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SendWP

by Kevin Stover · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: SendWP is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for SendWP
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

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

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master26 Feb 2019 to 26 Feb 2019, 1 commits
kbjohnson9013 Mar 2019 to 18 May 2020, 12 commits
krmoorhouse22 Nov 2019 to 9 Apr 2020, 5 commits
mrpritchett3 Mar 2021 to 1 Nov 2026, 40 commits

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

Maintenance

Last release
2 days ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
8.2 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for SendWP
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20262

Last release 1 Nov 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

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

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q3 2024 and Q4 2024.

Rating distribution
5 star11
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star3
Latest low reviews

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for SendWP
4 May 2026250
11 May 2026416
18 May 2026305
25 May 2026255
1 Jun 2026297
8 Jun 2026757
15 Jun 2026522
22 Jun 2026320
29 Jun 2026312
6 Jul 2026203
13 Jul 2026395
20 Jul 2026603
27 Jul 20261,388
3 Aug 2026949
10 Aug 2026377
17 Aug 2026687
24 Aug 2026450
31 Aug 2026439
7 Sep 2026475
14 Sep 2026473
21 Sep 2026473
28 Sep 2026546
5 Oct 2026726
12 Oct 2026362
19 Oct 2026706
26 Oct 2026855
2 Nov 20264,599

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 143% 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+

Facts

Version1.4.11
AuthorKevin Stover
Added13 Mar 2019
Last updated1 Nov 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.1
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP8.2
CategoryCommunication & Messaging > SMTP & Email Delivery Services
Tagsemail, forms, transactional

Other plugins by this author: Ninja Forms - Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder, Ninja Announcements Lite, Ninja Shop - The Quickest Way to Start Selling, Ninja Galleries

Questions

Is SendWP still maintained?

SendWP was last updated on 1 Nov 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is SendWP safe?

SendWP has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns SendWP?

The wordpress.org author is Kevin Stover. Recent committers: mrpritchett, kbjohnson90, krmoorhouse, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of SendWP?

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.

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