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15-minute quickstart

Updated: May 13, 2026 Read time: 3 min
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WordPress sends password links, user notifications, form emails, shop orders and admin messages. FreddyMail bundles all of them into one controlled workflow with a delivery profile, templates and logs. This checklist takes you in six steps from a fresh install to a first successfully delivered test email.

The 15 minutes are setup time in a prepared WordPress installation: activate the plugin, save the delivery profile, send a test email and inspect the log. The reading time is shorter because this article is a route through the detailed guides.

How delivery works

When WordPress or a plugin triggers a transactional email, FreddyMail identifies the context, applies the matching template, hands the message to the active provider and records the result in the log.

FreddyMail dashboard with status cards
The dashboard shows delivery status, sent mail count, detected email types and log retention.

The 6 steps

  1. Activate the plugin. Upload the ZIP, activate it, open FreddyMail in the admin and check the license status. The FreddyMail menu item should be visible afterwards.
  2. Create a delivery profile. Enter SMTP or API provider details, set a sender, save authentication and verify SPF/DKIM/DMARC for the domain.
  3. Send a test email. Send to at least one external mailbox. Gmail, Outlook and an address on your own domain are better because they filter differently.
  4. Review email types. Map system mails, WooCommerce mails and custom hooks to the right templates. Confirm missing types in the log before adopting them.
  5. Test the design. Save the template, check desktop and mobile preview and open real test emails. The preview does not replace inbox testing.
  6. Watch the logs. Verify the first live emails, filter for errors and read provider responses. A green provider status means accepted, not necessarily inboxed.

What you should know after step 6

The quickstart does not need to perfect every detail. It should leave you able to answer these questions:

  • Which provider is sending right now?
  • Which sender address does FreddyMail use?
  • Which test email was actually accepted?
  • Which email type was detected in the log?
  • Are there any Error, Queued or Skipped entries?

If an answer is missing, jump into the linked detail guide. That keeps the 15-minute path short without hiding important checks.

Read the dashboard

The dashboard is your sanity check after every step. Three cards are enough for a first assessment:

  • SMTP status — is FreddyMail currently handling delivery?
  • Mails sent — is WordPress actually sending through FreddyMail or bypassing it?
  • Email types — are WooCommerce and custom hooks detected?