Title: WP Mail Debugger
Author: Timothy Jacobs
Published: <strong>January 27, 2020</strong>
Last modified: July 22, 2024

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Mail Debugger

 By [Timothy Jacobs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timothyblynjacobs/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-mail-debugger.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-mail-debugger/)

## Description

WP Mail Debugger captures and displays all emails sent through wp_mail() for debugging
and troubleshooting. A new admin menu, WP Mail Debugger, is added under the Tools
menu.

Get the [Mac App](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wp-mail-debugger/id1547093438?mt=12)
to connect to multiple WordPress websites from one convenient location.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does what it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-1093/)󠁿

 [Jorge Razor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorgehoffmann/) May 18, 2022

Does exactly what the description says. Perfect!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[This is so good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-so-good/)󠁿

 [Jeremy Scott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeremyescott/) September 11, 2020

I “found” this plugin when its creator presented it at WCPhx 2020. Its extremely
easy to use, and is helpful in a day and age when SPFF and DKIM issues make debugging
mail tough. Show your users the mail is going out. Or as a plugin developer, use
it to review output.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-mail-debugger/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Mail Debugger” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Timothy Jacobs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timothyblynjacobs/)

“WP Mail Debugger” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-mail-debugger/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Mail Debugger” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-mail-debugger)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mail-debugger/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-mail-debugger/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-mail-debugger/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-mail-debugger/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * New Feature: If an email fails to send, the error messages will be displayed 
   on the email detail screen.
 * New Feature: Easily resend a message from the email detail screen. You can even
   specify a new recipient address if needed. This feature is only available when
   in “Filter” mode.
 * Bug Fix: Compatibility with WordPress 6.6.

#### 1.0

 * Add: Enhanced multisite support. A new network admin page shows emails across
   the entire network.
 * Tweak: Links in emails open in a new tab.
 * Bug Fix: Account for CSS changes to WordPress components.

#### 0.1

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2.0 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-mail-debugger)
 * Tags
 * [debug](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/debug/)[email](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)
   [email log](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-log/)[troubleshooting](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/troubleshooting/)
   [wp-mail](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-mail/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-debugger/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-mail-debugger/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Timothy Jacobs ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timothyblynjacobs/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-mail-debugger/)