WordPress SMTP Plugins Comparison

If you’ve ever run into the issue of WordPress not sending emails reliably — you’re not alone. By default, WordPress uses the PHP mail() function, which often results in emails getting blocked, lost, or marked as spam. That’s where SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) plugins come in — to ensure your emails are sent through a proper email server with authentication.

In this blog post, we’ll compare some of the most popular SMTP plugins for WordPress — including a promising new plugin called Comfort Email SMTP — to help you decide which one suits your website best.

SMTP Plugin Comparison Table

Feature Comfort Email SMTP WP Mail SMTP Easy WP SMTP Post SMTP
Ease of Setup Simple, guided setup Setup wizard available Easy setup with wizard Configuration wizard provided
Supported Mailers Gmail, Outlook, SMTP.com, SendLayer, Brevo, Mailgun, SES, SendGrid, Postmark, SMTP2GO, SparkPost, Zoho Mail Gmail, Outlook, Brevo, Mailgun, SES, SMTP.com, SendLayer, Zoho Mail Gmail, Mailgun, Outlook, SendGrid, SES, Brevo Gmail, Office 365, Brevo, Mailgun, SES
Email Logging Yes Pro feature Pro feature Yes
Email Alerts Yes, on failures Pro feature Pro feature Yes, via mobile app
Backup Connection Yes Pro feature Pro feature Yes
Smart Routing Yes Pro feature Pro feature Yes
Open & Click Tracking Yes Pro feature Pro feature Not specified
Rate Limiting Yes Pro feature Pro feature Not specified
Optimized Sending Yes Pro feature Pro feature Not specified
Multisite Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support Dedicated support Priority for Pro users Priority for Pro users Community + Premium

Highlight: Comfort Email SMTP

Comfort Email SMTP is a new plugin in the WordPress ecosystem but already provides most of the critical features users expect from an SMTP plugin. It includes:

  • Support for major email providers
  • Built-in email logging
  • Alert system for failed emails
  • Fallback connection support
  • Smart routing and rate limiting
  • Background (queued) sending and click/open tracking

Best of all — many features offered in the Pro versions of other plugins are available in Comfort Email SMTP out of the box.

Which SMTP Plugin Should You Choose?

If you’re looking for a plug-and-play solution with a big name and strong community support, you might lean toward WP Mail SMTP or Post SMTP. These plugins have been around for a while and offer robust integrations — especially if you opt for their Pro versions.

However, if you’re looking for a free plugin that does more out of the box — with logging, alerts, tracking, and support for all major SMTP services — then Comfort Email SMTP is a fantastic new alternative.

Final Thoughts

Don’t let WordPress’s default email system put your communication at risk. Whether you’re sending WooCommerce order receipts, contact form notifications, or newsletter emails — reliable SMTP delivery is a must.

Explore the plugins above, and give Comfort Email SMTP a try if you’re looking for a smart, modern, and powerful SMTP plugin for your WordPress site.

Single Click “Visit Site” Menu in WordPress Admin Bar(Admin Top Menu)

While working with any WordPress theme or plugin it’s need to be in the dashboard and check the frontend same time. The most practical way to go to the frontend or home by clicking somewhere is the mouse hover on the Admin bar(admin top menu) site name or site icon and There come the popup sub menu as “Visit Site” is kind of two click time and a real ux problem in WordPress dashboard. There should be a single click “Visit Site” to go the home page. Here is a quick code snippet to add in plugin or theme’s functions.php file to achieve the quick visit site url in the admin top menu or admin bar menu.

https://gist.github.com/manchumahara/0e1710721ab5741b68f3e8aad84fd8fd

This is how the “Visit Site” menu look like.

ACF Field Group Export/Import Order Issue

Advance Custom Field or ACF plugin has option to export and import field groups. One common problem after import you will get all fields in reverse order. While writing this blog post I found the latest version still has same issue. One easy fix is, at first import the exported file in another site, export from there, now import where you wanted to import first hand. So, what happens, when you first export and import, it imported as reverse order, then when you export and import it’s imported in proper order. Funny huh !

Restrict Any WordPress Post/Page for Any Specific User Role

Sometimes we need to restrict any specific wordpress post or page for any specific user role. For this there are lots of plugin. While replying to a facebook group post where someone asked something lightweight or no heavy plugin. So tried to write a simple one file plugin with hard coded page or post id and user role which can be used in theme. Here I am sharing the code if that helps other who is reading this article.

https://gist.github.com/manchumahara/b4930caec8119ecf258f70a6b7248d09

Embed in WordPress Outside of Editor or Content

Embed anything in wordpress is so easy, just paste the url in the editor and check the preview. WordPress automatically parse url in the content of the editor and embed almost near 20+ urls from social media audio, video, links etc. Here is a list of available auto embed links or services. But how about if we need to embed or parse any url outside of wordpress editor or inside theme or plugin custom code ? It’s just easy. Just check the following code snippet

https://gist.github.com/manchumahara/224cc85a1c8df6d6128b6901ba0298b9

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āĻ–āσ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āϰāĻžāϤ ‘⧧⧍āϟāĻž’, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāĻĒāϤ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻžāĻŽ, “who is there ?” āϏ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ “I am here” !, āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚ⧟ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āϏāĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āϞ āύ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻĒā§‹āώāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϞ āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧋ … āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧇āĻļāύāĻžāϞ āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϏ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ, “āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰ⧀ āϚāĻžāĻ“ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϰ āĻŦāϏāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ ⧧⧍āϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāĻĒāϤ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ āύāĻž”

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