InboxMend – Submission Inbox & Email Log

InboxMend is a WordPress form submission inbox, Email Health dashboard, and Email Log. It helps site owners save form entries before notification emails fail, review leads, and understand what happened to related WordPress email events. Many WordPress contact forms rely only on email notifications. If a notification email fails, is blocked, is misconfigured, or is never generated, the website owner may lose the enquiry without knowing it. InboxMend helps reduce that risk by storing form submissions inside your WordPress dashboard and connecting them with related WordPress email events. Use built-in lead forms, or keep using supported form plugins such as Contact Form 7, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Forminator, and Ninja Forms. Learn more at InboxMend.com. Save leads even when email notifications fail A visitor can submit a contact form, but the notification email might not arrive. This can happen because of SMTP issues, incorrect sender settings, hosting mail restrictions, plugin conflicts, spam filtering, or a form that did not generate an email event. InboxMend is built around a simple idea: the form submission should still be saved in WordPress, so the lead is not lost just because the email notification failed. What you can do with InboxMend InboxMend gives you a practical lead inbox and Email Health view inside WordPress. You can:

• Save form submissions in the WordPress admin dashboard.
• Review leads without relying only on email notifications.
• View submitted fields and lead details.
• Filter and search saved submissions.
• Export leads to CSV.
• Create simple built-in lead forms.
• Publish built-in forms with shortcodes.
• Capture submissions from supported form plugins.
• Review WordPress email events in the Email Log.
• Check failed, missing, or unknown notification email status.
• Configure SMTP sending for WordPress notification emails.
• Create visitor auto-reply templates.
• Assign auto-replies to specific forms and visitor email fields.
• Protect built-in forms with Google reCAPTCHA v3.
• Configure retention and privacy settings.
• Optionally connect a site to InboxMend Cloud for multi-site visibility and monitoring.

Built-in lead forms InboxMend includes simple built-in forms for common lead capture use cases. You can create a form, configure its fields, copy the shortcode, and place it on a page. Submissions are saved in the Inbox, and related notification email activity can be reviewed from the email status screens. Built-in forms are useful when you need a simple contact form, enquiry form, callback request, service request, or basic lead capture form without installing a larger form builder. Works with popular form plugins You do not have to replace your existing form plugin. InboxMend can capture submissions from supported form plugins and show them in one lead inbox. Supported integrations include:

• Contact Form 7
• WPForms
• Fluent Forms
• Forminator
• Ninja Forms

When a supported integration is enabled and the related form plugin is active, InboxMend can store captured submissions and help you review related email activity. Email Log for WordPress emails InboxMend includes an Email Log for WordPress email events. This helps site owners and admins understand whether WordPress attempted to send a related notification email and whether the sending attempt failed. The Email Log is useful for checking form notifications, WordPress system emails, and other email events generated through WordPress. Email Health dashboard The Email Health dashboard helps explain what happened after a form submission. Instead of only showing raw technical errors, InboxMend helps group email activity into clearer statuses, such as:

• Sent by WordPress
• Failed
• No email generated
• Unknown

This makes it easier to find leads where the submission was saved, but the related notification email may not have worked as expected. Optional InboxMend Cloud sync InboxMend can optionally connect to InboxMend Cloud at https://inboxmend.com/ when you want visibility across one or many connected WordPress sites. Cloud sync is designed for agencies, freelancers, WordPress admins, and teams that need a wider operational view across sites. Depending on the selected sync mode, Cloud can help monitor connection health, polling freshness, saved submission activity, Email Health signals, Email Log status, and issue trends. Cloud sync is optional. The plugin can still save submissions, review leads, and show Email Health inside WordPress without connecting to InboxMend Cloud. SMTP sending settings InboxMend includes SMTP settings for WordPress notification emails. You can configure:

• SMTP host
• Port
• Encryption
• Authentication
• Username
• Password
• From email
• From name

Using SMTP can help avoid common hosting mail issues where WordPress tries to send email through the default PHP mail function. InboxMend logs email events and sending attempts, but it does not guarantee inbox delivery. Visitor auto-replies InboxMend includes visitor auto-reply templates and rules. You can create reusable auto-reply templates and connect them to specific forms and visitor email fields. This is useful when you want visitors to receive a confirmation email after submitting a form, while still keeping the original lead saved in your WordPress dashboard. Google reCAPTCHA v3 for built-in forms Built-in forms can be protected with Google reCAPTCHA v3. This helps reduce automated spam submissions while keeping the form experience simple for real visitors. Best for InboxMend is useful for:

• Small business websites that rely on contact forms.
• Agencies managing client websites.
• Site owners who do not want to lose enquiries.
• WordPress admins who need saved form submissions.
• Freelancers who want a simple lead inbox for client sites.
• Websites that need basic form storage without a full CRM.
• Sites where email notification problems need to be easier to review.

