by Adrian Tobey 3.4 (10 reviews)

MailHawk — Simple SMTP, Email Delivery, and Email Logging

Name: MailHawk — Simple SMTP, Email Delivery, and Email Logging
Rating: 3.4 (10 reviews)
Author: Adrian Tobey

An easier SMTP service for WordPress. Improve your WordPress email deliverability!

MailHawk ranks #10,649 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #514 of 3,358 in the Communication category, a 3.4/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Sep 16, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8.8 (Current: 7.1)

v1.3.5 Current Version v1.3.5

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 16 Sep, 2025

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#514 of 3,358 in Communication Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#10,649

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Active Installs

300+

-18%

KW Avg Position

5.5 worse

Downloads

92.8K

+5 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

68%

Review 3.4 out of 5

3.4 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 43%

300+ 400+

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

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Reviews & Ratings

3.4

10 reviews

Overall 68%

6 (60%)

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4 (40%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Apr 9, 2025

MailHawk — Simple SMTP, Email Delivery, and Email Logging [mailhawk] < 1.3.2

CVE-2025-31015 · Fixed in v1.3.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.3.5
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2025
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 6.8.8
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Adrian Tobey

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3.4
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

email smtp smtp plugin wordpress smtp WP Mail SMTP

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

MailHawk is for WordPress site owners who need transactional and marketing emails from plugins like WooCommerce, LifterLMS, LearnDash, Easy Digital Downloads, Groundhogg, MailPoet, and BuddyBoss to reach recipients reliably. It solves the problem of WordPress emails failing to be delivered by combining an SMTP plugin with an SMTP sending service, including authentication, logging, and deliverability tracking.

Email deliverability analytics dashboard
SPF and DKIM domain authentication
Blacklist/whitelist management
Email logging with resend and retry
View content, headers, and raw MIME
Multisite compatible
WaaS compatible
Automatic blacklisting of bounced emails

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about MailHawk — Simple SMTP, Email Delivery, and Email Logging

No, MailHawk requires a paid monthly subscription which starts at $14.97/mo

We have different plans for different volume senders, starting at 40,000 emails/mo

Yes, you can connect multiple sites to one account without paying extra!

Yes, we have special WaaS account plans to accommodate WaaS sites.

Yes, MailHawk is specifically designed to prevent your emails from ending up in the spam folder.

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.