10 Best Postie Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Postie has 10,000+ 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 Postie
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Email Log
Closest match4.2 (43) 80,000+ active installsLog and view all outgoing emails from WordPress. Very useful if you have to debug email related problems or have to store sent emails for auditing.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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Check & 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.7 (30) 60,000+ active installsThe officially-supported ActiveCampaign Postmark plugin for Wordpress.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, no update since November 18, 2024.
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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 tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.7, last updated May 12, 2026.
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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts
Paid version availableCustomize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP
4.8 (184) 30,000+ active installsSupercharge your WordPress email notifications using a WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. Default and new notifications available. Add-ons available.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.6 (67) 70,000+ active installsConfigure a SMTP server to send email from your WordPress site. Configure the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.8 (140) 50,000+ active installsChange the WordPress admin email without requiring email confirmation - perfect for development and testing environments.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated April 8, 2026.
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4.5 (142) 90,000+ active installsCustomize the default WooCommerce email templates design and text through the native WordPress customizer. Preview emails and send test emails.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.7, last updated July 29, 2026.
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SMTP2GO for WordPress – Email Made Easy
5.0 (66) 30,000+ active installsResolve email delivery issues, increase inbox placement, track sent email, get 24/7 support, and real-time reporting.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.7, last updated 7 days ago.
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Mailonix – Email Template Customizer for WooCommerce
4.6 (105) 20,000+ active installsMake your WooCommerce emails become professional.
Shares the email tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.7, last updated 16 days ago.
Switching from Postie: common questions
What is the best alternative to Postie?
Email Log is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 80,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Postie alternative has the most users?
Check & Log Email, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Postie alternative is rated highest?
SMTP2GO, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 66 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Postie 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 Postie 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 Postie 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
Email Log is the closest match to Postie by the data we track, and Check & Log Email has the widest reach with 100,000+ 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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