WordPress plugin comparison

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts vs Postie

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts

by Jack - BNFW

30K+ installs4.8

Postie

by Wayne Allen

10K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts has more active installs: 30K+, against 10K+ for Postie.
On a typical day, Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is downloaded about 753 times, Postie about 478.
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 184 reviews, against 4.7 from 139 reviews.
Postie was updated more recently: Nov 6, 2026, against Oct 31, 2026 for Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts.
Postie resolves more of its support threads: 67% in the last two months, against 0% for Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Postie has been around longer: since 2009, against 2013 for Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts.

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts	Postie
Popular rank	#1,046	#1,602
Active installs	30K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	35K	20.2K
Rating	4.8(184)	4.7(139)
Support threads resolved	0%	67%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.98	×1.35
Last release	9 days ago	3 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.0

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