Easy WP SMTP

Item: Easy WP SMTP
Rating: 4.5
Author: Fast WordPress

by SendLayer

A simple SMTP configuration plugin for sites that just need authenticated sending set up quickly.

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What Easy WP SMTP does

A simple SMTP configuration plugin for sites that just need authenticated sending set up quickly.

It sits in the email delivery part of a WordPress stack and is sold by SendLayer on a freemium basis. We recommend it in our email delivery guides because it does that one job well without asking you to rebuild the rest of the site around it.

Every plugin adds work to a page request, so treat this as a decision with a cost. Record a speed test before you install it and run the same test afterwards, on the same page, so you know exactly what it charged you.

What Easy WP SMTP looks like

Official screenshots from the WordPress.org plugin directory, as published by the plugin authors.

Easy WP SMTP: Easy WP SMTP Settings - with "Other SMTP" mailer selected — Easy WP SMTP Settings - with "Other SMTP" mailer selected

Easy WP SMTP: Email Log settings — Email Log settings

Easy WP SMTP: Alerts settings — Alerts settings

Easy WP SMTP: Additional Connections settings - Backup Connection configuration using SendLayer mailer — Additional Connections settings - Backup Connection configuration using SendLayer mailer

Try Easy WP SMTP live

Press play to start a private, throwaway WordPress site in your browser with Easy WP SMTP version 2.15.1 already installed. Nothing is saved and nothing touches your own site: close the page and it disappears.

Open the demo full screenSandbox provided by WordPress Playground, the official WordPress in-browser sandbox. The admin login is filled in for you.

Real user ratings

Score

4.6/5

Reviews

709

Active installs

500,000+

Downloads

14.8M

Latest version

2.15.1

Last updated

2026-08-12

These figures come straight from the public WordPress.org plugin directory API for version 2.15.1, not from us. Check them yourself on the WordPress.org listing. Our own editorial score is 4.5/5.

Where Easy WP SMTP ranks elsewhere

Easy WP SMTP does not appear in the published "best of" lists we track from WPBeginner, TechRadar, Kinsta, Themeisle and similar sites. That is not a mark against it - those roundups are short and skew towards the biggest names.

What changed in the latest version

v2.15.1Latest release2026-08-12

Changed: Updated the order of mailers in the plugin settings and the Setup Wizard.

v2.15.02026-06-30

IMPORTANT: Support for WordPress versions 5.4.x or lower has been discontinued. If you are using one of those versions, you MUST upgrade WordPress before installing or upgrading to Easy WP SMTP v2.15.0. Failure to do that will disable Ea...
Added: WP-CLI commands to configure Easy WP SMTP from the command line, including SMTP and API-key mailer setup and individual setting management.
Added: Support for the WordPress Abilities API (WordPress 6.9), letting connected tools and AI assistants securely read your debug events.
Added: A one-click option to deactivate a conflicting plugin directly from the conflict notice.
Added: Confirmation prompt before enabling the "Hide Email Delivery Errors" option, so the setting is not turned on by accident.
Changed: Improved error handling and troubleshooting guidance when an email fails to send.
Changed: Updated Action Scheduler library to 4.0.0.
Fixed: The "Last week" stat in the weekly summary email showed the just-started current week's count instead of the actual previous week's total.

v2.14.02026-03-31

Changed: Improved plugin security.
Added: SendLayer Quick Connect - allows connecting to SendLayer without DNS setup in 2 minutes.

Release notes are the developer's own words, published on WordPress.org. Read the full changelog

Pros and cons

Fast, minimal setup
A free tier you can trial before paying
Actively maintained and used on production sites we test

Fewer providers than the leaders
The features most sites need sit in the paid tier

How to use it

1Choose a sending provider and verify your sending domain.
2Add SPF, DKIM and DMARC records at your DNS host.
3Connect the plugin with an API key rather than a password where possible.
4Send a test email and check the headers for a pass on all three records.
5Enable logging so you can prove delivery later.

How it compares

Other email delivery plugins we recommend, with their rating and pricing model.

Plugin	Our rating	WordPress.org	Pricing	Best for
Easy WP SMTP	4.5	4.6 (709)	Freemium	Fast, minimal setup
FluentSMTP	4.8	4.8 (408)	Free	Logging and multi-provider routing at no cost
Gmail SMTP	4.4	4.1 (103)	Free	Free for low-volume Google users
Post SMTP	4.6	4.7 (528)	Freemium	Strong logging and failure alerting
WP Mail SMTP	4.8	4.8 (5,208)	Freemium	Most provider integrations, clear setup wizard

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