Stop WP Emails Going to Spam
Fixes WordPress emails going to spam/junk folders. The default settings often resolve the issue.
4.8(51 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Stop WP Emails Going to Spam is a WordPress spam plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 51 reviews. It has been downloaded 166K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8.1+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are down 24% this week. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.8/551 reviews
10K+active installs
166K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Emails generated from within WordPress often end up in your spam or junk folder, This plugin helps you sort that out. The default settings of this plugin can often be enough to solve your problem.
When using the default PHP mailer in WordPress, especially on shared servers, emails will often be set to spam or junk by receiving email systems. This can be very frustrating and important notifications can be missed by you or your clients.
Why does this happen? One problem is the “envelope sender” not being set, and many hosts will recommend that you install a plugin to set the “envelope sender”, this is the main purpose of this plugin.
Along with setting the “envelope sender” this plugin also displays your Sender Permitted From (SPF) and checks your server…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great Plugin & Kind Responsive Developer
by wanderingexplorer·1 year ago
Plugin works great and does exactly as its name implies. Developer is also very kind, helpful and responsive even though this is a free plugin with no premium version. Thank you very much for your contribution and making WordPress better for everyone 🙂
Simple and excellent
by schmeee·1 year ago
Solved my outbound email validation problems with default settings. Outstanding!
This plugin really works
by JBWT·1 year ago
Since we use this plugin the spam is really less than before. Great plugin!
Love this plug-in
by toshill·1 year ago
Thank’s
Worked like a charm.
by billlongstaff·1 year ago
Worked like a charm.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by billlongstaff.
Download Trends
Today: 40Yesterday: 39This week: 240Period total: 28K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.2
76.4%
v2.0
14.4%
Other
9.2%
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