WP Mail SMTP is designed to improve email deliverability on WordPress websites. It helps ensure that emails sent from your website (such as user registration confirmations, password reset links, or notifications) reliably reach their destination instead of being marked as spam or failing altogether.
Key Features
- SMTP Configuration: Configures your WordPress site to send emails using a secure SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) service rather than the default
wp_mail()
function, which often relies on your web host’s mail server.
- Integration with Email Services: Supports various email services like Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, SendGrid, Amazon SES, and others.
- Authentication: Allows you to authenticate your emails, reducing the likelihood of them being flagged as spam.
- Email Logs: Tracks and stores email logs, so you can review past emails sent from your website.
- Test Email Feature: Verifies that your SMTP configuration is working correctly by sending a test email.
- Error Debugging: Provides error logging to troubleshoot any email-sending issues.