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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
4M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
64
Days since the last release
Group median: 8
4.8
out of 5, from 5,185 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
84.6%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is WP Mail SMTP by WPForms and who is behind it?
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms is a WordPress plugin in the “Contact and email” field, made by Syed Balkhi. It has been listed in the directory since 12 Sept 2007, so for 18 years. Syed Balkhi has 41 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 4,000,000 to 4,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 64 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:
“Make email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid, Mailgun, SES, Zoho, + more. Rated #1 WordPress SMTP Email plugin.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was WP Mail SMTP by WPForms last released?
The last release of WP Mail SMTP by WPForms came 64 days before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does WP Mail SMTP by WPForms have?
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms had 4,000,000 to 4,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 11 plugins had a higher band and one plugin the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 4,000,000 means at least 4,000,000 and at most 4,999,999.
Which WordPress version is WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 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 3.0% of the group.
How does WP Mail SMTP by WPForms compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 88.1% of them had a more recent last release than WP Mail SMTP by WPForms; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | WP Mail SMTP by WPForms | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 64 | median 8 |
| Rating | 4.8 (5,185) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 84.6% | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | wp-mail-smtp |
|---|---|
| Author | Syed Balkhi |
| Active installs | 4,000,000 to 4,999,999 |
| Last release | 64 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Rating | 4.8 out of 5 from 5,185 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 22 of 26 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 12 Sept 2007 |
| Total downloads | 83,385,127, updates included |
| Tags | email, email-logs, gmail, outlook, smtp |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 1 | 50 | |
| email-logs | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| gmail | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| outlook | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| smtp | 19 | 1 | 17 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2007
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms has been listed since 12 Sept 2007. Of the 25 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2007, 72.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easy WP SMTP | 500,000 to 599,999 | 16 days before the reference date | 4.6 (707) |
| FluentSMTP | 600,000 to 699,999 | 16 days before the reference date | 4.8 (400) |
| GoSMTP | 500,000 to 599,999 | 17 days before the reference date | 4.3 (10) |
| MC4WP | 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.8 (1,497) |
| Post SMTP | 300,000 to 399,999 | 3 days before the reference date | 4.7 (525) |
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hafenstudios (2026): WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
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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