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SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers
Free email logs are a rare win despite some premature feature promises.
Declining
74/100
Users love the free email logging feature despite some misleading claims about upcoming provider support.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
22 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-49%
Declining fast
3,266 → 1,666 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 49% vs a year ago
- MINORreview volume down 100% vs prior 6mo
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
Declining fast · -49% in the last year
3,266/day a year ago→1,666/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySureMail is a well-received free SMTP and email logging plugin praised for its ease of setup and no-cost logging, though it has drawn criticism for advertising provider support (Microsoft 365/Outlook) that is not yet actually available.
What people like
- +Free email logging, which competing plugins typically charge for×3
- +Quick and easy setup×5
- +Reliable email delivery×2
- +Modern, clean interface
- +Supports using the same email across multiple connections, improving backup/failover
- +Anticipated notifications feature generating excitement for future use
Common complaints
- −Microsoft 365 / Outlook.com support is advertised in the plugin description but is not yet implemented — it is marked as 'planned'
- −No admin dashboard widget for a quick email overview; users must navigate to Settings > SureMail to check logs
- −Email log search functionality is unclear or not well-documented
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 23%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-02-092025-10-072026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 22 total
Latest reviews · 22 analyzed
- 2025-11-05★★★★★This is great plugin!Boat
- 2025-11-03★★★★★Another great product from Brainstormitssri
- 2025-10-24★★★★★Awesome !!!Gustavo
- 2025-09-22★★★★★funktioniert mit stratoninosissa
- 2025-09-02★★★★★awesomeafkaristore
- 2025-08-29★★★★★Just what I neededgreynewt
- 2025-08-11★★★★★The best onejoycelu
- 2025-07-18★★★★★Simple SMTP Managementbazporter
- 2025-07-16★★★★★Pretty Greatgleefa
- 2025-07-15★★★★★gdag gdsdminhduybk091-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to SureMail
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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.
1,483
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,509
Prior 7-day baseline
1,334
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,839
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,551
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.7%
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.
18%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.15
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
23%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.76★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered