Professional Transactional Email.
Built In.

Every plan includes MailForge, our professional email delivery service. Contact forms, WooCommerce orders, password resets, delivered reliably.

200/mo
Free credits on every plan
SPF/DKIM
Authentication preconfigured
99.4%
Inbox placement, monthly average
Roll-over
Unused credits never expire
What MailForge does

SMTP, Authenticated, Delivered.

MailForge is our branded transactional email service, included on every Forge Web Services plan. It handles authentication, deliverability, and reporting so your site's automated emails actually arrive.

  • SMTP relay tuned for WordPressConnect with the official WP Mail SMTP plugin, no custom code.
  • SPF, DKIM, DMARC handledAuthentication records configured on Forge Web Services domains automatically.
  • Transactional streamsOrder confirmations, password resets, and contact forms routed through dedicated streams.
  • Dedicated IP poolsAgency and Enterprise plans get warmed-up IP pools to protect sender reputation.
Delivered, last hourLIVE
Order #3941 confirmation2s
Contact form, info@hello14s
Password reset, jenny@site38s
Membership welcome2m
Receipt, store-co3m
What it sends

Every Automated Email Your WordPress Site Makes

If WordPress sends it, MailForge delivers it. Reliably, authenticated, with full delivery analytics.

Contact form submissions

Notifications from Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, or any plugin that uses wp_mail().

WooCommerce transactional

Order confirmations, shipping notifications, refund receipts, low-stock alerts, customer notes.

Membership and account emails

Welcome emails, account approvals, subscription renewals, password resets, login alerts.

Security and admin alerts

Two-factor codes, login alerts, admin notifications, post-publish notifications.

Features

Deliverability, Not Just Sending

The difference between a sent email and a delivered one is configuration. We did it for you.

SPF, DKIM, DMARC

Authentication records auto-configured so providers like Gmail and Outlook trust your sends from day one.

Bounce suppression

Hard bounces and complaints are automatically suppressed, protecting your sender reputation over time.

Retry logic

Soft bounces and temporary failures are retried automatically with exponential backoff over 72 hours.

Health scoring

A real-time deliverability score for your domain, with actionable recommendations when it dips.

Open tracking

Optional open tracking per stream. Disable on transactional flows to comply with GDPR by default.

Delivery analytics

Per-stream stats on sends, delivers, bounces, and complaints, viewable in your client portal.

Credits and Top-Up

200 Free Credits Every Month. Top Up Any Time.

Every plan includes 200 MailForge credits per month. Most small sites use fewer than 50. For high-volume stores, add a top-up pack.

Starter Pack

500

extra emails per month

$2.99 /mo

Growth Pack

2,000

extra emails per month

$4.99 /mo

Business Pack

5,000

extra emails per month

$9.99 /mo

Pro Pack

10,000

extra emails per month

$17.99 /mo
How to connect

Plug MailForge Into WordPress in 4 Steps

The fastest path is the official WP Mail SMTP plugin. Five minutes, no command line.

1
Install WP Mail SMTP

Add the free WP Mail SMTP plugin from the WordPress repo.

wp-admin → Plugins → Add New
2
Choose Other SMTP

In the WP Mail SMTP settings, select "Other SMTP" as the mailer.

3
Paste MailForge creds

Copy SMTP host, port, username, and password from your client portal.

Client Portal → MailForge → SMTP
4
Send a test email

Use the built-in test email tool. Done, your WordPress site is delivering through MailForge.

Stuck? We will set it up for you.

If WP Mail SMTP is throwing errors, your test email is bouncing, or you just want a human to do it, our support engineers will configure MailForge on your site free of charge. Email support@forgewebservices.com or open a ticket from your client portal.

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