WordPress plugin comparison

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts vs Email 404

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts

by Jack - BNFW

30K+ installs4.8

Email 404

by jfoucher

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts has more active installs: 30K+, against 10+ for Email 404.
On a typical day, Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is downloaded about 761 times, Email 404 about 1.
Email 404 is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 184 reviews.
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts was updated more recently: Oct 31, 2026, against Sep 8, 2011 for Email 404.
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.0.5 for Email 404.
Email 404 has been around longer: since 2011, against 2013 for Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts.

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts	Email 404
Popular rank	#1,045	#43,460
Active installs	30K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	35.5K	32
Rating	4.8(184)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	3.0.5
Search multiplier	×0.98	×0.00
Last release	9 days ago	15 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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