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craftcms/mandrill
=================

Mandrill Adapter for Craft CMS

1.3.1(7y ago)1142.4k31MITPHP

Since Jan 31Pushed 4y ago2 watchersCompare

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Mandrill for Craft CMS
======================

[](#mandrill-for-craft-cms)

This plugin provides a [Mandrill](http://mandrill.com/) integration for [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com/).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.1.5 or later.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin from the Plugin Store or with Composer.

#### From the Plugin Store

[](#from-the-plugin-store)

Go to the Plugin Store in your project’s Control Panel and search for “Mandrill”. Then click on the “Install” button in its modal window.

#### With Composer

[](#with-composer)

Open your terminal and run the following commands:

```
# go to the project directory
cd /path/to/my-project.test

# tell Composer to load the plugin
composer require craftcms/mandrill

# tell Craft to install the plugin
./craft install/plugin mandrill
```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Once Mandrill is installed, go to Settings → Email, and change the “Transport Type” setting to “Mandrill”. Enter your Mandrill API Key (which you can get from [mandrillapp.com/settings](https://mandrillapp.com/settings)) and Subaccount (optional), then click Save.

> **Tip:** The API Key and Subaccount settings can be set to an environment variables. See [Environmental Configuration](https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/config/environments.html) in the Craft docs to learn more about that.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~354 days

Recently: every ~367 days

Total

6

Last Release

1623d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3ccdf8b493035de2343c55bd889513e3af5c04d5823482a2b186ad16adb1c3e3?d=identicon)[brandonkelly](/maintainers/brandonkelly)

---

Top Contributors

[![brandonkelly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47792?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonkelly "brandonkelly (50 commits)")[![angrybrad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61869?v=4)](https://github.com/angrybrad "angrybrad (8 commits)")[![janhenckens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/755428?v=4)](https://github.com/janhenckens "janhenckens (4 commits)")

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Tags

craft-plugincraft3craftcmsmandrillmailercmsyii2mandrillcraftcms

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