Title: Elastic Email Sender Author: Elastic Email Published: June 16, 2017 Last modified: December 3, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/elastic-email-sender/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3307664) ![](https://ps.w.org/elastic-email-sender/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3307664) # Elastic Email Sender By [Elastic Email](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elasticemail/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elastic-email-sender.zip) * [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/#description) * [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/#reviews) * [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/#installation) * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/) ## Description Elastic Email Sender allows you to connect your WordPress with our powerful, low- cost Elastic Email API and start sending marketing or transactional emails! Please follow the information below and find out more about how we can help you send your emails in a more efficient way. In case of any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us anytime. **What is the Elastic Email Sender plugin?** The Elastic Email Sender plugin is an easy way to maintain all the aspects related to your email campaigns. From creating and sending your emails to monitoring and managing campaign stats. Elastic Email Sender replaces the WordPress default wp_mail() function by using API integration with Elastic Email to send an outgoing email from your WordPress installation. Thanks to this, you can track all the parameters of your delivery, use Private IP addresses to get full control over your sending, maintain reputation and delivery and secure your data better than ever. You can also use your own domain and analyze your data with ease. Elastic Email Sender is compatible with almost every solution available on the market including [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/), [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/), [Ninja Forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/), [Flamingo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flamingo/), [Caldera Forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caldera-forms/), [bbPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/) **How to get started?** Just sign into your [Elastic Email account](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/create-api), copy the API Key. Next, please login to your WordPress dashboard, add the [Elastic Email Sender](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/) plugin and paste there the API Key from your Elastic Email account. ### Translations You can translate Elastic Email Sender on [**translate.wordpress.org**](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/elastic-email-sender). ## Screenshots * [[ * Install Elastic Email Sender with ease! Just fill in a few details and let us help you send better emails. * [[ * A visual representation of your campaign’s results. If you would like to know more about your campaigns statistics, please go to the Reports screen on the Elastic Email dashboard. * [[ * Test the sending configuration easily. * [[ * Error log ## Installation To connect WordPress to Elastic Email: 1. Log into your WordPress dashboard and click Plugins in the left sidebar. 2. Click Add New at the top of the page and then, search for “Elastic Email Sender” and click “Install Now”. 3. Click Activate Plugin. 4. Enter your [Elastic Email API key](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/create-api) in the plugin settings with permission `Plugin`, and click Save Changes. 5. If you do it successfully, you can start sending emails! **Installation in Network** To connect WordPress to Elastic Email: 1. Log into your WordPress dashboard (Network Admin) and click Plugins in the left sidebar or dropdown menu. 2. Click Add New at the top of the page and then, search for “Elastic Email Sender” and click “Install Now”. 3. Click Network Activate. 4. Enter your [Elastic Email API key](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/create-api) in the plugin settings with permission `Plugin`, and click Save Changes. 5. If you do it successfully, you can start sending emails! ## FAQ ### Where can I find more details? Please take a look at the [Elastic Email resources](https://help.elasticemail.com/en/) first. If you can’t find the answer, please contact our [Support Team](https://elasticemail.com/contact). ### How to get started with Elastic Email? Start with Elastic Email by creating a new account on our [website](https://elasticemail.com/). ### What kind of emails can I send with the Elastic Email Sender plugin? Elastic Email Sender has an option to switch between transactional and marketing emails. This means that from now on, you can easily decide what kinds of emails you would like to send. By default, you will be sending marketing emails that can be used for all kinds of marketing announcements: newsletters, marketing updates, sales offers, etc. But if you would like to send more technical emails like notifications about your service or app status, password reset or notifications about orders, you can use transactional emails that can be used for all kinds of transactions between users and service/app owners. Please note that users who unsubscribe from marketing emails can still receive transactional emails. In case of any questions please contact our [Customer Success team](https://elasticemail.com/help/) – they are available 24/7! ### How to set up a domain to start sending? Find out [how to verify your domain](https://help.elasticemail.com/en/articles/2281323-how-to-verify-your-domain) on our Resources page. ### Where do I find my Elastic Email API Key? You can find the Elastic Email API Key in Settings [account](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/manage-api). ### Where can I find private IP address settings? All the details about the private IPs are available in Settings/Private IPs [account](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/manage-private-ips). ### I can’t send any attachments. Make sure you [allowed for the use of custom headers](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/advanced) by checking the “Allow Custom Headers” option in Settings/Sending. ### Can I send mail as plain text? Please make sure that you have the “Auto Create Text Body” turned on in your [Sending Settings](https://app.elasticemail.com/marketing/settings/new/advanced). If yes, your emails are also available as plain text. [Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4db128f1dbba536d59215599f4b52283879bdf16b16ca8983e53580bf9da5e0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-9871/)󠁿 [helderlopesofficial](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helderlopesofficial/) April 25, 2023 Excellent plugin to setup Cloudways SMTP Elastic Mail ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/356e12611e6da4fa3b125cca9cfe2a06636c9b36e450c3dab7223eb30f480949? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[quick & easy to set up](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-easy-to-set-up-2/)󠁿 [Jean Werk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brightbluegum/) July 2, 2022 I use it on Cloudways servers. Affordable and quite reliable. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30a883d7a5ee24dfe9a51cdd36b7b854c2759ede9cc5692fcc7c00a080996b26? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-7920/)󠁿 [Infinite Uploads](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bww/) May 31, 2022 1 reply This plugin instantly solves my problems. I have Elastic email through Cloudways, and I install this plugin, add my API key, and it instantly resolves my email issues. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/166dd438958d80ff6156a4fbebb7bfbc03eb53d672d0a8f6353b4d435437d099? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy to setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-setup-86/)󠁿 [chashutch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chashutch/) June 17, 2021 Elastic email sender is just what I needed. After configuring and fussing with other SMTP plugins, I found this and it turned out to be ‘set it and forget it’. hutch ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9079c016b65652c1acc8fb15963f2bdeeee18d1890e7fa8b599049842f4cd45f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Super Easy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-easy-181/)󠁿 [greendragontech](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greendragontech/) April 6, 2020 1 reply I’ve been using the old version for years and just discovered this. No more SMTP settings/passwords, etc. Just need your API key. Super-easy! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/497c9cfb7c1c4e91622641a736015de9c7c8e1daefae376b812ec3fb0a9200c6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works Great for Cloudways](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-for-cloudways/)󠁿 [Chris](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lamordnt/) June 13, 2019 1 reply I set this up on my Wordpress sites with Cloudways to be the default email sender for Wordpress and it works great. Coulnd’t be simpler to setup and just works as it should. Thanks to the author! [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Elastic Email Sender” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Elastic Email ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elasticemail/) * [ rafkwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rafkwa/) “Elastic Email Sender” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/elastic-email-sender/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Elastic Email Sender” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/elastic-email-sender) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elastic-email-sender/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/elastic-email-sender/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/elastic-email-sender/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/elastic-email-sender/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.22 * Minor fixes and optimizations #### 1.2.21 * Bug fixes and improved application performance ## Meta * Version **1.2.22** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/), [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/elastic-email-sender) * Tags * [Email Marketing](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-marketing/)[email sender](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-sender/) [mailer](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mailer/)[transactional email](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/transactional-email/) * [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elastic-email-sender/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Elastic Email ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/elasticemail/) * [ rafkwa ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rafkwa/) ## Support Got something to say? 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