Frumbik SMTP vs WP Mail Logging

WordPress uses the PHP mail() function by default, which often results in emails being marked as spam or not delivered at all. Frumbik SMTP replaces the default mail function with authenticated SMTP or API-based email delivery through your chosen provider. Connect Gmail, SendGrid, Amazon SES, or any SMTP server — and all emails WordPress sends will be properly authenticated, encrypted, and delivered. Key Features Frumbik SMTP provides the following capabilities, all included in the free version: 🔄 Automatic Failover — If your primary provider goes down, emails automatically route to your backup provider. 📊 Dashboard — Real-time delivery stats, success rates, and charts. See what is happening with your emails at a glance. 📋 Complete Email Log — Every email logged with status, timestamps, headers, and source plugin. Search, filter, resend, or export — all from one screen. 🔐 Strong Security — AES-256-CBC encryption for all credentials. Security scoring dashboard with actionable recommendations. ⚡ Background Queue — High-traffic site? Queue emails for async delivery so your pages load fast while emails send in the background. 🎯 Smart Routing — Route WooCommerce emails through SendGrid, contact forms through Mailgun, and newsletters through Amazon SES — all automatically. 9 Providers, One Plugin Connect to any email service without installing separate add-ons: Other SMTP — Any SMTP server (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, your hosting, custom servers) SendGrid — Transactional email API by Twilio Mailgun — Email API by Sinch Postmark — Transactional email delivery by ActiveCampaign Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) — Marketing and transactional email SparkPost — Email delivery by MessageBird Amazon SES — AWS Simple Email Service (v2 API with Signature v4) Microsoft 365 / Outlook — Microsoft Graph API with OAuth 2.0 Gmail API — Google Gmail API with OAuth 2.0 All providers are included in the plugin. Core Features 📨 Reliable Email Delivery Replace WordPress’s unreliable wp_mail() with authenticated SMTP or native API connections Supports TLS and SSL encryption protocols Proper SPF, DKIM, and DMARC alignment through your provider Works with any WordPress theme, plugin, or page builder 📋 Comprehensive Email Logging Every outgoing email logged automatically — sent, failed, or queued Full details: recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments, timestamps Automatic source detection — know which plugin triggered each email One-click resend for failed or bounced emails CSV export with advanced search and filtering Configurable log retention (auto-cleanup old logs) 🔄 Multi-Connection & Failover Configure multiple mail providers simultaneously Automatic failover — if Provider A fails, Provider B takes over instantly No manual intervention needed. No lost emails during outages. Connection health monitoring with success rate tracking 🎯 Smart Routing Rules Route emails to different providers based on conditions: Recipient email address or domain Email subject containing specific keywords The WordPress plugin that triggered the email Example: WooCommerce orders → SendGrid, contact forms → Mailgun Priority ordering with drag-free interface ⚡ Email Queue (Async Sending) Queue emails for background delivery via WP-Cron Pages load faster — no waiting for SMTP connections during page loads Failed emails automatically retried with exponential backoff Configurable batch size and retry limits Real-time queue dashboard with cancel/retry controls 🔔 Failure Notifications Get alerted instantly when emails fail to send 4 notification channels: Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram Per-event subscription — choose exactly which events trigger alerts Notification history with delivery status tracking 🔐 Security AES-256-CBC encryption for all stored credentials (passwords, API keys, OAuth tokens) Security Score Dashboard — real-time security posture with actionable fix recommendations Dedicated encryption key support via wp-config.php Rate limiting on all REST API endpoints Six custom WordPress capabilities for role-based access control Full audit log tracking every configuration change CSRF protection, nonce verification, input sanitization throughout 🧙 Setup Wizard Guided 7-step wizard for first-time configuration Automatic import from WP Mail SMTP, Post SMTP, Fluent SMTP, and Easy WP SMTP Provider presets with pre-filled configuration fields Built-in connection test with real-time feedback 🛠️ Import / Export & Tools Export your complete configuration as a JSON file (settings, connections, routing rules) Import on another site to replicate your setup instantly Debug Info page with system diagnostics for troubleshooting Multisite-compatible import/export 🖥️ Modern Admin Interface React-powered single-page application — fast and responsive Real-time dashboard with delivery charts and statistics Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile Built with WordPress accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) Full internationalization support (i18n-ready) 🌐 Multisite Ready Full WordPress Multisite support out of the box Network-wide or per-site configuration Network admin management panel Settings propagation across all network sites For Developers Hooks & Filters — 30+ action and filter hooks for complete customization IoC Container — Laravel-inspired dependency injection container PSR-4 Autoloading — Clean, namespaced codebase via Composer REST API — Full REST API for headless or programmatic management Extensible Providers — Add custom mail providers by implementing MailProviderInterface Strategy Pattern — Clean architecture with strategy, repository, and service provider patterns External services This plugin connects to third-party email delivery services and notification platforms to send emails and alerts on your behalf. No data is sent to any service unless you explicitly configure and enable that provider or notification channel in the plugin settings. Gmail API (Google) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin connects to the Gmail API to send emails using your Google account via OAuth 2.0. Endpoints: https://gmail.googleapis.com, https://accounts.google.com, https://oauth2.googleapis.com Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), OAuth tokens for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider, and during OAuth authentication Google Privacy Policy Google Terms of Service Microsoft 365 / Outlook (Microsoft Graph API) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin connects to the Microsoft Graph API to send emails using your Microsoft 365 or Outlook account via OAuth 2.0. Endpoints: https://graph.microsoft.com, https://login.microsoftonline.com Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), OAuth tokens for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider, and during OAuth authentication Microsoft Privacy Statement Microsoft Services Agreement SendGrid (Twilio) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the SendGrid API. Endpoint: https://api.sendgrid.com/v3 Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), API key for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider Twilio Privacy Policy Twilio Terms of Service Mailgun (Sinch) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the Mailgun API. Endpoints: https://api.mailgun.net/v3 (US region) or https://api.eu.mailgun.net/v3 (EU region) Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), API key for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider Mailgun Privacy Policy Mailgun Terms of Service Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the Brevo API. Endpoint: https://api.brevo.com/v3 Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), API key for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider Brevo Privacy Policy Brevo Terms of Use SparkPost (MessageBird) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the SparkPost API. Endpoints: https://api.sparkpost.com/api/v1 (US) or https://api.eu.sparkpost.com/api/v1 (EU) Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), API key for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider SparkPost Privacy Policy SparkPost Terms of Use Postmark (ActiveCampaign) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the Postmark API. Endpoint: https://api.postmarkapp.com Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), server API token for authentication When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider Postmark Privacy Policy Postmark Terms of Service Amazon SES (Amazon Web Services) When configured as a mail provider, this plugin sends emails through the Amazon SES v2 API using AWS Signature v4 authentication. Endpoint: https://email.{region}.amazonaws.com (region depends on your configuration) Data sent: email content (recipients, subject, body, headers, attachments), signed with AWS access key credentials When: each time WordPress sends an email through this provider AWS Privacy Notice AWS Service Terms Telegram Bot API When configured as a notification channel, this plugin sends failure alerts to a Telegram chat using the Telegram Bot API. Endpoint: https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage Data sent: notification messages containing email failure details (recipient, subject, error message, timestamp) When: each time a configured notification event occurs (e.g., email delivery failure) Telegram Privacy Policy Telegram Terms of Service Slack When configured as a notification channel, this plugin sends failure alerts to a Slack channel using incoming webhooks. Endpoint: user-configured Slack webhook URL (https://hooks.slack.com/services/...) Data sent: notification messages containing email failure details (recipient, subject, error message, timestamp) When: each time a configured notification event occurs (e.g., email delivery failure) Slack Privacy Policy Slack Terms of Service Discord When configured as a notification channel, this plugin sends failure alerts to a Discord channel using webhooks. Endpoint: user-configured Discord webhook URL (https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...) Data sent: notification messages containing email failure details (recipient, subject, error message, timestamp) When: each time a configured notification event occurs (e.g., email delivery failure) Discord Privacy Policy Discord Terms of Service

WP Mail Logging is the most popular plugin for logging emails sent from your WordPress site. Simply activate it and it will work immediately, no extra configuration is needed. Are your WordPress emails not being sent or delivered? Use this plugin to log all outgoing emails from your WordPress site. If there are any errors when sending the email from your site, our email logs will catch that error and display it to you. This will allow you to debug and fix your email sending issue. Did a client not receive your email? Our email logs allow you to resend any email that was sent from your site. No more lost emails! Do you just want to keep a record of all emails sent from your site? By default, WordPress and your web host do not log, store or keep track of emails sent from your website. This plugin will allow you to do just that. Our email logs will store every email that is sent from your WordPress site. You can search and view a particular email log, inspect its content or attachments, and even resend that email. What email information is logged? All emails sent from your WordPress site are logged. And here is the information that is stored: Email Subject Email Content (HTML or text) Email Attachments Email Headers (to, from, reply-to, cc, bcc, …) Error Message (in case there was an error while attempting to send the email) IP Address of originating server (can be enabled in the settings) Date and Time of the email Receiver (the TO email address) Why are my logged emails still not delivered to the inbox? There are a lot of steps that emails have to make in order to be delivered to the recipient’s inbox. When your WordPress site sends an email, there’s no guarantee it will be delivered. This is what the email’s journey looks like: WordPress creates an email WordPress passes the email to your website host and that email gets logged by our plugin The host server takes the email and sends it (SMTP or Mail Transfer Agent) Recipient server receives or blocks the email If the email is accepted, the spam filter decides if it goes to the inbox or the spam folder Recipients see the email and might open it. This plugin does not track delivery after step 2. If you have deliverability issues, we suggest installing the WP Mail SMTP plugin. WP Mail SMTP fixes WordPress email deliverability problems, you can choose between 12 email providers (Gmail, Outlook, SendLayer, Mailgun, …) to resolve your email sending issue and it’s super easy to set up. WP Mail SMTP is trusted by more than 3 million websites. Credits The plugin was created and launched in 2014 by Christian Zöller.