Best wp mail SMTP plugins for WordPress
The most popular wp mail SMTP plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FluentSMTP leads with 700K+ active installs, ahead of YaySMTP (10K+) and Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor) (7K+). All 10 plugins tagged “WP Mail SMTP” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 wp mail SMTP plugins
- 1.
FluentSMTPThe most installed wp mail SMTP plugin, with 700K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 413 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
YaySMTP10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 45 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)7K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 68 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
SMTP for SendGrid1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
MailHawk300+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 10 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 6.
MailHog for WordPress100+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.
HTP SMTP40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 8.
SMTP Email Mod by Webwerkstatt Stauß10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Launchpad WP SMTPFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 10.
Flexa MailBridgeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “WP Mail SMTP”
FluentSMTP
#87by WPManageNinja5 days ago
Free WP Mail SMTP plugin. Fix WordPress email deliverability with Gmail, Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, Brevo or any SMTP.
- Installs
- 700K+
- Rating
- 4.8(413)
- Downloads
- 7.3K/day
YaySMTP
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,984by YayCommerce8 days ago
Free WordPress SMTP plugin with email logs, open & click tracking, reports & charts, CSV export, and WooCommerce email preview.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(45)
- Downloads
- 301/day
Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,601by David Vongries11 months ago
Swift SMTP is a free & simple SMTP Plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(68)
- Downloads
- 34/day
SMTP for SendGrid
Down in the last 7 days:8#5,347by YayCommerce5 months ago
Send emails from WordPress through SendGrid using SMTP by YayCommerce
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 21/day
MailHawk
Up in the last 7 days:16#10,739by Adrian Tobey2 days ago
An easier SMTP service for WordPress. Improve your WordPress email deliverability!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.4(10)
- Downloads
- 20/day
MailHog for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:48#15,695by Tareq Hasan5 years ago
Zero configuration MailHog plugin for your development machine.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTP SMTP
Down in the last 7 days:208#22,336by HuTaNaTu4 years ago
HTP SMTP can help us to send emails via SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SMTP Email Mod by Webwerkstatt Stauß
#30,545by benistauss11 months ago
Adds the possibility to send all WordPress emails via SMTP.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Launchpad WP SMTP
#56,574by Vinhdd7 years ago
Launchpad WP SMTP can help us to send emails via SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flexa MailBridge
#67,481by FlexaTech1 month ago
An email delivery layer for WordPress: route wp_mail() through any SMTP or API mailer, with fallback, queue, logs, tracking, and reports.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day