WP Email Template is the #70 ranked email app on WordPress, with a 3.1 average rating from 35 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
WP Email Template is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Steve Truman. With a rating of 3.1★ from 35 reviews, it currently ranks #70 in the Email category.
AppRanks data: WP Email Template ranks #70 in Email on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 10% of that category.
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WP Email Template is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Email category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 35 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Steve Truman — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.1★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (35) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How WP Email Template works
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WP Email Template 2 things – beautifully
Applies a responsive, customizable, optimized HTML email template to every email sent from your WordPress site including plugin generated emails.
Gets your beautiful / professional emails delivered. Easily Configure advanced email sending providers with any of these supported providers
SMTP via your server
Gmail SMTP
Mandrill (API or SMTP)
SparkPost (HTTP API or SMTP API)
EMAIL TEMPLATE The plugin applies a HTML template to email sent from your WordPress site. The Template is optimized to show your HTML emails perfectly in the10 most popular email browsers.
Apple iOS Devices
MS Outlook
Hotmail
Apple Mail
Yahoo! Mail
Google Gmail
Android Devices
Windows Live Desktop
Mozilla Thunderbird
TEMPLATE EDIT OPTIONS
Option to Turn the Template ON | OFF. OFF to just use the plugin use to set up wp email sender without using the template (see below).
Dynamic Template Width – admin can edit the 600px default width of the Template.
Template Background colour selector
Background Pattern ON | OFF setting.
Upload and position Email Template Header image
Header Image container background, border, and padding settings.
Footer – add email template custom footer content via the WordPress editor.
Follow us on – add links to social media site where users can follow you.
Many more dynamic style options available in the Pro version.
EMAIL SENDING OPTIONS The biggest issue users have are:
Email Spammers make successful email delivery a very complicated and specialized function.
WordPress by default uses your web hosts local mail server to send all WordPress and plugin generated emails.
Emails sent from a web host local mail server have poor delivery rates because they have very little or no reputation.
Configuring any type of email delivery provider will improve email delivery rates.
Every different Email Provider requires another plugin to configure. For example here are just a few of the available choices.
Send Email via SMTP – WP SMTP Mail, WP SMPT, Easy WP SMTP
Send Email via Gmail SMTP – SendPress Lite and any SMTP plugin if you know what you are doing.
Send Email via Mandrill – wpMandrill
Send Email via SparkPost – SparkPost
Send via WordPress default ‘local mail server’ if using GoDaddy Hosting – Auto Config WordPress default Email Sending – SendPress Lite
At a3rev we want users to be able to
Create a Beautiful / Professional HTML Email template.
Auto apply that template to all emails sent from WordPress and installed plugins.
Easily configure a sending provider to get those emails delivered.
Do it all with one plugin, quickly and easily.
That is why we have added the Email Sending Provider Configuration Options so you can do all of that with just one plugin – WP Email Template.
EMAIL FROM PLUGINS WP Email Template will not work with any plugin that:
Applies it’s own HTML Email Template (WP Email Template is still applied but the 2 together will look bad).
Send it’s emails via the php() function. WP Email Template is applied to all mail that goes through wp_mail()
Some of the better known plugins of the 1,000’s of plugins that WP Email Template works beautifully with.
Gravity Forms – see the screen shots – looks sensational with the default Gravity style.
Contact Form 7 – see the screenshots
Formidable Forms – both Lite and Pro Versions of that plugin
WooCommerce – Version 2.3.9 and backward compatible to version 2.1.0. By default the plugin ignores WooCommerce email output – but you can choose to apply your WordPress Email Template to all Woocomerce emails to give you consistent branding across your entire site.
WP e-Commerce – applies the template to every store generated email to customers and admins
WP Mail SMPT – WP Email Template does not interfere with the way any WordPress or any plugin handles email output – it just applies the template to any output content.
BackupBuddy – I love it when even my admin emails are branded – see the screenshots
Wordfence – Branded security emails – nice.
PREMIUM VERSION For those who want more advanced features there is a Premium version. View addition features at WP EMAIL TEMPLATE PREMIUM
CONTRIBUTE When you download WP Email Template, you join our the a3rev Software community. Regardless of if you are a WordPress beginner or experienced developer if you are interested in contributing to the future development of this plugin head over to the WP Email Template public GitHub Repository to find out how you can contribute.
Want to add a new language to WP Email Template! You can contribute via translate.wordpress.org
Usage
Install and activate the plugin
Go to WP Email menu on your wp-admin dashboard.
Go to the Template sub menu and add your template styling
Go to the Send WP Mail sub menu and configure your preferred email sending provider.
Enjoy.
Category rankings
As of Sep 5, 2026- Email#70of 718Top 10%
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Keyword rankings
WP Email Template ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- 1.contactRank #734
Competitors & alternatives
WP Email Template doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked email apps on WordPress:
Where WP Email Template stands in the Email category
WP Email Template ranks #70 of 718 apps in the Email category, placing it in the top 10% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is WP Email Template?
WP Email Template is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.1-star rating from 35 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Email category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Steve Truman.
Who uses WP Email Template?
Currently around 2,000 active stores have installed WP Email Template. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Email category on WordPress.
Where does WP Email Template rank on WordPress?
WP Email Template currently sits at position #70 in the Email category on WordPress. That places it in the top 10% of 718 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.