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A2 Hosting (now Hosting.com)
Hosting.com (formerly A2) caps shared mailboxes at 5/10/20/40 by plan and sending at 100 messages/hour per domain. External SMTP is allowed; local mail relays via MailChannels.
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GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks tiers sending limits by plan (100/300/500 per hour on Lite/Pro/Premium) and includes 50 mailboxes on Lite 25. SMTP open; no external-SMTP block.
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InMotion Hosting
InMotion Hosting (Launch/Power/Pro, all unlimited mailboxes) routes outbound through MailChannels since Dec 2024. 250/hour per domain; SMTP open.
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FastComet
FastComet (WHG-owned since April 2025) tiers mailboxes 5/25/Unlimited/Unlimited and runs outbound through SpamExperts. SMTP open; no published sending limit.
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Brevo (Sendinblue) as a WordPress SMTP Server
Brevo’s free tier sends 300 emails/day from WordPress via SMTP or API. A marketing platform that also handles transactional email – good fit for some sites, more platform than others need.
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Cloudflare Email Routing
Cloudflare Email Routing forwards inbound mail for free on any domain on Cloudflare DNS, with the same authentication stack (SRS, ARC, DKIM) as paid services.
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Mailjet as a WordPress SMTP Server
Mailjet’s free tier sends 6,000 emails/month from WordPress. Marketing and transactional email run on one account, with EU data centers. Fits sites already using Mailjet campaigns or wanting a single EU provider for both.
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Mailgun as a WordPress SMTP Server
Mailgun is mature developer-focused email infrastructure. HTTP API and SMTP relay, permanent free tier of 100 emails/day, inbound routing, email validation, and granular event webhooks. Fits high-volume, developer-led projects and agencies running per-domain sending reputation.
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Mailgun for WordPress Review
Mailgun’s official WordPress plugin routes wp_mail() through Mailgun’s API over HTTPS, bypassing host SMTP port blocks. Free plugin; Mailgun’s free plan caps sending at 100 emails a day.
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Free SMTP Servers for WordPress
Thirteen free SMTP options for WordPress, ranked by whether the $0 tier is actually permanent. Permanent free plans, trials, and testing sandboxes – separated.
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Best WordPress SMTP plugins: WP Mail SMTP vs FluentSMTP vs Post SMTP
WP Mail SMTP, FluentSMTP, and Post SMTP compared by use case. Free vs paid feature splits, where each plugin is the wrong choice, and the also-rans.
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WPForms Lite review
WPForms Lite is a free drag-and-drop form builder for WordPress. No local entry storage, no conditional logic, and most integrations require a paid plan from $49.50/year.
