Standard Development Kit WP SMTP can help us to send emails via over the sky of SMTP instead of using the core php mail() function.
As of April 2026, SDK WP SMTP is a WordPress mail plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Flamingo.
SDK WP SMTP can help us to send emails via SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
It adds a settings page to “Dashboard”->”Settings”->”SDk WP SMTP” where you can configure the email settings.
There are some examples on the settings page, you can click the corresponding icon to view (such as “Gmail””Yahoo!””Microsoft””163″”QQ”).
If the field “From” was not a valid email address, or the field “SMTP Host” was left blank, it will not reconfigure the wp_mail() function.
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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