by Adrian Tobey 3.2 (10 reviews)

MailHawk

Name: MailHawk — Simple SMTP, Email Delivery, and Email Logging
Rating: 3.2 (10 reviews)
Author: Adrian Tobey

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

MailHawk ranks #10,403 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #508 of 3,122 in the Communication category, a 3.2/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.3.5 Current Version v1.3.5

Updated 10 months ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2025

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#508 of 3,122 in Communication Top 25% by installs Downloads +1094.8% this week

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Rank

#10,403

+12 this week

Active Installs

300+

— No change

KW Avg Position

60.5

0.8 better

Downloads

88.9K

+255 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

64%

Review 3.2 out of 5

3.2 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 28%

300+ 400+

2,278

Ranks to Climb

Growth Needed

8,000,000

Active Installs

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Active Installs 0,000,000+

Growth +0.0%

Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

3.2

10 reviews

Overall 64%

6 (60%)

0 (0%)

4 (40%)

Tracked Keywords

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
wordpress smtp	46	—	Tag	1 day ago
smtp plugin	50	—	Tag	1 day ago
WP Mail SMTP	56	—	Tag	1 day ago
smtp	90	—	Tag	1 day ago

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 2 hours 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 15, 2025
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Adrian Tobey

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3.2
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

WP Mail SMTP email smtp smtp plugin wordpress 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.