An email trap that sends emails to one address of your choice (the WP Admin Email by default).
As of April 2026, Email Trap is a WordPress trap plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
An email trap that sends emails to the address of your choice. Built for use on staging or development environments, to stop WordPress or its plugins from sending emails out to anyone except the site administrator. Good for testing aspects of your WordPress site that rely emails being sent.
To use the plugin, simply activate it.
You can dynamically disable the plugin using the email_trap_enable filter.
| WordPress | 3.7+ requiredTested up to 5.7.15 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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