Rachel Adnyana

Content Team Lead

Expertise

WordPress
Web development (HTML, CSS, PHP)
SEO
Digital marketing
Content marketing

Highlights

Rachel is a Senior Writer for WP Mail SMTP and has many years of experience in web development and online content writing. She joined the content team in 2023 and also writes for WPForms and SendLayer.

She built her first website in 1996 (when table-based layouts and animated GIFs were all the rage) and was instantly hooked. After exploring dynamic web development with PHP and becoming fascinated with coding, she went on to study for a BSc in Computer Science at Newcastle University in the UK.

Post graduation, Rachel spent four years as the website manager of one of the largest higher education colleges in the UK. During this time, she worked closely with the marketing team and started delving into the worlds of SEO and content marketing.

After leaving the UK to travel, she worked as a freelance web developer, juggled several affiliate blog side hustles, and rediscovered a love of writing as a travel blogger. After a few years, she realized she could combine her passions as a writer specializing in WordPress and digital marketing.

With over a decade of content marketing experience, Rachel has ghostwritten for several high-profile marketing experts, and her work has been featured on sites including HubSpot, ProBlogger, and The New York Times.

I Tested 10+ SMTP Servers: These are My 7 Best Picks for 2026

Sending emails directly from WordPress using the default PHP mailer is often unreliable. Password resets, order receipts, and contact form messages can land in spam or never arrive at all. That’s why an SMTP server is so important.

Over the past few weeks, I tested more than 10 different SMTP services to see which ones are best for WordPress users. I set up each one, ran test sends for transactional and marketing emails, and compared deliverability, ease of setup, pricing, and support.

My goal with this guide is simple: to show you the SMTP servers that actually work best for real WordPress sites of all sizes. Keep reading to discover more about SMTP servers and which ones we recommend.

Easy Digital Downloads Email Not Sending? How to Fix

How to Fix Easy Digital Downloads Email Not Sending

Are you having problems with Easy Digital Downloads email not sending?

When you're selling digital products on your website, customers expect to receive download links instantly after they add an item to their shopping cart and check out.

But sometimes Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) doesn't send the purchase email, meaning you have to spend extra admin time sorting everything out.

This guide fixes both issues permanently. I'll help you verify if your EDD email settings are correct, then install WP Mail SMTP to replace WordPress's broken email system.

12 Best Web Analytics Tools to Use in 2026 (Free & Paid)

Are you searching for the best web analytics tools to dig deeper into the performance of your website and make more informed decisions?

Selecting the best web analytics tool helps grow your website by providing vital information on traffic, user activity, and overall performance.

In this article, we’ve done the research and narrowed down the very best website analytics tools for you.

How to Send Automated Email in WordPress

Do you want to save time, make your business more efficient, and improve the user experience for your site visitors or customers?

In this guide to sending automated email in WordPress, we've provided 6 step-by-step tutorials that will take you through various methods of setting up email automation on your WordPress site.

Whether you want to improve the transactional emails for your WooCommerce store, send blog posts to your list when they're published, or simply send a quick hello message to new users, we've got a quick and easy solution for you.

7 Best Voting Plugins for WordPress

Do you want to run a poll on your WordPress website? We rounded up and tested various options to find the best voting plugins, whether you want to create a simple text poll, image poll, or even a video poll.

Asking users to vote on feature requests, content, new products, and other business decisions is a fantastic way to boost engagement and improve your products and services. Running a poll is also an effective way to collect valuable information about your audience.

In this blog post, we've summarized the features and user experience of some of the most popular voting plugins for WordPress to help you make your choice.

5+ Best Survey Plugins for WordPress

Surveys can be a fantastic way to learn more about the users on your site to help you create better products, services, or content and target different groups in your marketing. In this list of the best survey plugins for WordPress, we've tested some of the most popular poll, quiz, and survey plugins to find the most user-friendly and feature-rich options.

Whether you want to set up a quick poll or you're an advanced user and want to create multi-page surveys with advanced fields and conditional logic, you'll find a plugin to help you out in this list.

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