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Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging
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Description
In need of a tool that allows you to easily log and view all emails sent from WordPress? Check & Log might be just the solution for that.
This WordPress plugin helps you store sent emails for auditing purposes, as well as debug email related problems in your WordPress site. Works best on eCommerce websites that have been created with WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads.
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Premium Features
New Features of the plugin Check & Log Email 2.0
Export Logs
– It allows to export email logs in multiple file format with date range and status
More Fields
– Such as Cc, Bcc, Host IP, Reply To etc.
Log Retention Period
– It allows to deletes old emails when a certain amount of logs and time has passed.
Print or save as PDF
– You can print the email log, or save it as a PDF.
Resend email
– This feature allow you to modify email and resend email.
Forward Email
– By using this feature you can automatically forward a copy of all emails sent by WordPress to other email addresses
Easy migration
– It is allow you to import data from various plugins like Email Log, Mail logging – WP Mail Catcher, WP Mail Logging, WP Mail Log and export the data.
Email Error Tracking
– You can easily see list of errors of emails and view details of error.
Setup Wizard
– Wizard setup allows you to one time setup of this plugin.
Default Format for Message
– Its allow you to Default Format for Message on view of content.
SMTP
– Its allow you to setup your own smtp through Check & Email Log SMTP form.
Multisite Configure
– Its allow to configure global setting for all your sites.
Encoding
– Its allow to encode emails and phone in page content.
Outlook / MS 360
– Its allow to send email using 360 / outlook configuration
Gmail SMTP
– Its allow to send email gmail configuration
Email Spam Testing
– Its allow to testing of your mail for accurate delivery
Features of the plugin Check & Log Email
Test email sending
– if you’re not sure whether WordPress is sending emails, you can use this plugin to find out. The process is very simple: you need to choose an address that will receive a simple test email. You can even override the custom header with your own values, to avoid any other issues.
Viewing logged emails
– they can be viewed from the admin interface, as they are stored in a separate table. You get the option to filter them based on subject, email, date, etc.
Deleting logged emails
– you can delete them by going to the admin interface. You can either delete them in bulk or selectively – by date, email, or subject.
Ability to change
the “mail from” email address, “mail from name” and override default email WordPress addresses.
Premium Features of the plugin Check & Log Email
Triggered Data
– Triggered data helps you in debugging by showing the exact code that is sending that email
Filters
wp_mail_catcher_mail_success
– is triggered before an email is sent. It has a single argument that is an array containing original mail info.
check_email_email_log_before_insert
– is triggered before an email data about to save in check & Log Email. It has a two argument.
log
– It is an array containing argument that will store in database
original_mail_info
– It is an array containing argument of original mail info.
wp_check_email_failed
– is triggered when an email is failed. It has a two argument.
mail_error_data
– It is an array containing argument that has what possible reasons of error.
mail_error_message
– It is an string containing error message.
Action
check_email_log_inserted
– is triggered after data successfully saved in log.
check_email_loaded
– is triggered when check & log email successfully loaded.
Support
We try our best to provide support on WordPress.org forums. However, We have a special
community support
where you can ask us questions and get help about your Check & Log Email related questions. Delivering a good user experience means a lot to us and so we try our best to reply each and every question that gets asked.
Bug Reports
Bug reports for Check & Log Email are
welcomed on GitHub
. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.
Credits
* jsPDF used https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF – License URI: https://github.com/parallax/jsPDF/blob/master/LICENSE
* league/oauth2-client used https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth2-client – License URI: https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth2-client/blob/master/LICENSE
Screenshots
Check & Log Email – Status
Check & Log Email – View Logs
Check & Log Email – Settings
Check & Log Email – Spam Analyzer
Check & Log Email – Error Tracker
Check & Log Email – General settings setup page
Check & Log Email – Email logging page
Check & Log Email – SMTP Configuration
Check & Log Email – Email encoding page
Check & Log Email – Tools page
Check & Log Email – Notify page
Installation
Using the WordPress Plugin Search
Navigate to the
Add New
sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
Search for
Check & Log Email
The plugin should be listed first in the search results.
Click the
Install Now
link.
Lastly click the
Activate Plugin
link to activate the plugin.
Uploading in WordPress Admin
Download the plugin zip file
and save it to your computer.
Navigate to the
Add New
sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
Click the
Upload
link.
Select Check & Log Email zip file from where you saved the zip file on your computer.
Click the
Install Now
button.
Lastly click the
Activate Plugin
link to activate the plugin.
FAQ
How do I use it?
Check the WordPress Admin Dashboard for “Check & Log Email” menu item.
Why did you write this plugin?
