Email Essentials — WordPress Email Plugin
by Acato · WordPress.org page · Website
Email Essentials has 60+ active installs on WordPress.org and 780 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 25, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Email Essentials at a glance
Is Email Essentials well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Set a good From name and email address, automatically correcting it if needed. For example, a contact form is sent from the visitors email address, resulting…
- Correct envelope-from address; often forgotten, but important for deliverability
- Reformat as HTML with plain text alternative; will detect the use of HTML ensures that emails are sent as HTML with a plain text alternative
- Process shortcodes in your email content
- UTF8 recoding, to ensure that special characters are correctly encoded in the email
- Email Essentials allows for adding CSS, header, footer, and body template using filters, see below
- Convert CSS to inline styles for better support in email clients
- SMTP configuration
- Send emails to multiple addressees as separate emails
- S/MIME signing, using a supplied certificate, to ensure the authenticity of the email
- DKIM signing, and providing all information needed to set up DKIM signing for your domain
- Allow redirecting emails sent to the administrator to other email addresses based on the email subject
Details
A plugin to make WordPress outgoing emails better and less likely to be marked as spam.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Email Essentials competes in
Tags
- deliverability
- DKIM
- smime
- smtp
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- Version
- 6.0.7
- Last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First published
- Jan 30, 2026
- Requires WordPress
- 5.6
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Email Essentials FAQ
What does Email Essentials do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Email Essentials offers Set a good From name and email address, automatically correcting it if needed. For example, a contact form is sent from the visitors email address, resulting, Correct envelope-from address; often forgotten, but important for deliverability, Reformat as HTML with plain text alternative; will detect the use of HTML ensures that emails are sent as HTML with a plain text alternative, Process shortcodes in your email content and UTF8 recoding, to ensure that special characters are correctly encoded in the email.
How many active installs does Email Essentials have?
WordPress.org reports 60+ active installs for Email Essentials as of September 7, 2026.
Is Email Essentials still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 25, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Email Essentials free?
Email Essentials is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.