by Adrian Tobey 4.9 (149 reviews)

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation

Name: Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation
Rating: 4.9 (149 reviews)
Author: Adrian Tobey

Groundhogg is the best WordPress CRM & Marketing Automation plugin. Create flows, email campaigns, and have a CRM all within your WordPress site.

Groundhogg ranks #4,928 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #228 of 3,349 in the Communication category, a 4.9/5 rating from 149 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.8.1 Current Version v4.8.1

Updated 1 day ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#228 of 3,349 in Communication Top 10% by installs Actively maintained

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Rank

#4,928

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Active Installs

2K+

-29.5%

KW Avg Position

19.2

0.6 better

Downloads

340.1K

+807 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (149 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 82.6%

2K+ 3K+

688

Ranks to Climb

Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

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Reviews & Ratings

4.9

149 reviews

Overall 98%

139 (93%)

5 (3%)

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

Support Threads Overview

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Unresolved

Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

33 known vulnerabilities on record · 16 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jul 8, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5

CVE-2026-57389 · Fixed in v4.5
Jul 1, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5.9

CVE-2026-14029 · Fixed in v4.5.9
Jun 26, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5.6

CVE-2026-13331 · Fixed in v4.5.6
Jun 26, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5.6

CVE-2026-13333 · Fixed in v4.5.6
Jun 26, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5.1

CVE-2026-57667 · Fixed in v4.5.1
Jun 25, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.5.5

CVE-2026-13226 · Fixed in v4.5.5
Apr 24, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.4.1

CVE-2026-40793 · Fixed in v4.4.1
Apr 16, 2026

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.4.1

CVE-2026-40727 · Fixed in v4.4.1
Nov 20, 2025

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.2.7

CVE-2025-12750 · Fixed in v4.2.7
Oct 31, 2025

Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation [groundhogg] < 4.2.6.1

CVE-2025-64367 · Fixed in v4.2.6.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.8.1
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Adrian Tobey

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 149
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

crm email automation Email Marketing marketing automation Wordpress CRM

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Groundhogg is for WordPress site owners and agencies who want CRM and marketing automation features without relying on a separate SaaS platform. It solves the problem of paying growing per-contact or per-email fees to external CRM services by providing unlimited contacts, flows, and emails while letting users own and host their own data.

Flow editor for marketing automation
CRM and contact management
Segmentation with tags
Advanced search and filtering
CSV importing and exporting
Broadcast email marketing
Analytics and reporting
GDPR compliance tools

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation

No, Groundhogg is a completely standalone, lightweight CRM and marketing automation system designed to save you $1,000s while helping you generate more revenue.

No, but it is highly recommended. Without a proper transactional email service your emails are likely to end up in spam. Groundhogg provides a number of recommended solutions: MailHawk SendGrid AWS SES Elastic Email Basic SMTP for other services. Groundhogg will automatically use the mail solution you have configured on your WordPress website.

No, you can use Groundhogg CRM and Marketing Automation for free forever. Groundhogg is a Open Source project designed to democratize CRM and email marketing automation and provide simple easy to use tools to new and none tech savvy business owners. That being said, our premium upgrades can seriously help your business! Use our proven tools and strategies to supercharge your marketing and WordPress site!

Yes, Groundhogg can integrate with over 30+ of the most popular WordPress plugins around to crate an even more powerful CRM.

Groundhogg is theme agnostic, meaning it will work with every and any theme. Groundhogg is mostly administrative and very little is seen by visitors.

Yes, Groundhogg has a very smart tracking system that will allow you to monitor your clients interactions with your emails and your site.

Yes, Groundhogg has a builtin connection with the WordPress user API, meaning it will automatically use user roles in your site, like from a membership plugin.

We follow all best WordPress security practices. Plus it's open source, so we have a large community looking out for potential weaknesses when it comes to your data.

Yes, we have tools available to meet the criteria of all the worlds ANTI-SPAM & privacy legislation.

Well, that's up to you! We'll never say Groundhogg is better than anyone, but it is different. And sometimes different is better than better.