Someone using one of my other plugins had trouble with emails not being sent. I knocked this together to help him (and anyone else).
Reviews
Can really recommend. Works very well!
Works as it is supposed to
The plug-in is a good, free alternative to similar plug-ins with the same features but at a paid price. Thank you!
Works great!
So far I’ve used the Email logs and Email testing parts of this plugin and they’ve been very useful.
Very Helpfull
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Contributors & Developers
“Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
v2.0.13.2 – 13/04/2026
Fixed: Vulnerability reported by Kishan Vyas
Fixed: Vulnerability reported by @poloss
v2.0.13.1 – 07/04/2026
Fixed: Spam Analyzer Tool Response Issue #162
v2.0.13 – 04/04/2026
Fixed: Spam Analyzer Undefined error and fixed Go to Email log button #162
Enhancement: PCP Check & Code Improvement #164
Fixed: Vulnerability reported by WPScan Security
v2.0.12 – 03/03/2026
Fixed: LifterLMS mail logged by check-email, but not passed to configured SMTP server #152
Enhancement: PCP check #161
v2.0.11 – 05/01/2026
Remove: Removed BFCM Banner #156
v2.0.10 – 04/12/2025
Feature Added: Error Log notification #46
Improvement: Create backword compatibility #148
Added: Promotion Banner BFCM #153
Tested: WordPress version upto 6.9
v2.0.9 – 09/09/2025
Fixed: PHP Errors #143
Fixed: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null in checkmail-dashboard-chart.min.js when Dashboard Widget is disabled #147
Enhancement: improved the ux to increase the positioning of premium features #142
v2.0.8 – 07/07/2025
Fixed: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError in wp_mail_failed hook due to malformed add_action in Check_Email_Notify_Tab.php #145
Fixed: Tracking feature not working properly in WordPress Dashboard #134
Enhancement: Log retention not working #141
Enhancement: Other notification banner visible in Check Mail dashboard. #135
v2.0.7 – 25/04/2025
Fixed: PHP Notice: _load_textdomain_just_in_time called too early with check-email domain on WP 6.8 #139
v2.0.6 – 11/04/2025
Enhancement: Few changes in plugin’s dashboard #133
Fixed: Critical error after update 2.0.5.1 (could already be present in 2.0.5) #132
Fixed: No Access to /wp-admin After Update to v2.0.5 #131
Fixed: Some special characters are getting ignored in the password field while configuring SMPT #127
v2.0.5.1 – 28/02/2025
Fixed: No Access to /wp-admin After Update to v2.0.5 #131
v2.0.5 – 27/02/2025
Feature: Added Notify users after X (user defined) email sending failures #20
Feature: Added Graph detail of mail delivered and failed #120
Fixed: Conflict with Gravity Forms #128
Fixed: Error in debug log #123
Fixed: Fatal error on user end. #126
Fixed: Conflict Between “Check & Log Email” v2.0.4 and BackWPup Plugin Causing Dropbox Backup Failures #124
Enhancement: Some Enhancement #129
Enhancement: Updated screenshots on wp.org #122
v2.0.4 – 26/12/2024
Enhancement: Notice “Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly” since wp 6.7 #116
Enhancement: Few improvement needed #112
Enhancement: Make an option to use one SMTP settings for multisite #97
Feature: Email Spam Analyzer #119
Fixed: Php error #117
v2.0.3 – 06/11/2024
Enhancement: Email Logs Show Failure as Success #113
Feature: Added an option for Opened mails data #79
Feature: Added Gmail mailer in smtp section #106
Feature: Added a feature to send the bulk email. #107
Fixed: Login OAuth Broken After Updating Check-Email Plugin to 2.0.2 #108
v2.0.2 – 27/09/2024
Feature: Added an option to use one SMTP settings for multisite #97
Feature: Added encoding of email and phone #55
Feature: Added integration with Microsoft SMTP that requires oAuth authentication. #100
Fixed: Some warnings appear while viewing the email log #104
v2 – 02/09/2024
Enhancement: Added confirmation box on deletion of log email #84
Fixed: Conflict issue with Override Emails feature. #98
Fixed: PHP Fatal error #101
v2.0 – 09/08/2024
Compatibility: Test with WordPress version 6.6 #95
Feature: Default Format for Message #86
Feature: Added small setup wizard #87
Feature: Log email content option #89
Enhancement: Hooks and actions #90
Enhancement: Fixed I18N Issues based on 1.0.13 helped by @alexclassroom #91
Fixed: Images folder missing for jquery-ui.min.css #93
Enhancement: Few improvement required #94
Feature: Email error tracker #96
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