10 Best WP Gmail SMTP Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Gmail SMTP has 1,000+ 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 WP Gmail SMTP
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WP Offload SES Lite
Closest match4.3 (36) 10,000+ active installsFix your email delivery problems by sending your WordPress emails through Amazon SES's powerful email sending infrastructure.
Shares the gmail smtp, smtp tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports
4.9 (45) 10,000+ active installsFree WordPress SMTP plugin with email logs, open & click tracking, reports & charts, CSV export, and WooCommerce email preview.
Shares the gmail smtp, smtp tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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Post SMTP
Paid version availablePost SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App
4.7 (525) 300,000+ active installsImprove WordPress email deliverability. Connect Gmail SMTP, Microsoft 365, Brevo, SendGrid, Mailgun, Zoho, Amazon SES, etc. #1 WordPress SMTP Plugin.
Shares the gmail smtp, smtp tags on WordPress.org. About 300 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers
4.7 (24) 200,000+ active installsSureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers
Shares the gmail smtp, smtp tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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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 7 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 6 times the installs, no update since July 22, 2024.
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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 2 times the installs, last updated July 15, 2026.
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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 10 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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WPO365 | Mail Integration for Office 365 / Outlook
4.9 (26) 1,000+ active installsIMPORTANT - Please choose the WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER plugin instead. This plugin is no longer supported and does not receive updates.
Shares the smtp tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since June 20, 2024.
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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 10 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
Switching from WP Gmail SMTP: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Gmail SMTP?
WP Offload SES Lite is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Gmail SMTP alternative has the most users?
Post SMTP, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Gmail SMTP alternative is rated highest?
Post SMTP, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 525 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Gmail SMTP 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 WP Gmail SMTP 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 WP Gmail SMTP 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
WP Offload SES Lite is the closest match to WP Gmail SMTP by the data we track, and Post SMTP has the widest reach with 300,000+ 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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