Gravity SMTP: Now Available With Developer and Nonprofit Licenses!
By Gravity Forms Published September 18, 2024We’re excited to announce that we’ve expanded the availability of Gravity SMTP!
If you hold an active Gravity Forms Developer or Nonprofit license, you now have full access to Gravity SMTP. Simply hop over to your Gravity Forms Account License page, where you can download Gravity SMTP and get started!
Read on to find out more about Gravity SMTP…
Gravity SMTP: Send WordPress Emails with Confidence!
Gravity SMTP is the latest new product from the team behind Gravity Forms.
From password reset emails to new user registrations, form notifications, and more, most WordPress sites need to send a lot of transactional emails. With Gravity SMTP, you can send all your WordPress emails via trusted email service providers, significantly improving email deliverability rates.
Up until now, Gravity SMTP has only been available to anyone with an active Gravity Forms Elite license. Today we’re delighted to roll out Gravity SMTP to more of our Gravity community – including all customers who hold a Developer or Nonprofit license.
Built-in Email Service Integrations
With Gravity SMTP you’re able to send WordPress emails out of the box, via SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Brevo, Outlook / Microsoft 365, Gmail / Google Workspace, and Amazon SES. Additionally you can connect with other SMTP and API-based services via our Custom SMTP feature.
Here’s a quick overview of each of these services…
- SendGrid – Send at scale with Twilio SendGrid, boasting an industry-leading 99% deliverability rate. SendGrid offers both a free-forever plan of 100 emails a day, and, if you need to exceed that limit, a selection of preset pricing plans, starting at $19.95 per month for up to 50,000 emails.
- Brevo – Confidently send transactional emails with Brevo, formerly Sendinblue. With an impressive free plan, Brevo allows you to send up to 300 transactional emails a day! And for those who need to send more, simply pay for what you send.
- Postmark – Owned by ActiveCampaign, Postmark is a popular email-sending service with an impressive reputation for reliability and deliverability. Postmark offers a free plan that allows you to send up to 100 emails a month. Over 100, prices vary depending on the number of emails sent.
- Mailgun – A transactional email service, Mailgun provides industry-leading reliability, compliance, and speed. Offering a 30-day trial, Mailgun’s premium service starts at $35 a month, which allows you to send up to 50,000 emails.
- Outlook / Microsoft 365 – Using Microsoft 365 / Outlook you can send up to 10,000 emails per day (technically, per rolling 24-hour period), although Microsoft does throttle the amount of emails your site can send in a short period, at around 30 emails per minute.
- Gmail / Google Workspace – With Gmail / Google Workspace, you’ll find different email sending limits depending on the type of account. With a free Gmail account, you can send up to 500 emails per day, whereas a paid Google Workspace account will allow up to 2,000 emails per day.
- Amazon SES – Amazon SES is well known for its reliability and impressive pricing. A pay-as-you-go service, based on the volume of emails sent and received, there are no subscriptions and no minimum charges. Head on over to Amazon’s site to get a full rundown of Amazon SES pricing.
For more details on connecting to any of these email service providers, check out our documentation on Gravity SMTP integrations.
Key Gravity SMTP Features
Gravity SMTP has a wide assortment of advanced features and functionality, ensuring that your WordPress emails are in safe hands. Here are just some of the top features that you’ll benefit from when you set up Gravity SMTP on your site…
- User-Friendly Setup Wizard – Our Setup Wizard makes it quick and easy to onboard to Gravity SMTP and set up the integrations of your choice.
- WP Mail SMTP to Gravity SMTP Migration – Within the Setup Wizard you’ll find a built-in migration feature allowing you to quickly bring over all your WP Mail SMTP settings and start sending emails with the help of Gravity SMTP in no time.
- Backup Connection – With Gravity SMTP, you can set a primary and a backup connection. Setting up a backup option helps ensure email deliverability, even if your primary email service is down.
- WordPress Email Management – Easily enable or disable default email notifications sent by WordPress, including notifications for automatic updates, data requests, password resets, and much more, giving you full control over the types of email notifications sent from your site.
- Email Logging – The Gravity SMTP email log provides a quick way to view messages sent from your website without leaving your WordPress dashboard. Information includes email status, recipient email addresses and associated avatars, date/time sent, plugin source, and more.
- Email Performance Reporting – With Gravity SMTP, you can also quickly check email delivery performance at a glance. Our reporting dashboard allows you to view and filter email metrics, including total number of emails sent, successfully sent, pending, and failed, top sending sources, and more.
You can explore our ultimate guide to Gravity SMTP for step-by-step setup instructions and detailed coverage of its extensive range of features.
And if you’d like to have your say on future Gravity SMTP features and integrations, head on over to our Gravity SMTP Roadmap and let us know what’s important to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I need Gravity Forms installed to run Gravity SMTP?
No! This product is independent of Gravity Forms, so you do not need to have Gravity Forms installed on your website to install and use Gravity SMTP. However, you do need a Gravity Forms Elite license, Nonprofit licence, or Developer license to download and activate the product. Check out this documentation for help with your license key.
- Does Gravity SMTP work for all emails sent from my site, or only emails sent by Gravity Forms?
Gravity SMTP works for all emails sent from your WordPress site. Whether it’s user registrations, password resets, or notifications from other plugins, Gravity SMTP ensures reliable delivery across the board.
- Who can download Gravity SMTP?
The core Gravity SMTP plugin is currently available for free to all those who have an active Gravity Forms Elite, Nonprofit, or Developer license. You can download it from your Gravity Forms account dashboard.
- What does Gravity SMTP cost?
At the moment, Gravity SMTP is not available to buy as a standalone product.
- Does Gravity SMTP work with WordPress Multisite?
Yes, Gravity SMTP seamlessly integrates with WordPress Multisite. You can set up Gravity SMTP on a per-site basis or utilize constants provided in our developer documentation for a more centralized configuration.
- Where can I find out more about Gravity SMTP?
Check out our extensive documentation site for more information on Gravity SMTP.
Get Started with Gravity SMTP Today!
As mentioned, Gravity SMTP is now available to all Gravity Forms Developer and Nonprofit license holders.
If you have an active Elite, Developer, or Nonprofit license, simply head on over to your Gravity Forms Account section to download Gravity SMTP today.
And as always, if you have any questions about Gravity SMTP or how to get started with this new plugin, our expert Support team is available to help!