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GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
500,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
17
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.3
out of 5, from 10 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
no threads
Support threads, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is GoSMTP and who is behind it?
GoSMTP is a WordPress plugin in the “Contact and email” field, made by Softaculous. It has been listed in the directory since 20 Feb 2023, so for 3 years. Softaculous has 11 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 500,000 to 599,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 17 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Send emails from your WordPress site using your preferred SMTP provider like Gmail, Outlook, AWS, Zoho, SMTP.com, Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), Mailgun …”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was GoSMTP last released?
The last release of GoSMTP came 17 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does GoSMTP have?
GoSMTP had 500,000 to 599,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 47 plugins had a higher band and 18 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 500,000 means at least 500,000 and at most 599,999.
Which WordPress version is GoSMTP tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does GoSMTP compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 57.6% of them had a more recent last release than GoSMTP; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | GoSMTP | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 17 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.3 (10) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | not stated | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 5.5 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | gosmtp |
|---|---|
| Author | Softaculous |
| Active installs | 500,000 to 599,999 |
| Last release | 17 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.5 |
| Rating | 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | none in the window |
| Listed since | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Total downloads | 2,486,275, updates included |
| Tags | aws-smtp, gmail-smtp, sendgrid-smtp, smtp, wordpress-smtp |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| aws-smtp | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| gmail-smtp | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| sendgrid-smtp | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| smtp | 19 | 3 | 17 |
| wordpress-smtp | 2 | 1 | 63 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2023
GoSMTP has been listed since 20 Feb 2023. Of the 32 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2023, 93.8% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check & Log Email | 100,000 to 199,999 | 50 days before the reference date | 4.8 (290) |
| Easy WP SMTP | 500,000 to 599,999 | 16 days before the reference date | 4.6 (707) |
| Email Deliverability | 200,000 to 299,999 | 43 days before the reference date | 2.3 (16) |
| FluentSMTP | 600,000 to 699,999 | 16 days before the reference date | 4.8 (400) |
| Post SMTP | 300,000 to 399,999 | 3 days before the reference date | 4.7 (525) |
| SureMail | 200,000 to 299,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.8 (23) |
| WP Mail Logging | 300,000 to 399,999 | 190 days before the reference date | 4.7 (365) |
Do you maintain GoSMTP?
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): GoSMTP – SMTP for WordPress, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/gosmtp/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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