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SAR Friendly SMTP · Version history

SAR Friendly SMTP changelog and version history

Latest version
1.2.6
Jul 15, 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases
9
since 2015
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20154 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 20171 release
  • 20181 release
  • 20211 release
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.2.6Latest

    • WordPress Coding Standards changes.

20211 release

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.2.5

    • Added own styles to settings page to fix placement of messages shown when settings are overridden by values set in the wp-config.php file.
    • Added Settings Saved notice.
    • Minor changes to text shown in Send Email Test page.

20181 release

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.2.3

    • Added missing closing div tag in settings page.
    • Fixed saving From Name in settings page when single quotes are used (e.g. O’Brian).
    • Shortened menu title in dashboard menu to “SMTP”.

20171 release

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.2

    • Added handling of fatal errors in Send Email Test page.
    • Added setting to allow the use of SMTP servers with invalid SSL setup. More information
    • Added SAR_FSMTP_DEBUG_MODE and SAR_FSMTP_ALLOW_INVALID_SSL constants, check FAQ for more details.
    • Migrated settings to single keys for easy handling of settings on upgrades.
    • Allow function sar_friendly_smtp() to run when settings are set in wp-config.php file and database doesn’t has any setting saved. Thanks to friscoMad.
    • Fixed checking of SAR_FSMTP_USER in sar_friendly_smtp() function. Thanks to friscoMad.
    • Moved settings and test page to a new SAR Friendly SMTP menu.
    • Reorganized settings using tabs.
    • Added wp_filter_nohtml_kses as sanitize callback for all settings inputs.
    • Updated translation .pot and Spanish (es_ES) translation.

20161 release

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.1.3

    • Fix overriden checking for SAR_FSMTP_USER in settings page.
    • Fix replacing FROM address and name when new constants are not being used but they have values in settings page.
    • Hide input field for a setting when it’s being overridden by its constant in wp-config.php

20154 releases

  1. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.0.6

    • Added Send Email Test page in Tools menu. Allowing you to test if WordPress is able to send emails using the SMTP server details provided.
    • Changed the hook to phpmailer_init to very low priority to ensure we run after any other.
    • Changed size of the username field.
    • Changed checking for default $phpmailer->From and $phpmailer->FromName to do it separately to handle situations where only one of them is default (i.e. using BuddyPress).
    • Updated FAQ and settings screen with more information.

  2. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.1

    • Added constants SAR_FSMTP_SMTP_USER, SAR_FSMTP_PASSWORD, SAR_FSMTP_HOST, SAR_FSMTP_PORT, SAR_FSMTP_ENCRYPTION, SAR_FSMTP_FROM, SAR_FSMTP_FROM_NAME to override settings from wp-config.php
    • Added links to Settings and Send Email Test pages from Plugins list page.
    • Completed translation support.
    • Added Spanish (es_ES) translation.
    • Fixed fatal error in some setups of WP 4.4

  3. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.0.1

    • Created Miscellaneous Settings section and moved here Debug Mode, plus some other minor changes in settings screen.
    • Added custom capability to allow select what roles/users can access to plugin settings.

  4. SAR Friendly SMTP 1.0

    • First public release.

Questions about SAR Friendly SMTP’s releases

What is the latest version of SAR Friendly SMTP?

1.2.6, released on Jul 15, 2026 (3 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.

How often is SAR Friendly SMTP updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2015.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in SAR Friendly SMTP’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.