In this video, Matt from Gravity Forms introduces exciting new experimental features in the Gravity SMTP plugin, available to Gravity Forms developer, elite, and nonprofit license holders. Gravity SMTP streamlines email sending from your WordPress website by connecting you to professional email providers like SendGrid, Postmark, and Brevo.
The highlight of this update is the new alerting system, designed to notify users via Slack or SMS when their WordPress site loses connection to email providers. Unlike individual email failure notifications, this system addresses critical, site-wide infrastructure issues, acting as a health check for your email system.
Setting up the alerts is simple: create a webhook for Slack or link your Twilio account for SMS notifications. Since this feature is experimental, testing on a staging server is recommended. Feedback is encouraged to help refine the system further.
Gravity SMTP is included with all qualifying licenses and can be downloaded from the Gravity Forms dashboard.
Gravity Forms + Gravity SMTP + WordPress
Connect your Gravity SMTP powered WordPress website to a wide range of email sending services for better email deliverability, important transactional emails, and for SPAM compliance.