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WP Offload SES Lite

by WP Engine · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: WP Offload SES Lite is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WP Offload SES Lite
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
deliciousbrains6 Jun 2018 to 20 Oct 2026, 80 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
15 days ago
Releases, 24 months
6
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
8.1 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for WP Offload SES Lite
Q1 20242
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20251
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20262
Q4 20261

Last release 20 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
17 Apr 2023guzzlehttp/psr7 < 1.9.1 & 2.4.5 - Interpretation Conflict5.3< 1.6.41.6.431
29 Jun 2021WP Offload SES Lite <= 1.4.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting5.4<= 1.4.41.4.50

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating 5.0 in Q1 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star29
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star6
Latest low reviews

Momentum

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

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WP Offload SES Lite
4 May 2026662
11 May 20261,318
18 May 20261,783
25 May 20261,480
1 Jun 20261,563
8 Jun 20261,410
15 Jun 20261,344
22 Jun 20261,123
29 Jun 20261,122
6 Jul 20265,748
13 Jul 20262,811
20 Jul 20262,557
27 Jul 20262,129
3 Aug 20261,958
10 Aug 20261,945
17 Aug 20266,228
24 Aug 20262,590
31 Aug 20262,490
7 Sep 20262,005
14 Sep 20261,965
21 Sep 20262,495
28 Sep 20261,938
5 Oct 20261,872
12 Oct 20261,735
19 Oct 20267,801
26 Oct 20263,926
2 Nov 2026510

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 46% 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

Version1.8.3
AuthorWP Engine
Added30 Jan 2011
Last updated20 Oct 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP8.1
CategoryCommunication & Messaging > SMTP & Email Delivery Services
Tagssmtp, Amazon SES, gmail smtp, newsletter, email delivery

Other plugins by this author: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®), Better Search Replace, PHP Compatibility Checker, WP Migrate Lite - Migration Made Easy, Database Backup for WordPress, WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Services, SQL Buddy - Database Management Made Easy, Faust.js, Gutenberg Blocks - ACF Blocks Suite, WP Engine GeoTarget, Image Processing Queue

Questions

Is WP Offload SES Lite still maintained?

WP Offload SES Lite was last updated on 20 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is WP Offload SES Lite safe?

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

Who owns WP Offload SES Lite?

The wordpress.org author is WP Engine. Recent committers: deliciousbrains, bradt, SylvainDeaure, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of WP Offload SES Lite?

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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