Mailgun for WordPress

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Easily send email from your WordPress site through Mailgun using the HTTP API or SMTP.

3.6

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90K

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Trusted by developers

Supports popular languages

Handles sending emails

Uses Mailgun HTTP API

Free account available

About this plugin

Author: Mailgun

Categories: Integration and APIs

Version: 2.0.1

Last updated: 17-07-2024

WordPress version: 4.4

Tested up to: 6.5.5

PHP version required: 7.4

Languages: Deutsch (Sie), Español [+4]

Tags:

Http Api Smtp Mailgun Mail

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Overview

Mailgun is a powerful email automation plugin designed for website and application developers, facilitating the sending, receiving, and tracking of emails. By utilizing Mailgun's robust email APIs, developers can focus on enhancing their websites without the hassle of managing email servers. The plugin supports all major programming languages, including PHP, Ruby, Python, C#, and Java, and is particularly useful in environments where SMTP is not supported or outbound SMTP is restricted, as it employs Mailgun's HTTP API for email transmission. A Mailgun account is required, with a free plan available for sending up to 200 emails daily, and paid plans offering higher limits. The latest version of Mailgun also supports regional API endpoints, allowing users to select between U.S./North America and Europe. Currently, this plugin handles only sending emails, tracking and tagging, and managing list subscriptions.

Email Automation

Trusted by over 10,000 developers
Supports sending, receiving, and tracking emails
Reduces time spent managing email servers

Broad Language Support

Compatible with PHP, Ruby, Python, C#, and Java
Allows developers to integrate easily with their preferred language

SMTP Alternative

Useful when server does not support SMTP
Uses Mailgun HTTP API for sending emails
Bypasses outbound SMTP restrictions

Flexible Account Options

Free account available for sending up to 200 emails per day
Paid subscriptions for higher email limits
Great for testing and scaling as needed

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

Send up to 5,000 emails per month

Allows you to send a maximum of 5,000 emails each month.

Access to Email API

Provides access to the Email API for integrating email capabilities into your applications.

SMTP relay

Enables sending emails through an SMTP relay server.

Email tracking and analytics

Offers tools for tracking email performance and analyzing metrics.

5 days of log retention

Stores email logs for a duration of 5 days.

Email validation

Includes features for validating email addresses to ensure deliverability.

Inbound email routing

Allows routing of incoming emails to specified destinations.

Basic email support

Provides basic support for email-related issues.

Send up to 500,000 emails per month

Allows sending up to 500,000 emails each month.

90 days of log retention

Stores email logs for up to 90 days.

24/7 priority email support

Provides round-the-clock priority support via email.

Deliverability services

Includes services to improve email deliverability rates.

Email preview

Allows previewing emails before sending.

Inbox placement testing

Tests email placement in recipients' inboxes.

Reputation monitoring

Monitors sender reputation to maintain high deliverability.

Dedicated IP address

Provides a dedicated IP address for sending emails.

Service level agreement (SLA)

Includes a service level agreement for guaranteed performance.

Pricing

Free

$0 / monthly

Plan includes

Send up to 5,000 emails per month

Access to Email API

SMTP relay

Email tracking and analytics

5 days of log retention

Email validation

Inbound email routing

Basic email support

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Scale

$325 / monthly

Plan includes

Send up to 500,000 emails per month

Access to Email API

SMTP relay

Email tracking and analytics

90 days of log retention

Email validation

Inbound email routing

24/7 priority email support

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Rating and reviews

3.6

Rating summary

Reviews

90K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users appreciate the Mailgun plugin for its ease of setup and reliable integration with WordPress, allowing seamless email sending through Mailgun's service. It is particularly valued for solving email deliverability issues, integrating well with various contact forms, and providing free email quotas. Users also mention its efficiency for agencies managing multiple sites. However, the plugin has notable drawbacks, including outdated updates, slow support response, usability issues with specific configurations (e.g., Multisite), lack of logging features, and concerns about bug fixes. Errors on updates and a perceived decline in maintenance and support add to user frustration. Overall, while functional, the plugin's maintenance and support need improvement.

nccer

19 Feb, 2024

Mailgun is an email delivery service aimed at sending transactional email for software developers. If you are not already using Mailgun to send email, then you don’t need or want this plugin. If you do use the Mailgun service, this plugin makes it easy to configure WordPress to send through your existing Mailgun domains. That’s the only reason for it. It does that quite well. Many of the negative reviews seem to be for some other plugin, as they refer to functions that this plugin does not provide such as web forms, email delivery logs, validation, etc. Ignore such reviews, they’re simply irrelevant. One star taken off for being slow to update, but it’s not a deal-breaker.

Doobeedoo

02 Feb, 2024

I don’t know why this plugin has so many bad reviews – I use it on all my sites and it’s working well for me, so I come to do a good deed and leave a positive review here. Mailgun offers a free plan with 1000 emails for free per month, even though they made it tricky to activate this plan now. PS: Mailgun, you should add the feature to send a test email to the recipient of our choice, so we can use tools to check deliverability This topic was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by Doobeedoo.

jackandbean

26 Jul, 2023

Not sure why this plugin has such poor reviews. It’s been nothing but smooth sailing for us for many years using it to provide reliable email sending from many dozens of sites for our agency’s clients.

arminz1

31 Mar, 2023

We use the plugin (with the Mailgun API functionality) since begin of 2023. All works out-of-the box. After adding the ‘mg_use_recipient_vars_syntax’ hook (see FAQ/description) to our functions.php file, also the Mailgun batch sending functionality works as expected.

Mailgun for WordPress

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Email Automation

Broad Language Support

SMTP Alternative

Flexible Account Options

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

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FAQ

Testing the configuration fails when using the HTTP API

Testing the configuration fails when using SMTP

Can this be configured globally for WordPress Multisite?

What hooks are available for use with other plugins?

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Do I need a Mailgun account to use the plugin?

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