10 Best SMTP for Amazon SES Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
SMTP for Amazon SES has 3,000+ 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 SMTP for Amazon SES
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Solid Mail
Closest matchSolid 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 smtp, wordpress smtp tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated May 12, 2026.
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Swift SMTP (formerly Welcome Email Editor)
4.2 (68) 7,000+ active installsSwift SMTP is a free & simple SMTP Plugin for WordPress.
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 2.3 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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4.9 (45) 6,000+ active installsConfigure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending email via SSL/TLS (such as Gmail).
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since July 22, 2024.
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4.3 (36) 10,000+ active installsFix your email delivery problems by sending your WordPress emails through Amazon SES's powerful email sending infrastructure.
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.6 (46) 2,000+ active installsA friendly SMTP plugin for WordPress. No third-party, simply using WordPress native possibilities.
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
4.7 (223) 30,000+ active installsA simple and effective WordPress contact form & SMTP plugin. Compatible with best themes out there, is both a secure and responsive contact form p …
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since January 20, 2025.
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4.1 (103) 10,000+ active installsConnect to Gmail SMTP server to automatically send email from your WordPress site. Configure wp_mail() to use SMTP with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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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 smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER
4.9 (39) 10,000+ active installsSend WordPress emails from a M365 / Exchange Online Mailbox using Microsoft Graph, leveraging OAuth for authentication which is more secure than SMTP
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce
4.6 (133) 20,000+ active installsDesign and send custom emails with Email Templates plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated June 18, 2026.
Switching from SMTP for Amazon SES: common questions
What is the best alternative to SMTP for Amazon SES?
Solid Mail is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which SMTP for Amazon SES alternative has the most users?
Solid Mail, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which SMTP for Amazon SES 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 SMTP for Amazon SES 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 SMTP for Amazon SES 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 SMTP for Amazon SES 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
Solid Mail is the closest match to SMTP for Amazon SES by the data we track, and Solid Mail has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. WPO365 shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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