10 Best Email Log Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Email Log has 80,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Email Log
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Check & Log Email
Closest matchCheck & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging
4.8 (290) 100,000+ active installsCheck & Log email allows you to test if your website is correctly sending emails . Overriding of email headers and carbon copying to another address.
Shares the email, email log, log tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.9 (66) 10,000+ active installsWP Mail Log helps you to Log and view all emails from WordPress. It is useful if you have to debug email related problems or have to store sent emails …
Shares the email, email log tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated June 30, 2026.
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Solid Mail – SMTP email and logging made by SolidWP
4.2 (52) 60,000+ active installsEmail deliverability made SOLID. Connect to your chosen email provider with an intuitive set-it-and-forget-it SMTP plugin.
Shares the email, email log tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 12, 2026.
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4.7 (365) 300,000+ active installsLog, view, and resend all emails sent from your WordPress site. Great for resolving email sending issues or keeping a copy for auditing.
Shares the email, email log tags on WordPress.org. About 3.8 times the installs, last updated February 19, 2026.
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4.0 (725) 200,000+ active installsConnect your store to your Mailchimp audience to track sales, create targeted emails, send abandoned cart emails, and more.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
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Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes
4.3 (74) 200,000+ active installsMonitor every change on your WordPress site — who did what, when, and where it came from — for a complete audit trail and stronger security.
Shares the email log tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher
4.9 (107) 20,000+ active installsStop from ever losing your emails again! This fast, lightweight plugin (under 140kb in size!) is also useful for debugging or backing up your messages
Shares the email log tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 4, 2026.
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YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports
4.9 (45) 10,000+ active installsFree WordPress SMTP plugin with email logs, open & click tracking, reports & charts, CSV export, and WooCommerce email preview.
Shares the email log tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 80,000+, last updated 15 days ago.
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Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail SMTP, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more
4.6 (707) 500,000+ active installsMake SMTP email sending and delivery easy. Configure Gmail SMTP, Outlook, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, SendLayer or connect to any SMTP server.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 6.3 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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Post SMTP
Paid version availablePost SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App
4.7 (525) 300,000+ active installsImprove WordPress email deliverability. Connect Gmail SMTP, Microsoft 365, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Zoho, Amazon SES, etc. #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 3.8 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Email Log: common questions
What is the best alternative to Email Log?
Check & Log Email is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Email Log alternative has the most users?
Easy WP SMTP, with 500,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Email Log alternative is rated highest?
WP Mail Catcher, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 107 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Email Log alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Email Log score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Email Log on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Check & Log Email is the closest match to Email Log by the data we track, and Easy WP SMTP has the widest reach with 500,000+ active installs. Check & Log Email shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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