Make email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Brevo, SendGrid, Amazon SES + more, with powerful WordPress SMTP Email plugin.
- Installs
- 4+ million
- Rating
- 4.8 (5.2K)
- Updated
- 11 days ago
SMTP Mailer
Configure a SMTP server to send email from your WordPress site. Configure the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
- Active installs
- 70,000+
- #589 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1.5M
- 1,531,132
- Downloads, 30 days
- 13.6K
- 3.2K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5
- 67 reviews
- Last updated
- 54 days ago
- Sep 7, 2026
- Version
- 1.1.28
- 15 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 7, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 7.1 or newer |
| Needs PHP | Not stated |
| First published | December 20, 2015 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.6 / 5 from 67 reviews
| 5 stars | 59 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 0 |
| 3 stars | 0 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 6 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
SMTP Mailer plugin allows you to configure a mail server which handles all outgoing email from your website. It takes control of the wp_mail function and use SMTP instead.
SMTP Mailer Add-ons
- Cc
- Email Logger
- Reply-To
SMTP Mailer Settings
- SMTP Host: Your outgoing mail server (e.g. smtp.gmail.com).
- SMTP Authentication: Whether to use SMTP authentication when sending an email (True/False). If you choose to authenticate you will also need to provide your username and password.
- SMTP Username: The username to connect to your SMTP server.
- SMTP Password: The password to connect to your SMTP server.
- Type of Encryption: The encryption to be used when sending an email (TLS/SSL/No Encryption. TLS is recommended).
- SMTP Port: The port to be used when sending an email (587/465/25). If you choose TLS the port should be set to 587. For SSL use port 465 instead.
- From Email Address: The email address to be used as the From Email when sending a test email.
- From Name: The name to be used as the From Name when sending a test email.
- Force From Name: The From name in the settings is set for all outgoing email messages.
- Force From Email: The From email in the settings is set for all outgoing email messages.
- Force From Address: The From address in the settings is set for all outgoing email messages.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Latest changelog entry
- Added support for the Cc add-on.
Screenshots
SMTP Mailer Settings 
SMTP Mailer Test Email Tab
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.