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Flamingo vs Email Test – Check if your emails are… (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

Flamingo

Flamingo

4.2(118)

800K+ active installs

Free

Updated 4 months ago
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…

Email Test – Check if your emails are…

5(3)

1.0K+ active installs

Free

Updated 5 years ago
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Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, Email Test – Check if your emails are… has a higher user rating (5/5 from 3 reviews) while Flamingo leads in active installations (800K+ vs 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Flamingo has accumulated 8.2M+ total downloads while Email Test – Check if your emails are… has 12K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
4.2/5Flamingo
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…5/5
Total Reviews
118Flamingo
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…3
Active Installs
800K+Flamingo
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…1.0K+
Total Downloads
8.2M+Flamingo
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…12K+
Support Resolution
33%Flamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…N/A
Last Updated
4 months agoFlamingo
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Email Test – Check if your emails are…5 years ago
First Released
2012Flamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…2020
Age
14 yearsFlamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…6 years
WP Requires
6.7+Flamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…5.5+
PHP Requires
7.4+Flamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…5.6+
Business Model
FreeFlamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…Free
Latest Version
2.6.1Flamingo
Email Test – Check if your emails are…1.0.2

Rating Breakdown

Flamingo

4.2/5(118 reviews)
5
62%
4
17%
3
8%
2
8%
1
6%

Email Test – Check if your emails are…

5/5(3 reviews)
5
100%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
0%

Recent Reviews

Flamingo Reviews

by nolanrichardson

Works Really Well

Its a great addition to contact form 7 and much needed if you don’t have your email server setup yet.

by skylabb

Only works with PHP sendmail, not external SMTP

This plugin only works with contact forms using PHP mail. It doesn’t seem to work with an external SMTP mail server. I tested it out and there were no messages collected in DB. Also there’s no option

by allamehw

Great! (But has a minor bug)

This is a great tool, especially with its integration into the Contact Form 7 plugin. However, there’s a minor bug when exporting non-Latin characters, such as Persian. It seems the encoding is set to

Email Test – Check if your emails are… Reviews

by Jimmy Ahyari

Awesome tools!

Thanks to build this plugins!

by Adam W. Warner

Incredibly Useful Utility!

Sometimes the seemingly simple tools are the most powerful. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve battled the “why aren’t emails sending from this site!?” question through the years. It usually involve

by Daniel Iser

Error detection saves the day!

Clever modification to the normal test email plugin which included error detection and notification during the test. This helped us find an obscure conflict that wasn’t logging any errors but wasn’t p

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Flamingo or Email Test – Check if your emails are… more popular?
Flamingo has 800K+ active installations while Email Test – Check if your emails are… has 1.0K+. Flamingo is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — Flamingo or Email Test – Check if your emails are…?
Flamingo has a 4.2/5 rating from 118 reviews, while Email Test – Check if your emails are… has a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews.
Are Flamingo and Email Test – Check if your emails are… free?
Flamingo is free and Email Test – Check if your emails are… is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — Flamingo or Email Test – Check if your emails are…?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
Flamingo was last updated 4 months ago and Email Test – Check if your emails are… was last updated 5 years ago.

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