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Simple Email Queue is a WordPress plugin that is used to pass restrictions set by your host on number of sent emails in given period.
This basic free version is only useful for developers that can extend it and use it in their code. If you want to use it in full capacity, consider getting plus version.
Usage
First, you need to set what is maximum number of emails that can be sent in a given period. By default, it sends 10 emails in 6 minutes. This means that if you want to send 15 emails in 6 minutes, only 10 emails are sent while rest 5 emails are put in queue and sent in the next period, after 6th minute has passed.
You can change this limits by using filters from you code. Filter simple_email_queue_max is used to set maximum number of emails that are sent in period. It expects positive integer to be passed.
To change period length, you can use filter simple_email_queue_interval. It also expects positive integer to be passed but please take care that this number is of seconds, not minutes (for example, if your period is 30 minutes, you would pass 1800).
Different hosts use different limits. Please consult your host’s documentation or support to find this out.
If you want user interface in your admin area, use plus version.
To use this limits, you need to use function simple_email_queue_add() instead of built-in function wp_mail(). Both accept same parameters.
Emails that are sent using wp_mail() function are not sent using queue and are not counted for limits. If you want that all emails are sent using queue, even those sent using wp_mail() function, use plus version.
And it’s on GitHub.
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.