Petitioner vs WP Mail Logging

Plugin homepage & demo. Documentation. Petitioner pairs unlimited, drag-and-drop petition forms with advanced targeting and export tools, everything you expect from premium petition builders, available free in the plugin directory. It’s built for advocacy teams, nonprofits, campaigns, and publishers who need high-volume petitions with reliable delivery, flexible layouts, and clear reporting without SaaS lock-in. Quick start Install Petitioner and create your first petition under Petitioner -> Add New. Configure delivery (target email, confirmations, approval defaults) and design under the Settings tabs. Drop the Gutenberg block or shortcode into any page, collect signatures, and export or display submissions as needed. Highlights Unlimited petitions powered by a drag-and-drop builder with 10+ specialized fields. Automated decision-maker delivery plus optional double opt-in and manual moderation. Frontend submission showcases (grid, list, ticker) with privacy-friendly options. CSV exports with advanced filtering for accurate reporting and CRM imports. Features: Unlimited petitions Create and manage an unlimited number of petitions. Drag and drop form builder – Add/remove/reorder fields based on your needs – Supports over ten field types: text, email, phone, address, date of birth, newsletter opt-in, anonymous signature, terms acceptance, and more – Add rich text to the form for disclaimers and legal text – Edit each field’s label, placeholder, and required state Control submission behaviour – Show submissions on the frontend in a few different styles – Email functionality: Automatically send petition letters to representatives via email. – Ability to store submissions without sending emails to the rep. – Ability to manually approve/deny petitions and set the default approval behavior (approved by default or declined) – Option to confirm emails via email – Customize email confirmations, petition letters, and thank you emails – Option to edit and delete submissions – Form submissions export: export petition signups and submission data to a CSV file for easy reporting. – Preview data, rename columns, and map values (e.g., “1” to “Yes” or dynamic values like {{field_name}}) before downloading CRM-ready files. – Filter out unwanted submissions before exporting by targeting any form field – Goal milestones: set incremental signature targets (e.g., 100, 500, 1000) to keep momentum high. – Custom redirects: redirect users to custom “Thank You” or “Action” pages after signing or confirming their email. Design & layout features – The plugin features a modern, mobile-friendly design for a seamless user experience. – Color customizations & custom CSS options – WYSIWYG editor: Easily edit petition letters and confirmation emails using a modern WYSIWYG editor. – Gutenberg integration with a custom petition block! – Several shortcodes to take your petitions to the next level: – Form shortcode – embed the entire petition anywhere shortcodes are supported. – Petition goal – surface your signature target dynamically. – Progress bar – visualize progress toward the goal in real time. – Petition letter popup – open the full letter in a modal. – Submission count – show live signature totals. – Submissions display – list, grid, and ticker layouts with privacy controls. Spam protection features – Captcha integrations: reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, and Cloudflare Turnstile – Akismet integration – handle spam seamlessly without adding any js libraries – Honeypot field – Email confirmations – Compatible with all of the popular SMTP plugins (uses wp_mail behind the scenes) Extremely lightweight and modern – Vanilla JavaScript bundle weighs in at ~4KB gzipped – Theme-friendly CSS variables let you match any brand quickly – Rich hooks and filters make third-party integrations effortless Development and Source Code The source code for this plugin is publicly available on GitHub: https://github.com/avoy18/petitioner

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.