Mail Mage
Easily create marketing automations such as recovering abandoned WooCommerce carts, Send out WooCommerce review reminder emails and many other types of WooCommerce follow up emails can be created with ease.
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Mail Mage shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 2 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.6 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Mail Mage stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| cart abandonment | >100 |
| cart recovery | >100 |
| customer reviews | >100 |
| product reviews | >100 |
| review reminder | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 from 2 reviews
About Mail Mage
From the official readme · v0.0.25Description
Easily create marketing automations such as recovering abandoned WooCommerce carts, Send out WooCommerce review reminder emails and many other types of WooCommerce follow up emails can be created with ease.
Creating automations simply by choosing and configuring when to trigger, how long to wait before sending, and customising what email is sent using template variables to inject data captured from the event.
Features
- Send emails when post, page or custom post type statuses change.
- Send emails when on user registration.
- Send emails on a Monthly, Weekly or Daily schedule.
- Send emails when a WooCommerce order status is changed.
- Send emails when a WooCommerce cart is declared abandoned.
- Send emails when a WooCommerce subscription status changes.
- Send email immediatly when an event is triggered, delay sending of emails by a minimum amount of time, or send emails on a monthly, weekly, or daily schedule.
- Create emails using WordPress, WooCommerce or custom email templates.
- Allow users to unsubscribe from future emails.
- Create email messages using text variables, View a full list of available text variables
- Send preview emails.
Examples
WooCommerce abandoned cart recovery emails
Create and send targeted emails to customers who have left without completing their purchases, once their cart has been declared as abandoned (cart is left dormant for 1 hour and email address has been captured).
Studies carried out in 2020 on average show that the rate of cart abandonment online ranges between 55-80%, with abandoned cart recovery emails some reports suggest on average a 15% recovery rate.
View abandoned cart recovery email example
WooCommerce product reminder emails
Increase the amount of WooCommerce product reviews, by automatically generating targeted customer emails listing purchased products each with a review link, scheduling the sending of emails after an order has been marked as complete.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/mail-magedirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
- Use the Tools->Mail Mage screen to create and view your automation
For further documentation on installing and using Mail Mage can be found here
Changelog
0.0.25
- Fix missing ‘regenerator-runtime’ in WP 6.6
0.0.24
- Rename php constants with MAIL_MAGE prefix.
- Fix reporting charts for weeks.
0.0.23
- Added text argument to wc_order.items variable to set review link text.
0.0.21
- Fixed email reports to display click interactions
- Fixed preview email to initiate placeholder cleanup
0.0.20
- Fixed issue with only one automation showing.
0.0.19
- Added new event to check subscription status changes.
- Added ability to add multiple automations.
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FAQ
Mail Mage: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026
Is Mail Mage free?
Yes. Mail Mage is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Mail Mage safe to use in 2026?
Mail Mage shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.5/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Mail Mage?
Mail Mage is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,326 times since it launched in January 2021. It was downloaded 70 times in the last 30 days.
Does Mail Mage work with WordPress 7.1?
Mail Mage is officially tested up to WordPress 6.6.9, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Mail Mage need?
Mail Mage requires PHP 5.6 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Mail Mage last updated?
The latest version, 0.0.25, was released on July 23, 2024 (2 years ago).
Who makes Mail Mage?
Mail Mage is developed and maintained by mailmage.
What are the best alternatives to Mail Mage?
The most popular alternatives to Mail Mage are Cart Abandonment Recovery f… (300K+ installs), FunnelKit Automations (20K+ installs) and CartBounty (10K+ installs).
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