Post SMTP with Ninja Form

How to Use Post SMTP to Send Ninja Form’s Email Notifications

Ninja Forms is a flexible and easy-to-use WordPress plugin that simplifies creating forms, surveys, and other interactive elements for your website. Gathering data, comments, and questions from website visitors with Ninja Forms’ intuitive drag-and-drop interface and customization options is simple.

To enhance the usability and dependability of emails, Ninja Forms and the Post SMTP plugin collaborate. Integrate Post SMTP with Ninja Form to ensure that the feedback and notifications generated by your forms always safely reach the intended recipients.

Keep reading to learn how Post SMTP can improve Ninja Forms’ email notifications deliverability.

Ninja Forms Not Sending Emails Issue:

When someone submits a Ninja Form on your website, you and the person who submitted it typically get an email notification in their inbox. Occasionally, emails from Ninja Forms are delivered to the spam folder or never delivered.

When you try to complete the Ninja Forms with the required information.

Click the Submit button to submit your form successfully.

When you check your inbox, the form submission email will arrive in the Spam folder or never get delivered.

Now, Let’s see How you can fix this issue with Post SMTP.

Install and Activate the Post SMTP Plugin: –

Before getting started, you’ll need to install the Post SMTP plugin.

Let’s cover the steps to set up Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) with Post SMTP. 

You can configure any Mailer service with Post SMTP checkout our Post SMTP Sockets documentation.

Go to the Post SMTP dashboard and click on Start the wizard.

Select the SMTP Mailer: –

A window will pop up containing different Mailers services; select Brevo from here.

Configure and Authenticate SMTP Mailer: – 

For the From Address, there are two required fields.

a.     From Email (You must use the same email address you used to log in to your Brevo account.)

b.     From Name.

The “Prevent plugins and themes for changing this” toggle buttons will be under the From Email and Name fields. Check both of them enabled.

You must enter the API Key to connect your selected mailer with Post SMTP. 

Click the API Key link to redirect to the Brevo API Key screen. 

Generating an API Key: –

Click on Generate a new API Key.

Enter the name of the key and click on Generate.

The API Key will be generated. Copy that and click OK. Return to the tab/window where the Post SMTP is open. 

 Now paste the copied API Key in the required field in the Post SMTP setup wizard.

Now click on Save and Continue.

Sending a Test Email: –

A screen will appear with the field Recipient Email Address. This step will allow you to send a test email. 

Enter the Recipient Email Address and click Send Test Email. 

Click on the Finish button.

You can view the log section by clicking on the “View logs section” buttons or skip to the dashboard by clicking Skip to the dashboard button.

Click Skip to the dashboard.

As you can see, Post SMTP is configured. Now open the Ninja Forms. Fill out the Ninja Forms with the required information and click Submit.

Click the Submit button to see the successfully submitted message on your screen.

Go to the inbox of the email address you used in the form. Here, you can see that the state has been successfully submitted, and you have received that in your email address.

If you still find it difficult or have any other email deliverability issues, contact us for expert assistance; our talented WordPress team will troubleshoot all your email delivery issues and provide SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configuration.

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