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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 4.10.1 Released
What’s new in WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 4.10.1
Released: 2026-10-07
Active installations: 4,000,000
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.3
Requires PHP 7.4
Changelog
- Changed: Improved security and privacy across the plugin, including temporary file storage and requests to external services.
- Fixed: Some Setup Wizard labels and the Lite install date in Site Health could not be translated.
- Fixed: The Posts, Pages and post editor screens failed with a fatal error on hosts without the PHP intl extension when another plugin, such as All in One SEO, used the intl IDN functions while the Gmail mailer was in use.
Previous releases
4.10.0 — 2026-09-30
- Added: New Dashboard page, now the default screen for WP Mail SMTP, with email statistics, a setup overview, connection status, and recommended next steps.
- Added: Setup Checklist: a new page that guides you through connecting a mailer, sending a test email, and the rest of your email setup, with progress tracked automatically.
- Added: Email Detective: a new tab on the Tools page that sends a test email through your primary connection and emails you a free deliverability report covering authentication, blocklists, and spam filter scoring.
- Added: Setup Wizard now verifies your mailer settings with your email provider before saving them, and guides you through each mailer’s required settings as numbered steps.
- Changed: Setup Wizard’s email test now reports the exact sending error with the fix steps for it, names the setting at fault where it can be identified, and shows the domain checker results.
4.9.0 — 2026-06-26
- Added: WP-CLI commands to configure WP Mail SMTP from the command line, including SMTP and API-key mailer setup and individual setting management.
- Added: Code Snippets tab on the Tools page to browse, preview, and install WP Mail SMTP’s WPCode snippets.
- 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.