{"id":25827,"date":"2013-10-23T07:16:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T07:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/add-plain-text-email\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:10:42","slug":"add-plain-text-email","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/add-plain-text-email\/","author":6655719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.2.1","stable_tag":"1.2.1","tested":"7.0","requires":"3.1","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Add Plain Text Email","header_author":"Danny van Kooten","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-06-19 09:10:42","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/dannyvankooten.com\/donate\/","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/www.dannyvankooten.com\/","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/dannyvanKooten.com","rating":5,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":100,"downloads":6270,"num_ratings":4,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.1.3":{"tag":"1.1.3","author":"DvanKooten","date":"2023-11-20 09:43:57"},"1.2.0":{"tag":"1.2.0","author":"DvanKooten","date":"2023-11-20 10:05:28"},"1.2.1":{"tag":"1.2.1","author":"DvanKooten","date":"2026-06-19 09:10:42"}},"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":4},"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3578286,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3578286,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256}},"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.1.3","1.2.0","1.2.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[267,3060,599,3061,3059],"plugin_category":[41,54],"plugin_contributors":[77662,77661],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-25827","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-email","plugin_tags-html-email","plugin_tags-spam","plugin_tags-spamassassin","plugin_tags-text-email","plugin_category-communication","plugin_category-security-and-spam-protection","plugin_contributors-dvankooten","plugin_contributors-ibericode","plugin_committers-dvankooten"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/add-plain-text-email\/assets\/icon-128x128.png?rev=3578286","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/add-plain-text-email\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3578286","generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<h4>Add Plain-Text Email<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin will add a <code>plain\/text<\/code> version of your HTML emails to your WordPress emails. This decreases the chance of your legit emails being marked as spam by tools as SpamAssassin.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin comes without any settings. When activated, it will automatically look for HTML emails being sent using the <code>wp_mail()<\/code> function and when necessary add the plain text version.<\/p>\n\n<p>The source code of this plugin is available on GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ibericode\/wp-add-plaintext-email\">ibericode\/wp-add-plaintext-email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>About the plugin author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannyvankooten.com\/\">Danny van Kooten<\/a> has been building WordPress plugins since 2010, starting with WordPress 3.0.<\/p>\n\n<p>He is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibericode.com\/\">ibericode<\/a>, the small software company behind popular WordPress plugins including <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/\">Mailchimp for WordPress<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/koko-analytics\/\">Koko Analytics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<h4>Installing the plugin<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>In your WordPress admin panel, go to <em>Plugins &gt; New Plugin<\/em>, search for <em>Add Plain Text Email<\/em> and click \"Install now\"<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of <code>add-plain-text-email.zip<\/code> to your plugins directory, which usually is <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin. Your HTML emails will now automatically have a plain text version attached.<\/li>\n<li><em>(Optional)<\/em> Test your new mail score using <a href=\"mail-tester.com\">http:\/\/mail-tester.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"why%20add%20a%20plain%20text%20version%3F\"><h3>Why add a plain text version?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Because it decreases the chance of your <em>legit<\/em> email being marked as being spam and thus disappearing in spam folders.<\/p>\n\n<p>http:\/\/wiki.apache.org\/spamassassin\/Rules\/MIME_HTML_ONLY<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20mess%20up%20my%20html%20email%3F\"><h3>Will this mess up my HTML email?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No, the plugin does not affect the HTML message of emails.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20the%20people%20i%20send%20email%20to%20notice%3F\"><h3>Will the people I send email to notice?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No, 99% of all email clients will just show the HTML version of the email.<\/p>\n\n<p>The other 1% can't properly display HTML and will show the plain text email. Without this plugin, they would have had nothing to show.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20can%20i%20check%20my%20spamassassin%20score%3F\"><h3>Where can I check my SpamAssassin score?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>You can use the following online tools to test the <em>spammyness<\/em> of your WordPress emails.<\/p>\n\n<p>http:\/\/mail-tester.com\/\nhttp:\/\/isnotspam.com\/\nhttp:\/\/spamscorechecker.com\/\nhttp:\/\/www.port25.com\/support\/authentication-center\/email-verification\/<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.2 - Nov 20, 2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Preserve href attribute from <code>&lt;a&gt;<\/code> elements. 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