Mesh Creation

<p>Mesh SMTP helps route WordPress emails through an SMTP server for better deliverability and reliability.</p>
<p>It is built for site owners, agencies, and developers who want a lightweight SMTP plugin with a simple and modern admin interface.</p>
<p>Version 1.4.0 adds a guided four-step setup wizard, safe export/import tools for reusable SMTP settings, clearer provider guidance, and a more polished admin experience.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Guided four-step setup wizard for choosing a provider, saving SMTP credentials, sending a test email, and finishing with a quick confirmation</li>
<li>Simple SMTP configuration for host, port, encryption, username, password, From Email, and From Name</li>
<li>Provider presets with auto-detect help for known email domains, SMTP hosts, and site mail-routing hints</li>
<li>Test email tool with clear success and error feedback</li>
<li>Lightweight recent email activity log with the latest 50 entries stored and the newest 10 shown in admin</li>
<li>Last failed email summary card for faster troubleshooting</li>
<li>Copyable diagnostic summary for support requests and debugging</li>
<li>wp-config.php constant overrides for secure deployment-based SMTP settings</li>
<li>Safe export and import tools for reusing settings across sites</li>
<li>Status snapshot with current SMTP configuration summary</li>
<li>Better setup hints, stronger sender guidance, and practical provider notes for popular services</li>
<li>Clean and modern admin UI</li>
<li>Capability checks, nonce verification, and sanitized settings handling</li>
<li>Passwords are not shown back in the UI after saving</li>
<li>Saved SMTP details stay intact when you temporarily disable the SMTP override</li>
<li>Works with WordPress emails sent through <code>wp_mail()</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported provider presets</h4>
<ul>
<li>Gmail</li>
<li>Outlook / Microsoft 365</li>
<li>Zoho Mail</li>
<li>Hostinger</li>
<li>SendGrid</li>
<li>Mailgun</li>
<li>Custom SMTP</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why use Mesh SMTP?</h4>
<p>Many WordPress sites face email delivery issues such as contact form emails not arriving, password reset emails failing, or transactional emails landing in spam. Mesh SMTP gives you a straightforward way to connect WordPress to a trusted SMTP provider and improve email reliability.</p>
<p>The plugin focuses on practical setup, safer configuration reuse across sites, lightweight diagnostics, and a clean WordPress-friendly experience.</p>
<h4>Security notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Settings are processed with WordPress sanitization and nonce verification</li>
<li>Access is restricted to authorized administrators</li>
<li>SMTP debug output is not exposed in the admin UI</li>
<li>Saved passwords are not displayed back in the settings form after saving</li>
<li>wp-config.php constants can override saved settings for more controlled deployments</li>
</ul>


Mesh SMTP

A lightweight WordPress SMTP plugin with guided setup, safe settings reuse, and practical email diagnostics.

Oderland Webbhotell AB

<p>Oderland SMTP & Postal Mailer is a plugin that allows you to send transactional emails using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol" rel="nofollow ugc">SMTP</a> or <a href="https://docs.postalserver.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Postal</a> API. Easy-to-use for e-mail logging and making sure your e-mails make it all the way to your intended target.</p>
<p>The plugin works with any SMTP mailer you’re using, including but not limited to <a href="https://www.oderland.se/postal" rel="nofollow ugc">Oderland Postal</a>.</p>
<p><strong>What is SMTP and why do you need it?</strong></p>
<p>SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the standard that ensures that emails actually arrive at their destination. It’s a protocol that delivers your email between servers when you click “send” in your email client.</p>
<p>You could say that with an SMTP plugin or service, you want to confirm to the email servers that what you’re sending isn’t spam, which lends authenticity to your mailings.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Send transactional emails via SMTP, Postal API or PHP mail()</li>
<li>Multiple mail account support with priority-based failover</li>
<li>Automatic retry on temporary failures with exponential backoff</li>
<li>Comprehensive email logging with configurable retention</li>
<li>Statistics dashboard — email volume over time, delivery success rates, per-account breakdown, failure analysis, recipient domain insights, and send time patterns</li>
<li>CSV export of all dashboard statistics</li>
<li>WordPress admin dashboard widget with 7-day email summary</li>
<li>Engagement tracking (opens, clicks) for Postal accounts</li>
<li>Postal webhook integration for delivery status tracking</li>
<li>Per-account webhook debug logging for Postal accounts</li>
<li>Secure credential storage with AES-256 encryption</li>
<li>Protocol-level SMTP debugging</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Services Supported:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>SMTP</strong> – Connect to any SMTP server</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://docs.postalserver.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">Postal</a></strong> – Integration with Postal mail delivery platform</li>
<li><strong>Local</strong> – Fallback to PHP mail() function</li>
</ul>


Oderland SMTP & Postal Mailer

Send transactional emails from WordPress using SMTP or Postal with logging and delivery tracking.

Mesh SMTP vs Oderland SMTP & Postal Mailer