HTML vs Simple SMTP

Converts the default plain-text email notifications into fully customizable, sweet-lookin’ HTML emails. Multi-site support (for WordPress 3.0) will be added soon. Notes: Emails are sent with readable plain-text versions for email clients that don’t support HTML emails. Note: they’re somewhat crude because they’re auto-generated. I may decide to add decent-looking plain-text versions in the future, but that’s low priority. Emails have only been tested on Gmail, Gmail on Android, and Outlook, but should work on most email clients (including clients without HTML support). If you’re using a client other than the 3 I’ve listed, I would appreciate an email with info on whether the email looks like it should and works correctly. Send your questions, comments, suggestions via email. Customizing Templates You can fully customize the look of any of the emails by creating your own templates. Emails have two pieces: Email Wrapper (content common across all emails) Email Message (content unique to each email) Custom templates can be created an placed in either your theme directory or your Content directory (/wp-content/ on most sites). See utils.php for a number of useful functions that you can use in your templates. Email Wrapper The Email Wrapper includes elements and markup that are common across all email notifications. It contains your html, head and body tags and any other elements that are shared across emails. To customize the email template, create a file called html_email.php and add it to either your theme or content directory. Note: you must include the following code in the template to work: The Email Wrapper has access to the following variables: $email_title: (string) title of the email $email_subtitle: (string) subtitle of the email $email_data: (array) Associative array of various data passed by the calling function Email Message: New Comment By default, new comment and comment moderation emails share the same template. You can create separate templates for both for each comment type by creating the following files: notify_postauthor_comment.php notify_postauthor_trackback.php notify_postauthor_pingback.php notify_moderator_comment.php notify_moderator_trackback.php notify_moderator_pingback.php If you don’t want to customize the emails by comment type, just create the following two templates: notify_postauthor.php notify_moderator.php If you just want a custom template shared between the two notification types, just create the following: notify_comment.php New Comment email messages have the following data variables available: $comment – (obj) comment object $post – (obj) post object $comment_type – (string) slug for the comment_type $comment_type_text – (string) friendly name for the comment_type $comment_moderate – (bool) Whether the comment needs moderation or not Using HTML Emails in your plugin It’s pretty easy to use. The main call you need to make is htmlize_message() and pass the return into your wp_mail object. Details to come. Credits Blockquote image borrowed from the amazing Wu Wei theme by Jeff Ngan Plain Text conversion script by Jon Abernathy aka Chuggnutt Email styling inspired by WordPress.com Blog Subscription Notifications

Adds a simple, no-fuss SMTP settings to your WordPress installation that lets you define custom settings, which is especially useful for hosts with no control over the php mail functionality. If logging is enabled, a new segment in the settings panel will show up with a 30-day overview of recent emails, and will automatically prune older logs. Please see the FAQ if you want a more permanent solution. For more information, please see the project wiki on GitHub. Environment and constant overriding (optional) This plugin will prefer environmental and constant-stored values over the plugin-saved equivalent settings, making it easier to use this plugin via deployment. These can be either stored in your systems env setup, or in wp-config.php as define( 'SEE_BELOW', 'your_value_here' );. Accepted Parameters SMTP_HOST (string) Mail server hostname. SMTP_PORT (integer) Port address (usually 25, 465 or 587). SMTP_AUTH (integer, 1 or 0) Pass below credentials to your mail server. SMTP_USER (string) The mail username for this account. SMTP_PASS (string) The password for the mailer account. SMTP_FROM (string) Enforce all emails come from this email address. SMTP_FROMNAME (string) Enforce all emails to have a certain email name. SMTP_SEC (string) Use a particular email security method (accepts ‘def’ (default), ‘ssl’, ‘tls’ and ‘off’). SMTP_NOVERIFYSSL (boolean) Disable validation of the SMTP server certificate (not recommended). SMTP_LOG (boolean) Controls the logging capability and visibility. SMTP_DISABLE (boolean) Disables the mailer. They will still be logged if enabled, but won’t send out. It is recommended to store at least SMTP_PASS in your wp-config.php file (with the correct file permissions set). If the openssl extension is available, the plugin will attempt to encrypt the password in the database.