/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'phpmailer_init', function ( $phpmailer ) {
    $phpmailer->isSMTP();
    $phpmailer->Host       = 'smtp.elasticemail.com';
    $phpmailer->SMTPAuth   = true;
    $phpmailer->Port       = 2525;
    $phpmailer->Username   = 'YOUR_ELASTIC_EMAIL_ADDRESS';
    $phpmailer->Password   = 'YOUR_ELASTIC_EMAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD';
    $phpmailer->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
} );

Keep in mind:This uses SMTP rather than the HTTP API; swap credentials and adjust port as needed for your account.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.8★

10 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-43%

Declining fast

74 → 43 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 43% vs a year ago
MINORnot updated in 6 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -43% in the last year

74/day a year ago→43/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Elastic Email Sender is generally regarded as a straightforward, reliable SMTP replacement that’s easy to configure, though at least one user reports a conflict with the Visual Composer page builder.

What people like

+Easy to set up, often praised for simple configuration with Cloudways×2
+Set-and-forget operation after initial configuration
+Configuration requires only an API key, eliminating SMTP settings

Common complaints

−Conflicts with Visual Composer (WP Bakery), breaking page building

Review trustReviews look organic

4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

Not enough review history.

All-time ratings · 10 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 10 analyzed

2023-04-25★★★★★Perfect helderlopesofficial
2022-07-02★★★★★quick & easy to set up Jean Werk
2022-06-13★★★★★Excellent plugin!Infinite Uploads
2021-06-17★★★★★Easy to setup chashutch
2020-04-07★★★★★Super Easy greendragontech
2019-06-14★★★★★Works Great for Cloudways Chris
2018-05-20★★★★★Work very well 2belegit
2018-01-11★★★★★Conflict Visual Composer Demian
2017-09-07★★★★★Good plugin petebowling12
2017-06-16★★★★★Good plugin xamir1-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-02vv1.2.20

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-20.9%

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.

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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

90%

5★ share in analyzed sample

10%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.80 → 4.78★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered