QuillSMTP is a versatile WordPress plugin crafted to streamline SMTP configuration for sending emails from your WordPress website. Seamlessly integrating with leading email delivery service providers like SendGrid, QuillSMTP ensures dependable email delivery to your audience.
SendGrid Mailer Overview #
SendGrid stands out as a prominent email delivery service provider tailored to enhance email communication for businesses and developers. Armed with a robust infrastructure and a developer-centric API, SendGrid ensures secure and efficient email delivery to recipients’ inboxes.
Unique Features: #
- Enhanced Email Deliverability: SendGrid employs advanced algorithms and infrastructure to optimize email deliverability, reducing the likelihood of emails being marked as spam or bouncing.
- Scalable Sending Solutions: Whether you’re sending a few emails or handling massive campaigns, SendGrid effortlessly scales to meet your needs, ensuring consistent delivery and performance.
- Developer-Centric API: With a developer-friendly API, SendGrid allows seamless integration into your applications and websites, empowering you to automate and customize email sending processes effortlessly.
- In-Depth Analytics: Gain valuable insights into your email campaigns with SendGrid’s comprehensive analytics suite, offering detailed metrics on opens, clicks, bounces, and more to refine your email strategies.
Sign Up for SendGrid Account #
- Begin by visiting the SendGrid website and registering for an account.
- Complete the registration process and verify your email address.
Access API Key #
- Log in to your SendGrid account.
- Locate the “Settings” section and access it.
- Go to the API keys tab and click “Create API Key.”
- Provide a name, such as “QuillSMTP Key,” and click “Create & View.”
- Copy the generated API key for later use in configuring QuillSMTP with your WordPress website.
Setting Up QuillSMTP #
In your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Quill SMTP > Settings Tab.
Setting Up Connection #
- Initiate the setup process by clicking the “Add Connection”.
- Name your connection accordingly (e.g., “SendGrid”).
- Choose SendGrid from the list of available mailers.
- Then click the “Next” button.
- Provide a descriptive account name (e.g., “My SendGrid Account”).
- Paste the previously copied API key into the “API Key” field.
- Optionally, if you have a designated sending domain configured in your SendGrid account, input it under “Sending Domain.”
- Click the “Add” button.
- Click to the “Next” button to complete you connection setup.
- Input your email address in the designated “From email” field.
- Optionally, toggle the “Force From Email” option if you wish to enforce this email address for all outgoing emails.
- Specify your sender’s name in the provided “From name” field.
- Optionally, toggle the “Force From Name” option to ensure consistent usage of this sender name across all emails.
- Then Click the “Save” button.
