10 Best WP Mail Log Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Mail Log 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 WP Mail Log
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WP Mail Catcher
Closest matchMail logging – WP Mail Catcher
4.9 (107) 20,000+ active installsStop from ever losing your emails again! This fast, lightweight plugin (under 140kb in size!) is also useful for debugging or backing up your messages
Shares the email log, email logger tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated May 4, 2026.
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4.2 (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, email log tags 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, email log tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 5 days ago.
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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, email log tags on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.9, last updated May 12, 2026.
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Notification
Paid version availableNotification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress
4.6 (124) 10,000+ active installsTake full control of WordPress emails and notifications. Replace default messages, add custom triggers, and send alerts via email, webhook, Slack, and …
Shares the email, mail tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated March 11, 2026.
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4.4 (60) 3,000+ active installsSimple customizable plugin that displays a name/email form where visitors can submit their information, manageable in the WordPress admin.
Shares the email, mail tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, no update since August 8, 2023.
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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 email, mail tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.1 against 4.9, last updated 12 days ago.
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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, mail tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 17 days ago.
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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, mail tags on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated July 29, 2026.
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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 email log tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 15 days ago.
Switching from WP Mail Log: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Mail Log?
WP Mail Catcher is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Mail Log alternative has the most users?
Check & Log Email, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Mail Log alternative is rated highest?
WP Mail Catcher, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 107 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Mail Log 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 Mail Log 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 Mail Log 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 Mail Catcher is the closest match to WP Mail Log 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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