Free MailGun SMTP for WordPress

Mailgun helps you deliver emails reliably so that you can spend less stressing about email delivery and more time building and growing your business. Connect MailGun via API and start sending!

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What is Mailgun?

Mailgun is a reliable transactional email delivery service that helps developers build websites that need to communicate over email. You can integrate Mailgun with WordPress to enjoy smooth email delivery.

How to Send WordPress Emails Using MailGun?

Mailgun’s guided wizard helps you set up your email service in minutes. Configuring with FluentSMTP is even easier!

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Login/Sign Up

Sign up for Mailgun’s email API service in a few simple steps. You can get started for free with 100 emails/day.

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Create API Credentials

Create an API key in MailGun’s setup wizard and send a test email to see how MailGun works.

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Verify Domain

Add your domain and update your domain’s DNS records to verify your domain’s ownership.

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Setup MailGun SMTP

Go to FluentSMTP setup wizard and configure Mailgun with FluentSMTP using your API credentials.

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Test Email Delivery

Send a test email to your email address from FluentSMTP and check if your email sends correctly.

Why Use Mailgun SMTP for WordPress?

Over 1,500,00 customers have set up their email communication using Mailgun’s powerful email service. Not sure if it fits your needs?

Pros

  • One of the highest email deliverability rate
  • Beginner-friendly documentation & instructions
  • Offers intuitive control panel to manage settings
  • Support is available for all pricing tiers
  • Inbox placement rate analytics by email clients

Cons

  • Reportedly has poor marketing email delivery
  • Has reportedly inaccurate bounce tracking
  • Support can be difficult to reach

Pricing

Compare MailGun pricing and choose which suits you!

Over 3,00,000+ WordPress Users trust FluentSMTP

Don’t take our word for it, see what the users are saying before you start using FluenSMTP!

saiftheboss7's review on fluentsmtp
Five stars all the way! @saiftheboss7

Great product that is fully open source and is consistently adding new features. Plugins like these are making WordPress and the community better for everyone. Five stars all the way!

limecomet's review on fluentsmtp
Transformed my email delivery experience! @limecomet

If you want to ensure your emails always reach their intended recipients, I wholeheartedly recommend giving Fluent SMTP a try. It’s been a real asset to my website, and I couldn’t be happier with the results!

amgill's review on fluentsmtp
Switching all my client sites over to this one! @amgill

Have been using “the other” SMTP plugin for years and all of a sudden it stopped delivering emails. Moved to Fluent and quickly got emails working again with no issues. Thank you. I am switching all my client sites over to this one!

omariusa's review on fluentsmtp
This plugin is a godsend! @omariusa

I used to work with another SMTP plugin that did not give free access to the logs, It was pretty much useless since not having access to the logs made it very hard to troubleshoot tricky issues during production. Thank you!

reversehsalf's review on fluentsmtp
A must-have plugin for all websites @reversehsalf

FluentSMTP is an excellent plugin that improves with each update. Despite being a free plugin, it offers so many Pro features. Thank you for creating this plugin.

peteraloha's review on fluentsmtp
Designed with clarity and functionality in mind @peteraloha

This plugin is designed with clarity and functionality in mind. An excellent job! – Plugin Authors are excellent in support: Polite, fast, knowledgeable!
Can’t stress enough how granular and effective this plugins author is, truly committed to help users to enjoy their objectives to be met!

Looking for MailGun Alternatives?

Looking for other options? We’ve got you!

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SendGrid SMTP

Send effortlessly with SendGrid’s robust features and consistent performance. Trust SendGrid’s proven email infrastructure for accurate WordPress email delivery

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Amazon SES SMTP

Amazon SES offers state-of-the-art email service at the lowest possible cost. Experience unparalleled email delivery at the cheapest price!

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PostMark SMTP

Postmark’s timely delivery of transactional and marketing emails guarantees that your important messages reach users without delay.

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Elastic Email

Elastic Email’s cost-effective SMTP service is designed to handle your WordPress emails with reliability and ease at affordable budget.

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Frequently Asked Questions

You can send WordPress emails using Mailgun. Simply sign up and configure it with FluentSMTP to start sending!

Mailgun offers free trial with 100 emails/day. If you need more, their premium plans start at $15/month.

FluentSMTP is free and will always be free. All of its features including SMTP connections, email logging, multiple SMTP,  fallback connection, etc., are free. There are no limits to the number of emails you can send.

Mailgun’s delivers over 24.6 million emails every month. However, it reportedly struggles with inbox placement rates. Though it’s a good option for transactional emails, it’d be ideal to use Amazon SES, Postmark, or Elastic Email for your marketing emails.

Mailgun provides excellent documentation and easy-to-follow instructions to configure SMTP in WordPress. You can also follow our documentation to configure Mailgun SMTP in WordPress.

Some of the best Mailgun SMTP alternatives are— Amazon SES, Elastic Mail, Sendgrid, and Postmark