DeBounce email validation plugin allows you to validate emails on all WordPress forms and make sure they really exist before submission. This plugin uses DeBounce.io API platform.
The plugin enhances the is_email() function of WordPress and easily integrate with it. This plugin perfectly works with:
- Contact Form 7
- Gravity Forms
- WordPress Comments
- WordPress Registration Forms
- WooCommerce
- Ninja Forms
- WPForms
- Jetpack/Grunion
- and with any other form which uses the is_email() function (no changes required).
The plugin can also be integrated into 3rd party forms that do not use the is_email() function.
What this plugin do?
Based of DeBounce API documentation, this engine perform the following checks:
- DNS validation, including MX record lookup
- Disposable email address detection
- Misspelled domain detection to prevent Typosquatting
- Syntax verification (IETF/RFC standard conformance)
- Temporary unavailability detection
- Mailbox existence checking
- Catch-All testing
- Greylisting detection
- SMTP connection and availability checking
- Block role-based emails
- Built-in domain and email address blocklist
The plugin requires an API Key to perform. You can get a free API by clicking Register on DeBounce.
DeBounce don’t send any email to the recipient address during the entire validation process. All processing is done on it’s servers, your IP addresses and domains are not affected in any way by the DeBounce service. So, your IP or domains never get blacklisted, since this plugin never use them.
DeBounce really cares about data protection and user privacy and never store any emails called from API. For more information, please read the following links:
* DeBounce GDPR Compliancy
* DeBounce Privacy Policy
Note: This is not a free plugin. You can find the pricing here.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.