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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Email Notifications

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Email Notifications

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for email notifications comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Manage Notification E-mails Best overall 88/100
  2. 2. Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts 87/100
  3. 3. Five Star Restaurant Reservations 85/100
  4. 4. Trakoo 83/100
  5. 5. Comment Reply Email Notification 83/100
  6. 6. Email Addon for Contact Form 7 82/100
  7. 7. Simple Login Notification 82/100
  8. 8. Easy Form Builder by WhiteStudio 82/100
  9. 9. Order Approval for Woocommerce 81/100
  10. 10. Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner 81/100
  11. 11. Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP... 80/100
  12. 12. Conditional Logic Emails, Fields, Redirect for Elementor For... 80/100
  13. 13. bbPress Notify 79/100
  14. 14. Block User Account 79/100
  15. 15. Publish Post Email Notification 79/100
1 Manage Notification E-mails
Best overall Free by 3D Virge

Manage Notification E-mails

Enable and disable email notifications that WordPress sends to the admin and user. Works perfectly with many other plugins!

4.8★
from 54 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
88

WPScore

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3 Five Star Restaurant Reservations
Free by Rustaurius

Five Star Restaurant Reservations

Restaurant reservations made easy. Accept bookings online. Quickly confirm or reject reservations, send email notifications, set booking times and mor …

4.7★
from 211 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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4 Trakoo
Free by VillaTheme

Trakoo

Easily import/manage your tracking numbers, add tracking numbers to PayPal and send email notifications to customers.

4.5★
from 58 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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13 bbPress Notify
Free by Vinny

bbPress Notify

Powerful, customizable email notifications for bbPress and BuddyBoss forums — without the spam.

4.8★
from 39 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
79

WPScore

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14 Block User Account
Free by Dango Web

Block User Account

Block, manage, and monitor user accounts with temporary or permanent restrictions, custom messages, email notifications, and activity logs.

4.3★
from 7 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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