FluentSMTP — WordPress Email Plugin
FluentSMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP
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FluentSMTP has 600,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 4,969,718 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 12, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
FluentSMTP at a glance
Is FluentSMTP well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Fluent Forms – The Fastest Form Builder Plugin
- FluentCRM – Email Marketing Automation, Email Newsletter and CRM Plugin for WordPress
- Elementor Forms
- Contact Form 7
- Gravity Forms
- Contact Form by WPForms
- Forminator – Contact Form
- Ninja Forms Contact Form
- Form Maker by 10Web
- Formidable Form Builder
- GiveWP – Donation Plugin
- Fast Secure Contact Form
FluentSMTP reviews and ratings
400 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
400 reviews
- 5★
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371
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7
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Simple, performant et GRATUIT
Un seul mot : MERCI Super plug-in de gestion SMTP simple et complet et tout cela gratuitement que demander de plus !
eric4sef -
I love this plugin. Thank you.
It works really well and I love that it offers email logs. That is extremely helpful. Thanks for the great plugin.
robmaric -
Great
After struggling for some time to get WP to send emails from forms, I came across FluentSMTP - and it just works. So simple to set up. Thanks
roberteadie -
Very Nice
Very very good plugins, thanks for the support.
kayumix83 -
It just works
I've been running this plugin for about a year now and it just worked immediately with our transactional email sender. Thanks!
denpashogai -
Solid!
Continuously improved and updated. Highly recommended!
deepcookieflavor
Where FluentSMTP ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that FluentSMTP appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Email Plugins | #4 by tag, #2 in search | #2 | – |
| Best Donation Plugins | #28 in search, not tagged | #54 | – |
| Best CRM Plugins | #36 in search, not tagged | #64 | – |
| Best Newsletter Plugins | #41 in search, not tagged | #73 | – |
| Best Coming Soon Plugins | #47 in search, not tagged | #77 | – |
| Best Automation Plugins | #44 in search, not tagged | #79 | – |
FluentSMTP alternatives
Plugins that solve the same problem, ranked by how closely they overlap with FluentSMTP.
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Post SMTP 300,000+ installs · 4.7 -
WP Mail SMTP 4 million+ installs · 4.8 -
GoSMTP 500,000+ installs · 4.3 -
SureMail 200,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Ninja Forms 600,000+ installs · 4.4
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FluentSMTP Details
Free WP Mail SMTP plugin - fix WordPress email deliverability with Gmail, Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Cloudflare, Postmark, Brevo and any SMTP.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- Amazon SES
- mailgun
- sendgrid
- smtp
- wordpress mail smtp
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- Version
- 2.3.1
- Last updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- First published
- Jan 18, 2021
- Requires WordPress
- 5.5
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free, community plugin
FluentSMTP FAQ
What does FluentSMTP do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, FluentSMTP offers Fluent Forms – The Fastest Form Builder Plugin, FluentCRM – Email Marketing Automation, Email Newsletter and CRM Plugin for WordPress, Elementor Forms, Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms.
How many active installs does FluentSMTP have?
WordPress.org reports 600,000+ active installs for FluentSMTP as of September 7, 2026.
Is FluentSMTP still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 12, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Does FluentSMTP have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 21 of 23 recent support threads for FluentSMTP are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is FluentSMTP free?
FluentSMTP is free and listed as a community plugin on WordPress.org, with no commercial upgrade.
Where does FluentSMTP rank among Email Plugins?
FluentSMTP is #2 in the WordPress.org "email" ranking as of today.