Most WordPress sites send transactional emails every day, but few owners understand the GDPR requirements.
This guide covers everything you need to know about compliant order confirmations, password resets, and automated notifications – plus how WP Mail SMTP helps you stay on the right side of data protection law.
Your WordPress site is probably sending more emails than you realize. Password reset notifications, contact form confirmations, backup reports, and plugin updates all go out automatically.
Most WordPress site owners have no idea what emails their site actually sends or how often but I’ll show you how to audit every email your WordPress site sends in just 15 minutes using WP Mail SMTP’s Email Log feature.
The European Accessibility Act now requires emails sent to EU users to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. This affects any business with EU customers, regardless of location, with potential fines up to €50,000 for non-compliance. Learn what makes emails accessible, get practical implementation tips, and discover how to audit your current email templates to ensure they welcome all users, including those with disabilities.
High email bounce rates are costing you money and hurting your sender reputation. While most people focus on cleaning up bounces after they happen, the smarter approach is preventing invalid emails from entering your WordPress database in the first place.
Learn how to implement email validation on contact forms, registration pages, and checkout forms to stop bad emails at the source.
Use your favorite SMTP provider to reliably send your WordPress emails.
Product reviews are powerful social proof, yet most WooCommerce stores never collect enough of them.
In this guide you’ll learn how to boost review volume with a single automated follow-up email, starting with reliable deliverability via the WP Mail SMTP plugin and simple review-request automation using ShopMagic.
Set it up once, watch more 5-star ratings roll in, and convert new shoppers with credible feedback.
Free WordPress email services come with daily limits of 300-500 emails, which is fine for personal blogs, but risky for online stores or bigger sites.
Learn when free services work, when to upgrade to paid options, and how WP Mail SMTP makes switching between providers seamless.