Grade B

Stop WP Emails Going to Spam

Name: Stop WP Emails Going to Spam
Rating: 4.7 (51 reviews)
Author: fullworks

⤓ Download v2.2.1 on WordPress.org ↗

by fullworksupdated 2025-12-15🌿The Dependable Sort

A simple fix for your inbox woes with a side of donation requests.

HealthyDeclining

75/100

Most users find it effective for fixing email delivery issues despite complaints about donation prompts.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

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

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// Set the envelope sender (Return-Path) and default From address/name.
add_action( 'phpmailer_init', function ( PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer $mailer ) {
    $from_email = '[email protected]'; // change to your sending address
    $from_name  = 'My Site Name';         // change to your sender name

    $mailer->Sender   = $from_email; // envelope sender / Return-Path
    $mailer->From     = $from_email;
    $mailer->FromName = $from_name;
} );

// Override the default WordPress from email and name.
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from',      fn() => '[email protected]' );
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', fn() => 'My Site Name' );

Keep in mind:The plugin also displays SPF record info and blacklist checks in the admin UI, which the snippet does not replicate.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.8★

51 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-19%

Declining

31 → 25 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time

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 · -19% in the last year

31/day a year ago→25/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Stop WP Emails Going to Spam is generally praised for reliably preventing spam emails and being easy to set up, but a few users report it sometimes fails to stop spam, gives inaccurate domain checks, and displays intrusive donation prompts.

What people like

+Works reliably and prevents spam emails as described×6
+Easy installation and requires no configuration×3
+Developer is kind, helpful, and responsive
+Free with no premium version; donation request is unobtrusive for most users×2

Common complaints

−Emails may still go to spam despite following recommended steps
−Support responses can be perceived as unfriendly or unhelpful
−Obtrusive donation/advertising prompts on the settings page
−Provides false results for domain IP and SPF checks

Review trustReviews look organic

4.70★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 51 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 52 analyzed

2025-02-16★★★★★Great Plugin & Kind Responsive Developer wanderingexplorer
2025-02-02★★★★★Simple and excellent schmeee
2025-01-29★★★★★This plugin really works JBWT
2024-11-23★★★★★Love this plug-in toshill
2024-09-23★★★★★Worked like a charm.billlongstaff
2024-07-03★★★★★Solved the problem stb91
2024-03-12★★★★★Looks good, but didn't fix the problem for me…mobilewebexpert
2024-02-13★★★★★Great spam protection yrityspalveluteko
2023-12-24★★★★★Very good work mobilewebexpert
2023-09-30★★★★★Best plugin vargtass00181-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-15v2.2.1
2025-02-26v2.2
2024-09-30v2.1
2024-08-06v2.0.6
2022-11-14v2.0.5
2022-05-20v2.0.4
2022-01-25v2.0.3
2022-01-24v2.0.2

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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)

-32.3%

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.

20%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.72

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

92%

5★ share in analyzed sample

12%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.73 → 4.70★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered