Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
Active installs4,000,000+ rounded
Current authorSyed Balkhi
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 25 Jun 2026
Support20 / 25 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record98
Rating4.8 /5 · 5,189
Added to directory12 Sep 2007
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Tested up toWP 7.0.4 WordPress is now on 7.1
PluginPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Syed Balkhi throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| chmac | 25 | 12 Sep 2007 | 17 Dec 2016 |
| smub | 1 | 26 May 2017 | 26 May 2017 |
| jaredatch | 5 | 30 Oct 2017 | 12 Dec 2017 |
| slaFFik | 32 | 18 Dec 2017 | 04 Feb 2021 |
| capuderg | 20 | 28 Oct 2020 | 30 Aug 2023 |
| alexandersakal | 14 | 08 Nov 2023 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| sixfingersam | 1 | 12 Nov 2025 | 12 Nov 2025 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 4,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
20,630 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 16% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
08 Aug 2026peak 58,069/day07 Sep 2026
26 ratings left in the last 37 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug | 28 Aug | 29 Aug | 30 Aug | 31 Aug | 01 Sep | 02 Sep | 03 Sep | 04 Sep | 05 Sep | 06 Sep | 07 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 25,168 | 21,486 | 58,069 | 16,930 | 16,160 | 13,168 | 30,901 | 22,724 | 23,450 | 22,246 | 20,445 | 10,863 | 13,784 |
| Ratings total | 5,181 | 5,181 | 5,181 | 5,184 | 5,185 | 5,185 | 5,185 | 5,185 | 5,187 | 5,188 | 5,188 | 5,188 | 5,188 | 5,189 |
| Support threads | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Threads resolved | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (4,000,000+) · version (4.9.0)
37 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory18 years ago 12 Sep 2007
Requires WP5.5
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0.1 behind
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 25 Jun 2026, 75 days ago.
- Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 7.0.4, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 1 release.
- 20 of 25 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 97 other plugins, 38 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 02 Aug 20261 month agoFirst observed by PluginPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 25 Jun 20262 months agoVersion 4.9.0 released
- 16 Apr 20265 months agoVersion 4.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 26 Nov 20259 months agoVersion 4.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 12 Nov 202510 months agoVersion 4.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by sixfingersam.
- 29 Aug 202512 months agoVersion 4.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 05 Jun 202515 months agoVersion 4.5.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 05 Mar 202518 months agoVersion 4.4.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 11 Dec 202421 months agoVersion 4.3.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 06 Nov 202422 months agoVersion 4.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 15 Aug 20242 years agoVersion 4.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 17 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 4.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 29 Feb 20242.5 years agoVersion 4.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 22 Jan 20242.5 years agoVersion 3.11.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by alexandersakal.
- 12 Sep 200718 years ago85 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 12 Sep 2007 and 13 Dec 2023. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 12 Sep 200718 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Syed Balkhi for all 37 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (25 Jun 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.0.4; WordPress is now on 7.1.
- WordPress.org reports 4,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 5,189 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 20 of 25 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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