Picment AI Featured Image Generator vs WP SMTP Mailer – SMTP7

Picment AI Featured Image Generator uses OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 or fal.ai’s Flux Pro models to automatically create beautiful, relevant featured images for your blog posts — saving you time and keeping your content visually consistent. Pick the provider that best fits your style, budget, and quality needs. How It Works Every time you publish a post, the plugin automatically generates a high-quality featured image based on your post’s title and content. You can also run bulk generation across all your existing posts from a single admin page. Key Features Auto-generate on publish — a featured image is created automatically when you publish a new post Bulk generate — generate images for all existing posts from one admin page, with a real-time progress bar Per-post control — enable or disable auto-generation per post via the sidebar metabox, and trigger generation manually with one click Two AI providers to choose from — OpenAI DALL-E 3 or fal.ai Flux Pro (Flux Pro v1.1 Ultra 2K, Flux Pro v1.1, or Flux Dev) DALL-E 3 quality — OpenAI’s flagship model for clean, on-prompt illustrations fal.ai Flux Pro — photorealistic editorial-grade output, with optional sharp text rendering when “Allow text/logos” is enabled Performance-optimized image settings — defaults use landscape output with standard quality for better featured-image fit and reasonable load speed Custom prompt template — override the built-in prompt with your own using {title} and {content} placeholders Images saved to Media Library — generated images are downloaded and stored in your WordPress media library Block & FSE theme compatible — works with all modern WordPress themes BYOK mode — bring your own OpenAI or fal.ai API key (free, rate-limited to 10 requests/min) Subscription plans — buy monthly credits (Starter, Pro, Agency) for high-volume use without managing your own API key Billing Modes Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) — Enter your own OpenAI or fal.ai API key. All API calls go directly from your server to the chosen provider, who you pay directly. Rate-limited to 10 requests/minute. Trial — New installs get 1 free credit to test the plugin with zero configuration. Starter ($7/month) — 20 AI image credits per month. No OpenAI account needed. Pro ($19/month) — 100 AI image credits per month. Best for active blogs. Agency ($49/month) — 400 AI image credits per month. Ideal for managing multiple sites or high-volume content. Requirements WordPress 6.0+ with PHP 7.4+ A server with outbound HTTPS access For BYOK mode: an OpenAI API key with access to the dall-e-3 model, or a fal.ai API key with access to a Flux Pro model Getting Started Option A — Use a subscription plan: Install and activate the plugin Go to Picment → Billing and subscribe to a plan Publish a post — a featured image will be generated automatically Option B — Bring your own OpenAI or fal.ai key: Install and activate the plugin Go to Picment → Billing, choose your provider (OpenAI DALL-E 3 or fal.ai Flux Pro) and enter the matching API key under “Bring Your Own Key” Publish a post — a featured image will be generated automatically Option C — Try it free: Install and activate the plugin — you receive 1 free trial credit automatically Go to Picment → Generate and generate your first image External Services This plugin connects to the following external services: OpenAI (DALL-E 3) Used to generate featured images from your post title and content when BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) mode is active and OpenAI is the selected provider. Data sent: post title and a content excerpt derived from the post body When: each time an image is generated in BYOK mode with OpenAI selected Terms of use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy fal.ai (Flux Pro) Used to generate featured images from your post title and content when BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) mode is active and fal.ai is the selected provider. Data sent: post title and a content excerpt derived from the post body When: each time an image is generated in BYOK mode with fal.ai selected Terms of use: https://fal.ai/terms Privacy policy: https://fal.ai/privacy Picment Image Service Used to generate images via managed subscription plans (Starter, Pro, Agency), and for site registration, billing synchronisation, checkout session creation, and credit tracking. This service is operated by the plugin author. Data sent: your site URL and a unique anonymous install ID (on activation); a prompt derived from your post title and content excerpt (on image generation in trial or paid mode); plan selection (on subscription) When: on plugin activation, when subscribing to a plan, when syncing billing status, and when generating images in trial or paid mode Terms of use and privacy policy: https://picment.xyz Stripe Used to process subscription payments securely. Payment details are handled entirely on Stripe-hosted pages and are never stored by this plugin. Data sent: your site’s anonymous install ID is associated with your subscription for credit tracking; payment details are entered directly on Stripe-hosted pages When: when subscribing to or managing a paid plan Terms of service: https://stripe.com/legal/ssa Privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

