Using Mandrill in other Plugins

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  • Plugin Author MC_Will

    (@mc_will)

    No, you just need to have wpMandrill activated.

    Where and when are you calling it?

    There are some scenarios where the plugin might not be loaded. Be sure it is.

    Thread Starter respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    I see. I already have it activated and I know it definitely works as a test email always is sent out properly.

    I was testing the function call with a plugin called ‘Product Enquiry for Woocommerce’ which is available for download on this site (link here: Product Enquiry).

    I replaced line 212 which says:

    @mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) or
		die("Unfortunately, a server issue prevented delivery of your message.");

    …with this….

    wpMandrill::mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) or
		die("Unfortunately, a server issue prevented delivery of your message.");

    Plugin Author MC_Will

    (@mc_will)

    PHP mail() function returns false on error. wpMandrill::mail() returns WP_Error on error. You can’t just swap the functions.

    Thread Starter respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    I see. OK. What is your suggestion then?

    You shouldn’t use php mail() in a WordPress plugin. You don’t need to hard code mandrill into a plugin either. Well… not ideally. There are potential situations maybe…

    But you can just use wp_mail(). Which is the desired way to send emails in WordPress 99% of the time. Mandrill replaces that to send through their smtp.

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