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Change Mail Sender

by Syed Balkhi · 20,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Watch2 Warnings

Watch: tested up to WordPress 6.7.11, 4 major versions behind 7.1.4.

71/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Change Mail Sender
Ownership100
Maintenance20
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

  • WarningMNT-2Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11, 4 major versions behind 7.1.4. Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.3 Nov 2026Evidence
  • WarningMNT-1No release in 19 months (last release 2 Apr 2025). Plan a replacement if the plugin is important to your site.2 Apr 2026Evidence

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
hmbashar9 Oct 2015 to 11 Sep 2020, 34 commits
capuderg15 Mar 2023 to 2 Apr 2025, 2 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
19 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
6.7 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.6.20 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Change Mail Sender
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 2 Apr 2025. Tested up to 6.7, 4 major versions behind WordPress 7.1.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.4 from 18 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star14
4 star1
3 star1
2 star0
1 star2
Latest low reviews

Momentum

20,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Change Mail Sender
4 May 202685
11 May 2026136
18 May 2026116
25 May 2026131
1 Jun 2026119
8 Jun 2026132
15 Jun 2026120
22 Jun 2026119
29 Jun 2026129
6 Jul 2026124
13 Jul 2026105
20 Jul 2026135
27 Jul 2026144
3 Aug 2026176
10 Aug 2026146
17 Aug 2026144
24 Aug 2026134
31 Aug 2026119
7 Sep 2026149
14 Sep 2026157
21 Sep 2026189
28 Sep 2026178
5 Oct 2026190
12 Oct 2026163
19 Oct 2026257
26 Oct 2026239
2 Nov 202646

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 23% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & MoreScore 93 · 4,000,000+Easy WP SMTP - WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and moreScore 92 · 500,000+FluentSMTP - WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTPScore 91 · 700,000+Stop WP Emails Going to SpamScore 91 · 10,000+WP Offload SES LiteScore 91 · 10,000+

Facts

Version1.3.0
AuthorSyed Balkhi
Added9 Oct 2015
Last updated2 Apr 2025
Active installs20,000+
Requires WordPress5.2
Tested up to6.7.11
Requires PHP5.6.20
CategoryCommunication & Messaging > SMTP & Email Delivery Services
Tagsmail, name, email, from email, Change Mail Sender

Other plugins by this author: WPForms - AI Form Builder for WordPress - Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More, WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More, WPCode - Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets - WordPress Code Manager, All in One SEO - AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights), Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed - Easy Social Feeds Plugin, Duplicator - Backups & Migration Plugin - Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More, Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress - OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation, One Click Demo Import, Easy WP SMTP - WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more, Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes - NextGEN Gallery, WP Crontrol, PDF Embedder - PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress

Questions

Is Change Mail Sender still maintained?

Change Mail Sender was last updated on 2 Apr 2025. Its Canary status is Watch.

Is Change Mail Sender safe?

Change Mail Sender has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Watch.

Who owns Change Mail Sender?

The wordpress.org author is Syed Balkhi. Recent committers: capuderg, hmbashar, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Change Mail Sender?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More, Easy WP SMTP - WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more, FluentSMTP - WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP, Stop WP Emails Going to Spam, WP Offload SES Lite.

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