Best welcome email plugins for WordPress
The most popular welcome email plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Newsletter leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Resend Welcome Email (1K+) and Eliminate Notify Email (30+). All 7 plugins tagged “welcome email” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 welcome email plugins
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NewsletterThe most installed welcome email plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 1,205 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
Resend Welcome Email1K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Eliminate Notify Email30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 4.
SmartrMail30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
When Last Login10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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MailBard Newsletters10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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Registration form euFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 7 plugins tagged “welcome email”
Newsletter
Down in the last 7 days:1#224by Stefano Lissa6 days ago
An email marketing tool for your blog: subscription forms to create your lists with unlimited subscribers and newsletters.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.6(1.2K)
- Downloads
- 6.7K/day
Resend Welcome Email
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,919by Hudson Atwell8 years ago
Quickly send a new welcome email and password reset link for a user through the user's profile edit area.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Eliminate Notify Email
Up in the last 7 days:19#23,748by webjunk16 years ago
Stop your Wordpress site from sending the New User Email to new users.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SmartrMail
#24,440by marcosteixeira2 years ago
SmartrMail lets you send personalized shopping emails, to get more sales
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
When Last Login
Down in the last 7 days:1,249#32,904by Andrew Lima7 months ago
Send your users a welcome email when logging into your site for the first time.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MailBard Newsletters
Up in the last 7 days:3,364#39,627by mailbard5 years ago
MailBard is a fork of the plugin MailPoet 2. The MailPoet team has decided to stop supporting MailPoet 2... so here comes MailBard, to pick up right …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Registration form eu
Up in the last 7 days:1,700#65,897by ilariotr9 years ago
Plugin user signup and customize welcome email
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day