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Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher
A tiny and reliable safety net for your outgoing mail.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
This lightweight tool reliably logs emails and provides useful debugging data without bloat.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.9★
107 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+238%
Growing fast
13 → 44 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 fast · +238% in the last year
13/day a year ago→44/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Mail Catcher is well-regarded as a lightweight, no-frills email logging plugin that reliably does what it promises, though it lacks reply and workflow management features that would make it more useful for teams handling inbound messages.
What people like
- +Lightweight and simple with no unnecessary bloat×4
- +Reliably logs sent emails as expected×5
- +Ability to send manual emails from the dashboard
- +Useful as a backup safety net for diagnosing mail delivery issues
Common complaints
- −No ability to reply directly to logged emails — requires manually copying sender address and message content
- −No way to flag or mark emails as handled, making it difficult for multiple admins to manage a shared queue
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 107 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-01★★★★★Greatmilenfrom
- 2026-01-14★★★★★Mail Catcher – Improvements Needed!hssrwebsite1-shot
- 2026-01-12★★★★★Super Pluginaasolutions
- 2025-11-19★★★★★perfect for mail logging and previewEduard Doloc
- 2025-09-26★★★★★Greatmofizuliovision1-shot
- 2025-09-16★★★★★GreatBen
- 2025-05-15★★★★★UsefullAngeles Portillo
- 2025-02-15★★★★★Superrickking19701-shot
- 2024-11-15★★★★★A perfect tool that really works!ingerjohnsson
- 2024-10-04★★★★★It just works!benchmarkthemes1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Mail logging
Top Email plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
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.
76
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
34
Prior 7-day baseline
105
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
397
Mean release-day peak (30d)
188
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+123.5%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.44
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
96%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.90 → 4.93★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered