Best e-mail plugins for WordPress
The most popular e-mail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Postie leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of WP-EMail (1K+) and Cryptex (800+). All 30 plugins tagged “e-mail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 e-mail plugins
- 1.
PostieThe most installed e-mail plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 139 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
WP-EMail1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 11 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Cryptex800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Email Notifications for Updates100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
Metro Share Widget100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 6.
WP JV Custom Email Settings70+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
Email50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.
LDW Mobile Contact Optimizer40+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 9.
AutoLink30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 10.
Html New User Notification20+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 30 plugins tagged “e-mail”
Postie
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,602by Wayne Allen3 days ago
Postie allows you to create posts via email, including many advanced features not found in WordPress's default Post by Email feature.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(139)
- Downloads
- 478/day
WP-EMail
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,231by Lester Chan3 months ago
Allows people to recommend/send your WordPress blog's post/page to a friend.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Cryptex
Down in the last 7 days:20#7,289by Andi Dittrich7 months ago
Cryptex transforms plain-text E-Mail-Addresses into Images - automatically - No scrapers. No harvesters. No spambots. That's our goal!
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Email Notifications for Updates
Down in the last 7 days:28#14,329by AWEOS GmbH1 year ago
Automatic E-mail notifications for outdated plugins. Select multiple recipients and use our beautiful E-mail layout with plugin thumbnails.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Metro Share Widget
Down in the last 7 days:72#16,351by WPManiax9 years ago
Add Metro style social share widget to your sidebar. 5 most popular social networks supported
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP JV Custom Email Settings
Up in the last 7 days:8#18,911by Janos Ver6 years ago
Notify users about new posts published and customize your e-mail notification settings
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email
Down in the last 7 days:137#20,355by Patrick Daly11 years ago
Email users with custom templates when certain actions happen, such as new posts or updated custom post types and keep a log of sent emails.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
LDW Mobile Contact Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:240#21,494by lamourduweb9 years ago
Don’t waste any contact! Be reached in 1 click from mobile.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AutoLink
Down in the last 7 days:56#24,582by andreu15 years ago
This plugin automatically adds HTML anchor tags to plain text links and email addresses embedded in the content of posts and pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Html New User Notification
#25,700by Abhishek Kumar11 years ago
This plugin gives you option for sending html new user notification email.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 2/day
WP Webhooks
#26,855by Cozmoslabs5 years ago
A WP Webhooks & Pro extension for integrating WordPress emails
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CommentMailer
Down in the last 7 days:266#29,029by Huda Toriq19 years ago
Send automated email to your blog's commenters everytime you reply their comments on the blog's comment system.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email not required
Down in the last 7 days:422#30,182by ircf7 years ago
Disable email requirement for user registering/editing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Monitor Pages
Up in the last 7 days:11,690#34,268by Mark Jaquith14 years ago
Sends e-mail notifications to a configurable list of addresses when Pages are published, scheduled, or modified.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Invite Friends
Up in the last 7 days:12,714#35,412by DjZoNe18 years ago
This plugin give the ability to anyone how registered to your blog, to invite more people, even if the registration is closed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Download Sender
Up in the last 7 days:5,280#36,011by Mustapha FERSAOUI7 years ago
Download Sender allows you to add a download button, which when clicked displays a file sending form requiring users to enter their email address to r …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mail Nachricht
#40,923by Wolfgang C.17 days ago
Mit diesem Mail-Plugin bekommt man eine E-Mail Nachricht, wenn jemand eine bestimmte Seite besucht.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
wp_mail to XMPP
#42,997by Mako N11 years ago
Send almost all notifications via XMPP instead of email
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HW Override Default Sender
#43,810by Håkan Wennerberg11 years ago
Overrides WordPress default e-mail sender information (WordPress ) with information you provided.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mail Deactivation
Down in the last 7 days:3,610#46,320by edik12 years ago
Deactivates emailing. WordPress sends no more mails.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SX Easy-going SMTP
Down in the last 7 days:3,133#48,324by Bogdan Kushlyk6 years ago
SX Easy-going SMTP is FREE plugin for sending e-mail from a wordpress web-site. Allows easily set up e-mail sending on any wordpress site in minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Form Send Blocks
#67,620by Isamu Takeda1 month ago
This is a block that summarizes the display screen when submitting a form.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mail Switcher For Developer
Down in the last 7 days:2,937#70,237by PRESSMAN7 years ago
Switching all mails' "to" recipient from the original to what you specify.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
URL Emailer
Down in the last 7 days:19,598#70,653by comeero4 years ago
With URL Emailer you can easily and quickly send emails when a web page is accessed or loaded. With the help of various URL parameters such as recipie …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email Notice for WP Document Revisions
#72,019by nwjames7 days ago
Add-on to WP Document Revisions to notify your users about new documents published or create user email lists to send non-users notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day