WP Offload SES email logs and delivery controls

Send WordPress email through Amazon SES

WP Offload SES Lite routes WordPress email through Amazon SES. It works with the standard wp_mail() function, so add-ons that use it can send through SES too. Examples include Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, and Email Subscribers & Newsletters. Amazon SES is the only supported sending service.

Connect the sender and test delivery

Install and activate the add-on, then open Settings > WP Offload SES in the WordPress dashboard and follow the setup wizard to configure the AWS account. Set the default email address and name for WordPress notifications, verify the sending domain or email address, and send a test message. Enable site-wide sending after the test succeeds. Custom Reply-To and Return Path addresses are also available.

Review sending activity in Lite

The Lite edition lists sent emails, shows Amazon SES send-rate statistics, and can send a weekly email health report. WP Offload SES accounts for the SES account's sending rate, which limits how many messages it can accept per second.

What does the paid edition add?

WP Offload SES includes open and click reporting, searchable email logs, and utilities to view a sent message's contents and engagement. Administrators can search by recipient or subject and filter by date. If a message fails, the paid edition can retry it automatically through a queue or let an administrator retry it manually. It can also resend a previously sent email.

Automatic and manual failure retries, email search, and resending are paid-edition features; WP Offload SES Lite does not automatically retry failed sends.

Configure a multisite network

A WordPress multisite network can use shared email settings configured in Network Admin, with subsites able to override some or all of those settings. Set the network or subsite configuration before using the email process across the site.