Best inbox plugins for WordPress
The most popular inbox plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SMTP2GO for WordPress leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of INBOX Forms (50+) and gRDV Messages (50+). All 19 plugins tagged “inbox” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 inbox plugins
- 1.SMTP2GO for WordPress
The most installed inbox plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 67 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
INBOX Forms50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 3.
gRDV Messages50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 4.
WP INBOX20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 5.
Quarivo Form Shield20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
4WP Notifications10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.Admin User Messages
10+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 8.Inbox Widget
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago.
- 9.
tlloancy Outgoing Mail Inbox10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 10.
NaveenCodes Smart Contact Inbox for Contact Form 7Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 19 plugins tagged “inbox”
SMTP2GO for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:9#898by SMTP2GO2 months ago
Resolve email delivery issues, increase inbox placement, track sent email, get 24/7 support, and real-time reporting.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 5.0(67)
- Downloads
- 193/day

INBOX Forms
#20,592by INBOX5 years ago
Add newsletter sign up forms to your WordPress site. Subscribers will be saved directly to your Inbox account. Super easy to set up!
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

gRDV Messages
Down in the last 7 days:1,007#21,144by grdv4 days ago
Turn email into a modern chat experience in WordPress, with IMAP synchronization, shared inboxes, and centrally managed signatures.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP INBOX
#26,816by Softbranch5 years ago
WP INBOX is the first plugin developed for managing your multiple email accounts within your Wordpress Dashboard.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quarivo Form Shield
Down in the last 7 days:323#28,589by 菅原隆志2 months ago
Keep Contact Form 7 inquiries in a local review inbox, even when mail sending fails, and quietly quarantine only high-confidence spam.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

4WP Notifications
Up in the last 7 days:29,172#34,726by 4WP.dev4 months ago
In-app notifications for logged-in users — bell block, inbox list, WooCommerce events, admin broadcasts, and a developer REST send API.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin User Messages
#42,404by Zaunkoenig12 years ago
Admin User Messages is a simple plugin that allows communication just between Admin and single users, but not a communication between user and user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Inbox Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,350#42,594by David Carson15 years ago
Adds a widget option showing the three most recent private messages to logged in users of a BuddyPress powered website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

tlloancy Outgoing Mail Inbox
#44,721by Thomas Lloancy20 days ago
Turns the WordPress mail log into an inbox: highlight notices the site sent to itself, and reply to the real person.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NaveenCodes Smart Contact Inbox for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:22,499#50,879by Naveen Goyal2 months ago
A centralized inbox for Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, and Ninja Forms submissions — view threads, reply directly from WordPress admin, and t …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

GhostParse
Up in the last 7 days:13,085#52,148by dghostparse25 days ago
Answer WooCommerce customer emails from the real order and its tracking, and receive email into WordPress, with replies sent from your own domain.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TiboMail
#52,598by WebTibo7 days ago
Read, write and manage your business email (IMAP/SMTP) inside WordPress. A clean, fast inbox with new mail notifications and forwarding.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 48/day

CoxInbox
Down in the last 7 days:3,612#65,756by themelooks4 months ago
Turn your WordPress form submissions into a centralized inbox and lead management system. MVP supports Contact Form 7.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Inbox AI
Down in the last 7 days:8,481#66,943by Aminul Islam2 months ago
Turn Contact Form 7 submissions into an AI-powered inbox: AI drafts the summary, database, category, priority, and reply — you review and send.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Soltacia Live Chat
#67,658by Soltacia Software29 days ago
A simple self-hosted live chat widget for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MugenCodex Lead Inbox for Contact Form 7
#71,972by mugencodex4 months ago
Save Contact Form 7 submissions, manage leads in an inbox, export CSV, and get email follow-up reminders.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACS Contact Form
#71,996by ACS1 month ago
A contact form that also follows up: every message is saved, sorted, and chased with a reminder until somebody answers it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FoxInbox for Divi
#72,641by GlossyFox11 days ago
Save Divi Contact Form submissions with unread notifications, CSV export, internal notes, and follow-up tracking.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

BahriCanli Connect
Down in the last 7 days:19,452#74,294by Bahri CANLI1 month ago
A WhatsApp Business and SMS team inbox inside WordPress. Connects to the Message Manager platform to read and reply to customer conversations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day