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Simple SMTP

Adds a simple mail configuration panel into your WordPress installation. Supports temporary logging and config variables.

By Casey·Mail·Free
5(11 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 7 months ago
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As of April 2026, Simple SMTP is a WordPress mail plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 31K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Flamingo.

5/511 reviews
2.0K+active installs
31K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

Adds a simple, no-fuss SMTP settings to your WordPress installation that lets you define custom settings, which is especially useful for hosts with no control over the php mail functionality.

If logging is enabled, a new segment in the settings panel will show up with a 30-day overview of recent emails, and will automatically prune older logs. Please see the FAQ if you want a more permanent solution.

For more information, please see the project wiki on GitHub.

Environment and constant overriding (optional)

This plugin will prefer environmental and constant-stored values over the plugin-saved equivalent settings, making it easier to use this plugin via deployment.

These can be either stored in your systems env setup, or in wp-config.php as define( 'SEE_BELOW', 'your_value_here' );.

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Ratings & Reviews

511 reviews
5 ★
11
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Clean, No Ads!!!
by guguan123·11 months ago

Perfectly and elegantly meets my needs, the best STMP plugin I’ve used so far.

Perfect for local Email solution
by alexmigf·1 year ago

The Simple SMTP plugin truly lives up to its name, offering a straightforward and effective solution for managing email communications, especially when paired with MailPit. I’ve been using it locally with great success, and it has become an indispensable tool in my workflow.

Simple and effective
by Dan Claudiu G.·2 years ago

Thank you for developing this module, it works great and currently it doesn’t include many other things that could bloat the site.

Perfect plugin for WP email
by zoomstop·2 years ago

Lots of bloated SMTP plugins happy to take your money. I appreciate the heck out of this free plugin. It’s open source, works perfect, and does the job needed and only the job needed.

Works in multisite
by lenasterg·3 years ago

Does what it says.

Download Trends

Today: 49Yesterday: 29This week: 193Period total: 11K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.0+ required

Version Adoption

v1.3
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

This changelog has been auto-generated from soup-bowl/simple-smtp.\n\n

1.3.4.1

Changed

  • Fixes for issues highlighted in #175 by @DanielHudson2 in https://github.com/soup-bowl/simple-smtp/pull/181

Contributors

  • @DanielHudson2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/soup-bowl/simple-smtp/pull/181

Full Changelog: https://github.com/soup-bowl/simple-smtp/compare/1.3.4…1.3.4.1

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

CaseyCasey
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.4.1
Last Updated
Aug 11, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
31K+
Added
Mar 17, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

mailsmtpemailsenderdispatch

Developer

C
Casey
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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