Keeps a staging copy from doing anything real: blocks outgoing calls, catches emails, pauses scheduled tasks, keeps search engines away.
Alternatives to Local Email Blocker
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Reliable WordPress email delivery with multiple providers, two connections, Return Path, Reply-To and visual AND/OR routing.
Reroute WordPress emails to a test address per environment so testing never mails real users. Optional logging and settings import/export.
Hold outbound email before it leaves this site, and keep a log of what was stopped.
Capture email log and view all outgoing emails. Easily debug mail function issues.
Restrict outgoing emails to a whitelist and log every message. Non-whitelisted recipients are replaced with a fallback address. Ideal for dev/staging.
Display a colored notice in the WordPress admin bar to indicate which environment (Live, Staging, Local) your site is running on.
Stop all outgoing emails sent from WordPress.
Log, view, resend, forward, and export all outgoing WordPress emails. Includes webhook notifications, REST API, trash & restore, auto-delete, and …
MailTally helps you log, inspect, and debug outgoing emails from your WordPress site.