CMS

WordPress

The world's most popular CMS.

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Email capabilities

  • Accepts SMTP
  • Accepts inbound
  • Sends notifications
  • Webhooks

Connection methods

  • SMTP
  • Plugin
  • Official plugin

WordPress powers over 40% of the web. Its wp_mail() function (PHPMailer) accepts any SMTP relay via plugins (WP Mail SMTP, FluentSMTP), and a huge plugin ecosystem handles newsletters, forms, and eCommerce email. The canonical SMTP-plugin target. Our own plugin adds inbound: a verified webhook receiver, an email log, and a mailbox per user.

Connect WordPress to MailKite

We ship our own free plugin (MailKite SMTP: log, failover, inbound), or point any SMTP plugin at smtp.mailkite.dev. See /docs/integrations/wordpress.

Read the full setup guide

Point WordPress at MailKite's SMTP relay

A minimal, copy-paste starter. Swap in your own domain and API key.

.env 
# Any app that accepts an SMTP server works with MailKite
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailkite.dev
MAIL_PORT=587                # STARTTLS (or 465 for TLS)
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_USERNAME=mailkite       # username is ignored
MAIL_PASSWORD=mk_live_...    # your MailKite API key
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=you@yourdomain.com   # on a verified domain
MAIL_FROM_NAME=WordPress
Read the full setup guide
Email tools

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