WP SMTP Mailer – SMTP7 allows you to configure and send all outgoing emails via a SMTP server (It works like the postman). This will prevent your emails from going into the junk/spam folder of the recipients. Go to Settings > SMTP7 and configure SMTP then post SMTP credentials. You can set the following options: Specify the from name and email address for outgoing email. Choose to send mail by SMTP or PHP’s mail() function. Specify an SMTP host (defaults to localhost). Specify an SMTP port (defaults to 25). Choose SSL / TLS encryption (not the same as STARTTLS). Choose to use SMTP authentication or not (defaults to not). Specify an SMTP username and password. SMTP Testing server : MailMug.net SMTP Testing : https://youtu.be/fAXevTJ0r8I Support : http://www.ciphercoin.com/contact/ Contact Form 7 Not Sending Emails WordPress SMTP Mailer Features Send email using a SMTP sever. You can use Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail’s SMTP server if you have an account with them. Securely deliver emails to your recipients. Username and password encryption List of SMTP Servers (Outgoing) Gmail :- Host: smtp.gmail.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Gmail :- Host: smtp.gmail.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Outlook.com :- Host: smtp-mail.outlook.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Office365.com :- Host: smtp.office365.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Hotmail.com :- Host: smtp.live.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Yahoo Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Yahoo Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail Deutschland :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail Plus :- Host: plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) AOL.com :- Host: smtp.aol.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) AT&T :- Host: smtp.att.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) NTL @ntlworld.com :- Host: smtp.ntlworld.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) BT Connect :- Host: smtp.btconnect.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) BT Openworld :- Host: mail.btopenworld.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) BT Internet :- Host: mail.btinternet.com – No-Encryption – Port(25) Orange :- Host: smtp.orange.net – No-Encryption – Port(25) Orange UK :- Host: smtp.orange.co.uk – No-Encryption – Port(25) Wanadoo UK :- Host: smtp.wanadoo.co.uk – No-Encryption – Port(25) Comcast :- Host: smtp.comcast.net – No-Encryption – Port(587) Yahoo Mail AU/NZ :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com.au – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) O2 Deutschland :- Host: mail.o2online.de – No-Encryption – Port(25) zoho Mail :- Host: smtp.zoho.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) T-Online Deutschland :- Host: securesmtp.t-online.de – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) 1&1 (1and1) :- Host: smtp.1and1.com – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) 1&1 Deutschland :- Host: smtp.1und1.de – Secure(TLS) – Port(587) Verizon :- Host: outgoing.verizon.net – Secure (SSL) – Port(465) Verizon (Yahoo hosted) :- Host: outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net – No-Encryption – Port(587) Mail.com :- Host: smtp.mail.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) GMX.com :- Host: smtp.gmx.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Yahoo Mail UK :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Airmail :- Host: smtp.airmail.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Bluewin.ch :- Host: smtpauth.bluewin.ch – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Eartlink.net :- Host: smtpauth.earthlink.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(587) iCloud Mail :- Host: smtp.mail.me.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(587) Rocketmail :- Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Rogers :- Host: smtp.broadband.rogers.com – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Ameritech.net :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Pacbell :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Swbell :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Bellsouth :- Host: smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Flash :- Host:- smtp.mail.att.net – Secure(SSL) – Port(465) Note: These SMTP Ports and Settings may be different depending upon your Host Provider. Please contact your Web Server Host for correct details.