Title: Kaiizen Mail Log
Author: Huzoor Bux
Published: <strong>August 25, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 2, 2026

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# Kaiizen Mail Log

 By [Huzoor Bux](https://profiles.wordpress.org/huzoorbakhsh/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/kaiizen-mail-log.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kaiizen-mail-log/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kaiizen-mail-log/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kaiizen-mail-log/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kaiizen-mail-log/)

## Description

eMail Logs logs every email sent through `wp_mail()` — WordPress core, WooCommerce,
Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Fluent Forms, and any other plugin that 
uses the standard mailing API — into a dedicated, indexed database table (never `
wp_posts`), so it stays fast even at hundreds of thousands or millions of logged
emails.

#### Features

 * Zero configuration — logging starts automatically on activation.
 * Dedicated, indexed database table with a FULLTEXT search index.
 * Fast, filterable, sortable admin log table with keyset (seek) pagination.
 * Full email viewer: headers, HTML/plain text, attachments, SMTP response, source
   detection.
 * Resend any logged email, with the option to edit recipients/subject/body first.
 * CSV and JSON export, filtered or full.
 * Optional SMTP delivery — send all WordPress email through any SMTP server (host,
   port, SSL/TLS, authentication, From email/name), with the password stored encrypted
   or set via the `KAIIZENML_SMTP_PASSWORD` constant.
 * Send a test email from the admin, with a redacted SMTP conversation shown when
   something goes wrong.
 * Automatic retention cleanup, configurable per site.
 * REST API (`kaiizenml/v1`) and WP-CLI commands (`wp kaiizenml list|view|delete
   |cleanup|export`).
 * No premium tier, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads, no upgrade nags.

#### Free forever

Every feature in Kaiizen Mail Log is available for free, with no artificial limits.

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## Installation

 1. Upload the `kaiizen-mail-log` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
 3. That’s it — emails start logging immediately. Visit “Kaiizen Mail Log” in the admin
    menu to view them.

## FAQ

### Does this store logs in wp_posts?

No. Kaiizen Mail Log uses its own dedicated table (`{prefix}kaiizenml_logs`) with
purpose-built indexes, so it stays fast at high volume and never bloats your posts
table.

### Is anything sent externally?

No. Kaiizen Mail Log has no telemetry, tracking, or external requests of any kind.
If you enable SMTP delivery, your emails are sent to the SMTP server you configure—
nowhere else.

### Can I use it with another SMTP plugin?

Yes. SMTP delivery is off by default; leave it disabled and Kaiizen Mail Log keeps
logging whatever mailer your other plugin uses. The test email works either way.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Kaiizen Mail Log” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Huzoor Bux ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/huzoorbakhsh/)

[Translate “Kaiizen Mail Log” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/kaiizen-mail-log)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kaiizen-mail-log/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kaiizen-mail-log/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/kaiizen-mail-log/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/kaiizen-mail-log/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * New: SMTP delivery (Kaiizen Mail Log  SMTP). Host, port, None/SSL/TLS encryption,
   optional authentication, From email/name with an optional “force” override. The
   password is stored encrypted, or can be supplied via the `KAIIZENML_SMTP_PASSWORD`
   constant in wp-config.php.
 * New: Send Test Email, on the same screen. Shows success or the exact error, plus
   the SMTP conversation with credentials and message content redacted.
 * New REST route: `POST kaiizenml/v1/test-email`.

#### 1.0.1

 * Fix: HTML emails could render blank or corrupted in the log viewer when the message
   contained double quotes (e.g. in `style`, `class`, or `href` attributes), which
   is the case for nearly all real-world HTML emails. The viewer now assigns the
   email body to the preview iframe directly instead of inlining it into an HTML
   attribute string.
 * Fix: emails whose send failed before PHPMailer’s `phpmailer_init` hook could 
   run (e.g. an invalid From address) were logged with no HTML body at all, so the
   viewer showed only a “Plain text” tab dumping the raw HTML markup as text. HTML
   is now detected as early as possible, so the HTML tab appears and renders correctly
   even for these early failures.
 * Existing log entries affected by the above are backfilled automatically, once,
   the next time the admin loads.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release: capture pipeline, log table, dashboard, viewer, resend, CSV/
   JSON export, retention cleanup, REST API, WP-CLI commands.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **6 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/kaiizen-mail-log/)
 * Tags
 * [email](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[email log](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-log/)
   [logging](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/logging/)[smtp](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/)
   [wp_mail](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp_mail/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/kaiizen-mail-log/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Huzoor Bux ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/huzoorbakhsh/)

## Support

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