Jesin A

<p>Most email validators look for an <code>@</code> and a <code>.</code>(dot) some go further and blacklist certain domain names. But Mailgun’s Advanced email validation service goes deeper and looks for the existence of the domain name, presence of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record" rel="nofollow ugc">MX record</a> and the custom ESP(Email Service Provider) grammar.<br />
The grammar here is the rules defined by each email provider. For example, Yahoo Mail addresses can only contain letters, numbers, underscores, and one period.<br />
So <code>user.name.abc@yahoo.com</code> perfectly passes the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_email" rel="nofollow ugc">is_email()</a> function but can never exist as it contains more than one period. Such addresses can’t escape Mailgun’s Email validation.</p>
<h4>Why use Mailgun’s email validation service?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Performs the usual email syntax check.</li>
<li>Checks the existence of the email domain. So <code>user@some-random-characters.com</code> can’t escape.</li>
<li>Checks if the email domain has a MX record. So <code>anything@example.com</code> is caught.</li>
<li>Checks if the username complies with the grammar of its ESP (Email Service provider). Eg Gmail doesn’t allow usernames less than 6 characters and hyphens so <code>small@gmail.com</code> and <code>hyphen-user@gmail.com</code> can’t get away.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why use this plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Integrates with the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_email" rel="nofollow ugc">is_email()</a> function of WordPress. So it works seamlessly with Contact Form 7, Jetpack/Grunion contact forms, WordPress registration form and any form which uses the <code>is_email()</code> function.</li>
<li>Kicks spam before it is inserted into the database</li>
<li>Ensures that the commenting process is uninterrupted even if Mailgun suffers a <a href="http://status.mailgun.com" rel="nofollow ugc">downtime</a></li>
<li>Works completely transparent, nothing changes in the frontend</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin requires a Mailgun Public API Key which can be obtained by <a href="https://mailgun.com/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">signing up at Mailgun</a>.</p>
<p>If you’re trying out this plugin on a local WAMP/LAMP/MAMP installation make sure your system is connected to the Internet for this plugin to contact Mailgun.</p>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Serbo-Croatian by <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Borisa Djuraskovic</a></li>
<li>Spanish by <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew Kurtis</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Further Reading</h4>
<p>Read about Mailgun’s email validation service.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.mailgun.com/post/free-email-validation-api-for-web-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blog.mailgun.com/post/free-email-validation-api-for-web-forms/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.mailgun.com/post/weekly-product-update-improvements-to-email-validation-api/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blog.mailgun.com/post/weekly-product-update-improvements-to-email-validation-api/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mailgun.github.io/validator-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailgun Address Validator demo</a> and its <a href="https://github.com/mailgun/validator-demo/tree/gh-pages" rel="nofollow ugc">source code</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://websistent.com/wordpress-plugins/mailgun-email-validator/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailgun Email Validator Plugin</a> official homepage.</li>
</ul>


Mailgun Email Validator

Implementing this plugin is straight forward and simple.

Works perfectly

Kick spam with a highly advanced email validation in comment forms, user registration and contact forms using Mailgun's Email validation service.

UserCheck

<p>UserCheck blocks disposable and throwaway email addresses from your sign-up forms. The result: less spam, fewer fake accounts, and a cleaner user base.</p>
<h4>Supported plugins</h4>
<p>If you’re using any of these, UserCheck protects them automatically — nothing to configure:</p>
<ul>
<li>WordPress core (registration, comments, multisite signup, profile email change)</li>
<li>WooCommerce (classic checkout, Cart/Checkout Block, account registration, Edit-account email change)</li>
<li>Profile Builder (free + Pro)</li>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>WPForms</li>
<li>Elementor Pro Forms</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>Fluent Forms</li>
<li>Ninja Forms</li>
<li>Formidable Forms</li>
<li>MailPoet</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fallback for unsupported plugins</h4>
<p>For plugins without a built-in integration, a fallback check catches sign-ups from any other form on your site. It only runs when someone submits a form, so it won’t slow down your dashboard or background tasks. You can turn it off under Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> UserCheck <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Coverage.</p>
<h4>Choose what to block</h4>
<p>Pick which kinds of email addresses get blocked: domains that can’t receive email, disposable addresses, public providers (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), forwarding services that hide the real address, and known spammers. Domains on your UserCheck account blocklist are always blocked.</p>
<h4>Lightweight by design</h4>
<p>Emails are checked only when users submit a form (registration, comment, checkout) — never re-checked for existing users or orders. No background scans, no surprises.</p>
<h4>Resilient by design</h4>
<p>If our service is ever down or slow, your site keeps working: sign-ups go through and the error is logged for review. Each request times out after 2 seconds, so an unresponsive API can’t hold up your forms.</p>
<h4>Full email or domain only</h4>
<p>Send the full email (more accurate) or just the domain.</p>
<h4>Extensible</h4>
<p>Developers can plug UserCheck into any plugin’s validation hook by calling <code>UserCheck::instance()->evaluate_email( $email )</code> and acting on the returned <code>action</code>, <code>reason</code>, and <code>message</code>.</p>
<h4>Translation ready</h4>
<p>All text in the plugin can be translated into any language.</p>
<h4>Works out of the box</h4>
<p>No configuration required. A free API key unlocks higher request limits.</p>
<p>Powered by <a href="https://www.usercheck.com" rel="nofollow ugc">UserCheck</a>, which tracks new disposable email providers as they appear so your site’s protection stays current.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>The plugin sends the email address (or just its domain, depending on your settings) to the UserCheck API for validation. The request User-Agent identifies the plugin version, WordPress version, site URL, and which integration triggered the check (e.g. <code>wp_registration</code>, <code>wc_checkout</code>, or <code>fallback_is_email/<plugin-slug></code> when the fallback fires for an unsupported plugin). No other end-user data is sent. For more information on how UserCheck handles data, please visit <a href="https://www.usercheck.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.usercheck.com/privacy</a>.</p>


Block disposable and throwaway email addresses on your WordPress site.

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