Title: PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail Author: CurbSoftware Tech Innovations Published: September 4, 2026 Last modified: September 4, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pressedmail/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3681249) ![](https://ps.w.org/pressedmail/assets/icon.svg?rev=3681197) # PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail By [CurbSoftware Tech Innovations](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbsoftwareinc/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pressedmail.1.0.25.zip) * [Details](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/#installation) * [Development](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pressedmail/) ## Description PressedMail is an email client for WordPress that brings inbox management directly into your WordPress admin dashboard. #### Source code and build instructions The human-readable source and build instructions are public: * Source repository: https://github.com/CurbSoftware/pressedmail * This release, tagged: https://github.com/CurbSoftware/pressedmail/tree/v1.0.25 * Build instructions: https://github.com/CurbSoftware/pressedmail/blob/v1.0.25/ BUILD.md The repository holds the TypeScript, React, CSS, package manifests, lockfile, and build configuration that produce `assets/admin/dist/`, and nothing else. It is generated from the module list the free build itself reports, so it contains the source of this package and no code from any other product. This build is a one-person email client. It connects one mailbox through standard IMAP and SMTP and gives you a practical inbox for reading, composing, replying, forwarding, organizing, and securing daily email work without leaving WordPress. The mailbox belongs to whoever connects it, and that person is who can open PressedMail. Nothing here is keyed or time limited, and nothing waits for a payment. One mailbox is the shape of this plugin rather than a lock on a larger one. There is no licence check, counter, or disabled control. #### Email inside WordPress PressedMail adds a dedicated email workspace to your WordPress admin area. You can connect compatible IMAP and SMTP mailboxes, view messages, compose new email, reply to conversations, forward messages, and manage email from the same dashboard where you manage your website. #### IMAP and SMTP support PressedMail works with email providers that support compatible IMAP and SMTP access, including many hosted email providers, cPanel mailboxes, custom domains, and business email accounts. Compatible services commonly include Gmail and Google Workspace using app passwords, Outlook and Microsoft 365 using Microsoft sign-in or app passwords, Zoho Mail, Fastmail, cPanel-hosted email, Roundcube, and custom mail servers. Availability depends on each provider’s current IMAP, SMTP, authentication, and app-password requirements. Some providers require app passwords, OAuth, bridge software, or provider-specific security settings before third-party email clients can connect. #### SMTP for WordPress system email Separately from your inboxes, PressedMail can send WordPress’s own email through an SMTP server you configure. That covers password resets, new user notifications, comment notifications, WooCommerce order email, contact form notifications, and anything else a plugin or theme sends with wp_mail(). The default PHP mailer is unreliable on many hosts and is a common cause of WordPress email that never arrives. Configure a mail server under Settings, send a test message, and review the delivery log to confirm what was sent and what failed. The delivery log records only metadata: the date, the first recipient and how many recipients there were, the subject, the sender, which mail server was used, and whether the message succeeded. Message content, headers, and attachments are never recorded. Entries are deleted automatically after the retention period you choose, logging can be turned off entirely, and the log can be cleared at any time. #### What the free plugin includes Free features include: * One connected email account using standard IMAP and SMTP * Dashboard inbox for reading and managing email * Message composer for new messages, replies, reply-all, and forwards * CC and BCC fields * Conversation view for threaded replies * One signature for outgoing messages * Unlimited tags for organizing email * IMAP folder browsing and sync for folders exposed by your mail server * Search and filtering inside connected email folders * Dark mode and light mode * Sender impersonation protection * Sandboxed email rendering with remote content blocked by default * WordPress capability-based access for authorized users * Responsive WordPress admin layout for tablet and phone sized screens * Basic keyboard navigation * SMTP for WordPress system email, so password resets, new user notices, WooCommerce order mail, and form notifications send through your own mail server instead of the default PHP mailer * Delivery log recording the date, recipient, subject, mail server, and result of each system email, with a retention period you choose * WordPress.org updates through the standard plugin update channel #### Security-focused email handling Email can contain untrusted content. PressedMail is built with security-conscious handling for message display and account access. Security-focused features include: * Sandboxed email rendering * Remote content blocked by default * Sender impersonation protection * WordPress capability-based access for authorized users * Email account settings managed inside WordPress #### Privacy and data flow This WordPress.org build has no telemetry, no license checks, no custom update checks, and no CurbSoftware analytics. It receives updates only through WordPress.org. Mail- server, Microsoft sign-in, remote-image, and local-storage data flows are disclosed under External services below. #### Optional companion plugin A separately distributed GPL-compatible PressedMail Pro plugin provides additional workflows. Its code is not included in this WordPress.org package, and this plugin does not contain controls that wait for payment or a key. Learn more at https:// pressedmail.com/pricing ### Privacy and External Services PressedMail contacts only the services described below, and only when a site owner configures an account or an authorized user requests the related function. #### IMAP server After an email account is configured, PressedMail contacts its IMAP server whenever an authorized user lists folders, synchronizes, searches, reads, moves, flags, or deletes email. The server receives its hostname and port connection, security settings, mailbox username or email address, authentication credential or OAuth access token, and the requested IMAP commands. It returns folders, message identifiers, senders, recipients, dates, subjects, headers, bodies, attachments, flags, labels, and synchronization state needed for the requested mailbox operation. The configured provider’s terms and privacy policy apply. #### SMTP server PressedMail contacts the configured SMTP server when an authorized user sends a message or when WordPress sends system email through the configured server. The server receives its hostname and port connection, security settings, mailbox username or email address, authentication credential or OAuth access token, and the message sender, recipients, subject, headers, body, and attachments. The configured provider’s terms and privacy policy apply. #### Optional PressedMail Microsoft OAuth relay When an authorized user selects Microsoft sign-in, PressedMail uses the Microsoft identity service and the PressedMail Microsoft OAuth relay at https://pressedmail. com. Password-based and app-password connections do not contact this relay. * Start: https://pressedmail.com/oauth/microsoft/start receives the site URL, WordPress admin callback URL, and a cryptographic nonce when the user starts Microsoft sign-in. * Redeem: https://pressedmail.com/oauth/microsoft/redeem receives the one-time transfer code, site URL, and the same nonce immediately after Microsoft redirects the user back. * Refresh: https://pressedmail.com/oauth/microsoft/refresh receives the refresh token, site URL, and a fresh nonce when PressedMail needs a replacement access token shortly before expiry. The relay returns the Microsoft mailbox identity, OAuth access and refresh tokens, granted scope, and expiry information to the requesting WordPress site. The relay does not receive message bodies, attachments, or mailbox contents. Microsoft receives the sign-in and mailbox-authorization information required by its identity and mail services. PressedMail Terms of Service: https://pressedmail.com/terms-of-service PressedMail Privacy Policy: https://pressedmail.com/privacy Microsoft Services Agreement: https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement Microsoft Privacy Statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement #### Remote images Remote images are blocked by default. If an authorized user chooses to display them, the browser requests each image directly from the remote image host. That host receives the requested image URL and the viewer’s IP address and user agent, and may receive ordinary browser request headers or cookies under the host’s own terms and privacy policy. Loading a sender-controlled image can reveal that the message was viewed. #### WordPress.org distribution and local privacy This WordPress.org build has no telemetry, no license checks, no custom update checks, and no CurbSoftware analytics. It receives updates only through WordPress.org. Installing or activating it does not send email content or email metadata to CurbSoftware or to an AI service. PressedMail stores account settings, encrypted credentials or OAuth tokens, and synchronized mailbox data in the site’s WordPress database or filesystem as needed for enabled local features. The site owner controls hosting, user access, backups, retention, account removal, personal-data requests, and uninstall cleanup. ### Third-Party Assets PressedMail bundles the OpenDyslexic font for its optional dyslexia-friendly reading mode. OpenDyslexic is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1; the full license text ships alongside the font files in the plugin (assets fonts directory, OFL.txt). ### Open Source Libraries The PressedMail