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Best WordPress Plugins for Emails

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Emails

All Free only 15 Premium only 5

Choosing a WordPress plugin for emails 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. WP Mail SMTP by WPForms Best overall 96/100
  2. 2. FluentSMTP 94/100
  3. 3. Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Lin... 92/100
  4. 4. Hostinger Reach 91/100
  5. 5. Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce 91/100
  6. 6. FluentCRM 91/100
  7. 7. Easy WP SMTP 90/100
  8. 8. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 90/100
  9. 9. Poptin 90/100
  10. 10. Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress 89/100
  11. 11. GoSMTP 89/100
  12. 12. MailPoet 89/100
  13. 13. Post SMTP 89/100
  14. 14. Check & Log Email 89/100
  15. 15. Email Encoder 89/100
1 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
Best overall Free by Syed Balkhi

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

Make email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid, Mailgun, SES, Zoho, + more. Rated #1 WordPress SMTP Email plugin.

4.8★
from 5,185 ratings
4M+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
96

WPScore

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2 FluentSMTP
Free by WPManageNinja

FluentSMTP

Free WP Mail SMTP plugin - fix WordPress email deliverability with Gmail, Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Cloudflare, Postmark, Brevo and any SMTP.

4.8★
from 400 ratings
600k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
94

WPScore

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4 Hostinger Reach
Free by Hostinger

Hostinger Reach

Launch and grow your email marketing effortlessly with Hostinger Reach. Collect contacts, sync subscribers, and send emails – all in one, AI powered.

5★
from 6 ratings
1M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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6 FluentCRM
Free by WPManageNinja

FluentCRM

The easiest and fastest Email Marketing, Newsletter, Marketing Automation Plugin & CRM Solution for WordPress

4.8★
from 249 ratings
80k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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7 Easy WP SMTP
Free by Syed Balkhi

Easy WP SMTP

Make SMTP email sending and delivery easy. Configure Gmail SMTP, Outlook, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, SendLayer or connect to any SMTP server.

4.6★
from 707 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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9 Poptin
Free by Poptin

Poptin

Free email automation, email campaigns, exit intent popup builder, gamified popups with spin the wheel, contact forms & smart pop ups. 🎉

4.9★
from 694 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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11 GoSMTP
Free by Softaculous

GoSMTP

Send emails from your WordPress site using your preferred SMTP provider like Gmail, Outlook, AWS, Zoho, SMTP.com, Brevo (formerly Sendinblue), Mailgun …

4.3★
from 10 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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12 MailPoet
Free by MailPoet

MailPoet

Send beautiful newsletters from WordPress. Collect subscribers with signup forms, automate your emails for WooCommerce, blog post notifications & more

4.4★
from 1,432 ratings
500k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
89

WPScore

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13 Post SMTP
Free by Saad Iqbal

Post SMTP

Improve WordPress email deliverability. Connect Gmail SMTP, Microsoft 365, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Zoho, Amazon SES, etc. #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin.

4.7★
from 525 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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14 Check & Log Email
Free by checkemail

Check & Log Email

Check & Log email allows you to test if your website is correctly sending emails . Overriding of email headers and carbon copying to another address.

4.8★
from 290 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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15 Email Encoder
Free by Online Optimisation

Email Encoder

Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.

4.9★
from 93 ratings
90k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org