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tiny-pixel/acorn-mail
=====================

Better WordPress mail for Acorn projects

0.9.1(6y ago)53971MITHTMLPHP >=7.1.3

Since Aug 1Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare

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Acorn Mail
==========

[](#acorn-mail)

[![Package Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1053b9173c9eb434d33941cd5f0b8abbc7f88f0b93c61148898fd83e9def909c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f74696e792d706978656c2f61636f726e2d6d61696c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/tiny-pixel/acorn-mail)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c93a097dccd4b56bb7f56f76011910adea478dfa35b36244ea45ef2579ec39fe/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f74696e792d706978656c2f61636f726e2d6d61696c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/tiny-pixel/acorn-mail/stats)

Provides Acorn projects (e.g. Sage 10) with a Mail service that replaces the default WordPress PHPMailer behavior with that of [SwiftMailer](https://swiftmailer.symfony.com/) and [Laravel Mail](https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/mail).

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

[](#requirements)

- [Sage](https://github.com/roots/sage) >= 10.0
- [PHP](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/install.php) >= 7.1.3
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)

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

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
$ composer require tiny-pixel/acorn-mail
```

After installation, run the following command to publish the starter configuration file(s) to your application:

```
$ wp acorn vendor:publish
```

Bug Reports
-----------

[](#bug-reports)

If you discover a bug in Acorn Mail, please [open an issue](https://github.com/pixelcollective/acorn-mail/issues).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

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Contributing, whether it be through PRs, reporting an issue, or suggesting an idea is encouraged and appreciated.

All contributors absolutely must strictly adhere to our [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/pixelcollective/acorn-mail/blob/master/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md).

License
-------

[](#license)

Acorn Mail is provided under the [MIT License](https://github.com/pixelcollective/acorn-mail/blob/master/LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.6% 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 ~9 days

Total

2

Last Release

2469d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.9.0PHP >=7.3

0.9.1PHP >=7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3e08df5442e0213f908535bba31bc1ad0ed213f176a5332b38922e9b7d39792b?d=identicon)[Tiny Pixel](/maintainers/Tiny%20Pixel)

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Top Contributors

[![kellymears](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/397606?v=4)](https://github.com/kellymears "kellymears (19 commits)")[![Log1x](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5745907?v=4)](https://github.com/Log1x "Log1x (4 commits)")

---

Tags

wordpressmailsageacorn

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