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WP Offload SES Lite
Amazon SES power that sometimes plays poorly with other plugins.
HealthyDeclining
63/100
It offers easy Amazon SES integration but suffers from compatibility issues and delivery failures.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.3★
36 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-64%
Declining fast
245 → 89 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 64% vs a year ago
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 · -64% in the last year
245/day a year ago→89/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Offload SES Lite is widely praised for reliably sending emails and being easy to set up, but several users report critical delivery failures and compatibility issues.
What people like
- +Works reliably and as described, with fast and simple email sending×9
- +Clear step-by-step setup guide makes configuration easy×2
- +Free plugin with good integration into WordPress
- +Lightweight, no unnecessary features that cause bugs
Common complaints
- −Emails appear sent but never arrive for some users
- −Adding a new sender can delete other verified email addresses
- −Incompatible with other plugins that rely on wp_mail
- −Support response can be slow or absent for error resolution
- −Plugin may deactivate itself when other poorly coded plugins are present
- −Potential security risk if generic AWS credentials are used
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.48★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 36 total
Latest reviews · 36 analyzed
- 2026-01-21★★★★★Goodkloddant
- 2023-10-02★★★★★Been using for years and works better than many alternativeskwebdesign
- 2023-02-15★★★★★Lovelytufty
- 2023-01-23★★★★★wonderfultsiotas
- 2021-05-22★★★★★I love Delicious BrainsTerence Milbourn
- 2021-04-27★★★★★Migrate to Signature Version 4 to continue using Amazon SESsuman4468
- 2020-12-10★★★★★Didn't workivetandh1-shot
- 2020-04-04★★★★★BEST PLUGIN TO SEND EMAILS THROUGH AMAZON SEScatboulin
- 2019-09-13★★★★★1Adigitalkult
- 2019-02-19★★★★★Messed up with existing email deleting too much risky to implementsanjayshiwakoti1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
75
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
68
Prior 7-day baseline
114
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
344
Mean release-day peak (30d)
343
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+10.3%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.94
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
81%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.31 → 4.48★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered