SMTP for Contact Form 7
Secure your Contact Form 7 emails with this free SMTP plugin. It configures wp_mail() and features OAuth2, custom templates, and automated reports.
4(2 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, SMTP for Contact Form 7 is a WordPress mail plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 78% this week. Support resolution rate: 50%. Top alternative: Flamingo.
4/52 reviews
1.0K+active installs
50%resolved
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
WordPress uses PHPMailer to send mail from with your local mail server, but it can happen that your mail were not accepted by mail providers…
This can happen for several reasons, sometimes because the mail server is not configured or sometimes because the records DKIM, DMARC and SPF of the domain been set up correctly and so on…
Anyway you can avoid any problems by using an external SMTP server and sending mail with it!
Additional features
✅ OAuth2 Authentication: Securely connect to Gmail and Microsoft Office 365 without needing to store passwords in your database or enable “less secure apps”.
✅ Per-Form Custom Templates: Wrap CF7 emails with beautiful templates. You can now select a specific custom template for each form directly from the plugin settings!
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Solved my SMTP problem
by Wendihihihi·2 years ago
Works for me. Message didn’t get lost anymore.
Doest work
by bbbirkan·2 years ago·1 reply
i know all my setup correct but doest work this plugin
- This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by bbbirkan.
Download Trends
Today: 15Yesterday: 15This week: 151Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
| Dependencies | contact-form-7 |
Version Adoption
v0.0
43.2%
v1.1
29.9%
v1.0
26.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.0
- New: Added OAuth2 authentication support for Microsoft Office 365.
- New: Per-form template selection! You can now assign specific custom templates to individual Contact Form 7 forms from the settings.
- New: Custom templates are now supported inside your theme or child-theme folder (
your-theme/cf7-smtp/). - New: SMTP Mode selection – choose whether to override all WordPress emails or just CF7.
- Enhancement: Revamped automated reports with a beautiful HTML template.
…and 2 more changes
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