Add Plain-Text Email
Adds a text/plain email to text/html emails to decrease the chance of emails being tagged as spam.
5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Add Plain-Text Email is a WordPress spam plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
5/54 reviews
100active installs
5.9K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Add Plain-Text Email
This plugin will add a plain/text version of your HTML emails to your WordPress emails. This decreases the chance of your legit emails being marked as spam by tools as SpamAssassin.
This plugin comes without any settings. When activated, it will automatically look for HTML emails being sent using the wp_mail() function and when necessary add the plain text version.
If you have more question about the why’s of this plugin, take a look at the FAQ.
More information
- More WordPress plugins by Danny van Kooten.
- Source code of this plugin on SourceHut: ~dvko/wp-add-plaintext-email
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.1+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.2 – Nov 20, 2023
- Preserve href attribute from
<a>elements. Thanks Benjamin Danon! - Remove
PHPMailerparameter type as it somehow isn’t working on some set-ups…
Contributors
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