Is WordPress not sending email? Fix it on any host in about 60 seconds
Order confirmations, password resets, contact forms - if they are landing in spam or vanishing entirely, you are losing sales and trust. SMTP Overrider replaces the broken WordPress mailer and routes your mail through a real server so it actually gets delivered - on every host.
The problem
WordPress sends email through PHP mail(), which most hosts handle poorly or block outright, so inboxes treat it as spam or reject it. The worst part: it fails silently. You do not find out until a customer says they never got their receipt.
What changes
SMTP Overrider connects your site to a proper SMTP provider (Office 365, Gmail, Brevo, SendGrid, SES, or any host), auto-detects the right settings, tests the connection, logs every email, and alerts you if delivery ever fails again. It works everywhere - SiteGround, GoDaddy, Bluehost, Cloudways, Kinsta and more.
How it works
Pick or auto-detect your provider
20 provider presets, or paste your own host. MX auto-detect fills the settings for you.
Send a test email
One click confirms delivery - and shows the exact error if something is off, ready to copy.
Emails just work
Every WordPress and WooCommerce email now routes through your verified server.
Stay protected
The email log records what sent; failure alerts warn you before customers notice.
Compare the difference
| Default WordPress email | With SMTP Overrider |
|---|---|
| Silently lands in spam or fails | ✓ Authenticated, inbox-delivered mail |
| No way to know what sent | ✓ Full email log (up to 500 rows) |
| Find out when a customer complains | ✓ Instant failure alerts |
| Cryptic setup across hosts | ✓ 20 presets + MX auto-detect in about 60s |
| Monthly SaaS email fees | ✓ $20 one-time, unlimited sites |
Time you get back to spend on the work that actually grows your business — not the busywork.
Why it’s worth it
Stop losing orders
A receipt that never arrives is a refund request waiting to happen. Reliable email protects revenue.
Set up in a minute
Auto-detect and presets mean you are not decoding SMTP ports and TLS settings by hand.
See everything
The email log and failure alerts mean you are never in the dark about delivery again.
Pay once
No AI key needed, no monthly fee - $20 one-time for unlimited use on unlimited sites.
Simple pricing. Cancel anytime.
Free
- ✓Is WordPress not sending email? Fix the broken wp_mail() on any host in about 60 seconds
- ✓Works on every host (SiteGround
- ✓GoDaddy
- ✓Bluehost
- ✓Cloudways and more) and any mailbox
- ✓Built-in provider presets, one-click test send, email log
- ✓Optional Google / Office 365 connect for advanced users
- ✓Sends from your own mailbox - nothing routes through us
Pro
- ✓Link SMTP Pro is the paid upgrade to the free Link SMTP plugin
- ✓It fixes unreliable WordPress and WooCommerce email by sending through your own Google (Gmail API)
- ✓Microsoft 365 (Graph)
- ✓Or SMTP mailbox using a secure one-click OAuth connection — no app passwords
- ✓No fiddly host/port setup
- ✓Pro removes the free plan’s 300-emails-per-month fair-use cap and unlocks multiple connected accounts
- ✓A full email log with deliverability analytics (success rate
- ✓Daily volume
- ✓Per-provider breakdown)
- ✓And scheduled sending with automatic retry
