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    • SendPulse as a WordPress SMTP Server

      SendPulse SMTP for WordPress: 12,000 emails/month free, $7.85 for 25K paid, EU-resident sending, and a 24-hour profile approval before the SMTP endpoint activates.

    • MailerSend as a WordPress SMTP Server

      MailerSend is the MailerLite team’s transactional relay – 500 emails/month free, Hobby at $7/month for 5,000, Starter from $35 for 50,000. Priced above SMTP2GO but cleaner than most marketing-first platforms for WordPress transactional email.

    • Maileroo as a WordPress SMTP Server

      Maileroo is an Australian-owned, EU-resident transactional relay – 3,000 emails/month free, then $10 for 25,000, $15 for 50,000. Undercuts SMTP2GO and MailerSend at every tier, with feature parity across paid plans.

    • iThemes Hosting (Discontinued)

      iThemes Hosting was a managed WordPress hosting product on Liquid Web infrastructure. Discontinued after the iThemes brand folded into SolidWP, then into the Liquid Web Kadence Add-ons Bundle in 2026.

    • WordPress.com vs WordPress.org Email: Who Owns the Sending Pipeline

      On WordPress.com, Automattic owns wp_mail’s transport and the sending domain. On self-hosted WordPress.org, the operator owns both. Every email-behaviour difference between the two platforms follows from that.

    • 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.

    • Nexcess (Now Liquid Web)

      Nexcess was a managed WordPress and WooCommerce host acquired by Liquid Web in 2019 and fully retired in October 2025. nexcess.net now redirects to liquidweb.com; new managed WordPress plans are sold under the Liquid Web brand at equivalent pricing.

    • Postmark as a WordPress SMTP Server

      Postmark review, for WordPress: pricing from $15/mo for 10,000, stream separation, WP Mail SMTP setup. The right transactional default.

    • Less Secure App access: what replaced it, when it shut down, and what to do now

      Google shut down Less Secure App access — consumer Gmail May 2022, Workspace May 2025. The three replacements (OAuth, App Password, switch provider) and which fits which WordPress use case.

    • Zeptomail (now Zoho CPaaS) as a WordPress SMTP Server

      Zeptomail (now Zoho CPaaS) is Zoho’s transactional email relay. $2.50 per 10,000-email credit, 6-month expiry, no monthly fee, first credit free. Best for sites already on Zoho.

    • Hostinger

      Hostinger bundles up to 100 free mailboxes per domain. Default wp_mail uses PHP mail() unsigned. Standard SMTP ports open. Mailbox cap is 100/day per account.

    • Best WordPress email log plugins for 2026: 5 tested picks

      Five WordPress email log plugins compared by hook path, resend action, and price. Which is free, which needs Pro, and where each one is the right choice.