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Email Essentials

Name: Email Essentials
Author: Acato

A plugin to make WordPress outgoing emails better and less likely to be marked as spam.

Email Essentials ranks #20,492 among WordPress.org plugins with 50+ active installations, is #902 of 3,352 in the Communication category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Aug 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v6.0.7 Current Version v6.0.7

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 25 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#902 of 3,352 in Communication Top 50% by installs Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.0.7
Last Updated: Aug 25, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Acato

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Reviews: 0
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

DKIM deliverability email smime smtp

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Email Essentials

No, it enhances WordPress email sending but only supports SMTP. You CAN use both plugins, but you must be careful to configure them properly to not conflict with each other.

Email Essentials has always been free, but has never been open source. Since version 6.0.0, it is now a FOSS plugin, meaning it is free to use, modify and distribute under the GPLv2 license.

You can contribute by reporting bugs, helping others in the community, or contributing code. See our GitHub repository for more information. Please consider forking the repository and submitting pull requests for any improvements or bug fixes you make.

If you need support, please visit our support forum or check the GitHub issues page. (If you post the same issue on both, please cross-link your posts.) Acato customers can also contact us through regular channels.

If you are a company, using this plugin in commercial projects, and you wish to support its development, please contact us at sales@acato.nl.

Please report security bugs found in the source code of this plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.