Meow Mailer — WordPress Email Plugin
Meow Mailer – Free SMTP, Everything Included
by Jordy Meow · WordPress.org page
Meow Mailer has 600+ active installs on WordPress.org and 5,795 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 2, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Meow Mailer at a glance
Is Meow Mailer well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- One provider, set up once. Pick the one you use and forget about it. No confusing multi provider routing
- Import from your current SMTP plugin. Already set up with WP Mail SMTP or Easy WP SMTP? Meow Mailer notices and copies the provider, credentials and sender…
- A fallback for when it breaks, free. Name a second provider (or plain WordPress, which needs no setup) and it steps in only when the first one refuses an…
- A real email log, free. Every email in a clean table with recipient, subject, provider and status (sent, failed, offline, pending). Click any row to read the…
- Stays out of the way. Until you pick a provider, Meow Mailer doesn’t change how your email is sent, so activating it never breaks what already works. It still…
- Never miss a failure. A dashboard warning appears when emails fail, so silent problems don’t go unnoticed. Dismiss it once you have had a look and it stays…
- Failure alerts by email, free. Get told when your site stops being able to send, instead of finding out from a customer. The alert is sent by WordPress itself…
- Alerts on Slack, Discord or Teams, free. Paste a webhook URL and the alerts and the weekly summary are posted to your chat as well, so finding out that email…
- Weekly summary, free. A short email with what was sent, what failed, and the most common errors. Nothing is sent on a quiet week
- Control WordPress’s own emails. Switch off the notifications WordPress sends by itself: new user registrations, password and email change confirmations…
- Background sending. Email goes out after the page has loaded, so your visitors never wait on the mail server
- Offline mode. Capture every email in the log without sending. Perfect for staging and development
Meow Mailer reviews and ratings
11 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Finally the SMTP mailer I was waiting for
Over the years I have been using several SMTP plugins Most of them started off simple, but became more complex and bulky over the years by adding (unnecessary) features and whatsoever. I am using also other plugins from Jordy (some I use free, others the paid Pro version) because I really like them and because he gives quick and great support. Very recommendable
mahyulan -
Easy to use. Works fine.
Setup was streamlined and easy. The built in test was easy to use and worked. From starting the set up until finishing the first mail account took less than 3 minutes.
darkangel1 -
Works a Treat
Big fan of Jory's work... mailer does everything I need ! and its free.... although I do pay for other of his Pro stuff. Highly recommended. Support good artists! Thankyou
vicegodgiarc -
Works great!
Having (gone ago) setup a LAMP stack on one of my spare machines on which to run Wordpress (which, with the Simply Static plugin allows me to generate the files for my own website) having a way for wordpress to send mail *without* the need to get mail working on that Linux machine is fantastic. Thank you!
tremlas -
Almost perfect
Clean, good interface and perfect for the purpose. Would be great to add just a little feature, to make it perfect: a fallback provider, just in case the main provider fails. Anyway, love it.
meksONE -
Microsoft 365 OAuth 2.0 that works!!!
Been using FluentSMTP, but were having lots of issues laterly with the 365. Installed Meow Mailer, easy setup and works great, even keeps the email logs. Thanks, Jordy😺
stevengrimshaw
Where Meow Mailer ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Meow Mailer appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Email Plugins | #11 in search, not tagged | #37 | – |
Details
Reliable WordPress email through the provider of your choice, with a real email log, one click resend, failure alerts and offline mode. All free.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Meow Mailer competes in
Tags
- deliverability
- email log
- mailer
- smtp
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- Version
- 0.2.4
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- First published
- Jul 1, 2026
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Meow Mailer FAQ
What does Meow Mailer do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Meow Mailer offers One provider, set up once. Pick the one you use and forget about it. No confusing multi provider routing, Import from your current SMTP plugin. Already set up with WP Mail SMTP or Easy WP SMTP? Meow Mailer notices and copies the provider, credentials and sender, A fallback for when it breaks, free. Name a second provider (or plain WordPress, which needs no setup) and it steps in only when the first one refuses an, A real email log, free. Every email in a clean table with recipient, subject, provider and status (sent, failed, offline, pending). Click any row to read the and Stays out of the way. Until you pick a provider, Meow Mailer doesn’t change how your email is sent, so activating it never breaks what already works. It still.
How many active installs does Meow Mailer have?
WordPress.org reports 600+ active installs for Meow Mailer as of September 7, 2026.
Is Meow Mailer still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on September 2, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Meow Mailer have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 10 of 10 recent support threads for Meow Mailer are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Meow Mailer free?
Meow Mailer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Meow Mailer rank among Email Plugins?
Meow Mailer is #37 in the WordPress.org Email Plugins ranking.