Why this matters A contact form is often one of the most important parts of a business website. If a visitor submits a form and the email notification fails, the website owner may never know that someone tried to get in touch. InboxMend helps by saving the submission first, then giving you tools to review the lead and check the related email status. This makes form submissions easier to manage, easier to export, and safer than relying only on email notifications. Privacy and data control InboxMend stores form submissions inside your WordPress database. You control your own data from your WordPress admin area. The plugin also includes CSV export, retention, and privacy settings to help manage saved submissions responsibly. External services InboxMend can connect to InboxMend Cloud when Cloud Sync is enabled in the plugin settings. Service URL: https://inboxmend.com/ Privacy Policy: https://inboxmend.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://inboxmend.com/terms Cloud Sync is used to connect this WordPress site to an InboxMend Cloud site record, check connection health, and synchronize selected operational data according to the configured sync mode. Depending on the selected sync mode and consent settings, the plugin may send site identity, site URL, plugin version, WordPress version, PHP version, connection status, Email Health summaries, Email Log status, lead summaries, and, only when Full lead data is explicitly enabled, lead details such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, message text, source URLs, workflow status, notes, and submitted fields. Sensitive fields are redacted before Cloud sync. Cloud Sync requests are sent to InboxMend Cloud API endpoints under https://inboxmend.com/api/v1/plugin. Protected requests use a site token issued during the connection flow. Cloud Sync is optional and can be disconnected from the plugin settings. What InboxMend does not do InboxMend does not guarantee that an email reached the recipient's inbox. It also does not confirm whether a recipient opened or read an email. The plugin logs WordPress email events and sending attempts, so you can see whether an email was generated, sent by WordPress, failed, or missing. Summary InboxMend is a practical WordPress lead inbox, form submission storage, and email log plugin. It helps you save form submissions, review leads, check related email status, configure SMTP sending, create simple built-in forms, use visitor auto-replies, and capture submissions from popular form plugins. If your website depends on contact forms, InboxMend helps make sure enquiries are easier to find, even when email notifications do not work as expected.

1.1.0

• Rebranded the visible plugin identity to InboxMend while keeping the existing WordPress.org slug and text domain.
• Added InboxMend.com links, Plugin URI, Author URI, and Cloud Sync external service disclosure.
• Added optional InboxMend Cloud polling support for connected sites.
• Added Cloud sync payloads for lead snapshots, Email Log snapshots, Email Health summaries, and source breakdowns.
• Aligned the plugin Cloud connection check with the InboxMend Cloud API by using the existing heartbeat endpoint.
• Improved Cloud Sync settings with a clearer status overview, data sharing controls, diagnostics section, and persistent action notices.
• Improved Cloud connection security by requiring HTTPS for non-local Cloud endpoints and signed protected Cloud API requests.
• Hardened Cloud sync data handling by defaulting to Lead summary mode, redacting sensitive submitted fields, and masking technical error secrets before sync.
• Renamed Email Status surfaces to Email Health in the admin experience.
• Refined the lead detail screen layout by moving secondary source, notes, and activity information out of the long right sidebar.
• Updated WordPress.org assets, screenshots, banners, and readme content to match the InboxMend branding and product positioning.
• Kept Cloud Sync optional; local Inbox, Email Health, Email Log, forms, SMTP, auto-replies, export, retention, and privacy settings continue to work without Cloud.

1.0.0

• Improved the WordPress.org readme description and short description.
• Added WPForms lead capture compatibility.
• Added Fluent Forms lead capture compatibility.
• Added Forminator lead capture compatibility.
• Added Ninja Forms lead capture compatibility.
• Added auto-reply rules so templates can be assigned to specific supported forms and visitor email fields.
• Added Google reCAPTCHA v3 protection for built-in forms.
• Improved the Auto-replies admin experience, including rule validation, clearer field-level errors, and better form state preservation after validation errors.
• Improved admin screen styling by splitting page-specific CSS for Inbox, Forms, Email, Settings, and Auto-replies.
• Improved Email Log and Email Health handling for supported form integrations.
• Removed email open and click tracking endpoints because engagement tracking is not included in this release.
• Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0.

0.1.0

• Initial release.
• Added built-in lead forms.
• Added Inbox for saved form submissions.
• Added SMTP sending settings.
• Added Email Log.
• Added Email Health dashboard.
• Added visitor auto-reply templates.
• Added Contact Form 7 compatibility.
• Added CSV export, retention, and privacy settings.