admin interface is a compiled React application. The public Free build uses the WordPress Core registered React, ReactDOM, and JSX runtime and does not bundle copies of those libraries. It is built on the following additional open source libraries, each distributed under a GPL-compatible license (MIT, BSD, Apache- 2.0, ISC, or MPL-2.0). The complete, unminified source and build instructions are available in the public repository linked under Development. * Plate.js – the rich-text editor framework that powers the message composer (MIT) * Slate – the underlying rich-text editing engine used by Plate.js (MIT) * Vite – the build tool that compiles the admin interface (MIT) * Tailwind CSS – the styling framework (MIT) * Radix UI and React Aria – accessible interface primitives (MIT and Apache-2.0) * DOMPurify – the HTML sanitizer used for secure message rendering (Apache-2.0 or MPL-2.0) * KaTeX – math notation rendering (MIT) * date-fns – date and time utilities (MIT) * Zod – schema validation (MIT) ### Development The admin interface is a React application built with the Plate.js rich-text editor framework and compiled with Vite; the plugin ships the compiled output in assets/ admin/dist/. The complete, unminified source and build instructions are public: * Source: https://github.com/CurbSoftware/pressedmail/tree/v1.0.25 * Build steps: https://github.com/CurbSoftware/pressedmail/blob/v1.0.25/BUILD.md Build with Node.js 20+ and pnpm 11: `pnpm install && pnpm build` at the source repository root. ## Screenshots [⌊Adding an email account: Gmail, Outlook/Hotmail, or any custom IMAP/SMTP mailbox.⌉⌊ Adding an email account: Gmail, Outlook/Hotmail, or any custom IMAP/SMTP mailbox .⌉[ Adding an email account: Gmail, Outlook/Hotmail, or any custom IMAP/SMTP mailbox. [⌊The inbox inside the WordPress admin, with folders, tags, and a reading pane.⌉⌊ The inbox inside the WordPress admin, with folders, tags, and a reading pane.⌉[ The inbox inside the WordPress admin, with folders, tags, and a reading pane. [⌊Security settings: PressedMail Lock, admin impersonation blocking, remote image control, and connected accounts.⌉⌊Security settings: PressedMail Lock, admin impersonation blocking, remote image control, and connected accounts.⌉[ Security settings: PressedMail Lock, admin impersonation blocking, remote image control, and connected accounts. [⌊Access control for attachments, remote content, sync frequency, and which roles can open PressedMail. The sidebar shows the Pro edition.⌉⌊Access control for attachments, remote content, sync frequency, and which roles can open PressedMail. The sidebar shows the Pro edition.⌉[ Access control for attachments, remote content, sync frequency, and which roles can open PressedMail. The sidebar shows the Pro edition. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to `/wp-content/plugins/pressedmail/`, or install the plugin through the WordPress Plugins > Add New screen. 2. Activate PressedMail from the Plugins screen in WordPress. 3. Open the new PressedMail menu item in your admin sidebar. 4. Enter your IMAP and SMTP server settings to connect your email account. 5. Start reading and sending email directly from WordPress. #### Manual Installation 1. Download the plugin ZIP file. 2. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin in WordPress. 3. Upload the ZIP file and click Install Now. 4. Activate the plugin and open PressedMail in the admin menu. ## FAQ ### What does PressedMail do? PressedMail adds an email client to the WordPress admin dashboard so you can manage email-related work without leaving WordPress. ### Does PressedMail send email through my WordPress server? PressedMail is designed to connect to email accounts using standard IMAP and SMTP settings. Messages are sent through the SMTP account you configure, not through WordPress notification mail by default. ### What email providers are supported? PressedMail works with providers that currently allow compatible IMAP and SMTP access. This commonly includes custom-domain and cPanel email, Google Workspace using app passwords, Microsoft 365 and Outlook using Microsoft sign-in or app passwords, Zoho Mail, Fastmail, and other standards-compatible mail servers. Some providers require app passwords, OAuth, bridge software, or specific security settings before third-party email clients can connect. ### Does PressedMail store my email password? PressedMail needs connection credentials to access your configured email account. Site owners should only install PressedMail on WordPress sites they control and should follow normal WordPress security best practices. ### Does PressedMail support Gmail and Outlook? PressedMail works with Gmail and Google Workspace using app passwords, and with Outlook and Microsoft 365 using Microsoft sign-in (OAuth) or app passwords, when the account allows compatible IMAP/SMTP access. ### How many email accounts, signatures, and tags can I use? PressedMail Free is a one-person client: one mailbox, one signature, and unlimited tags. You can point that mailbox at a different address whenever you like. Nothing is refused or counted; there is simply one of each. ### Are AI tools included in the free version? No. This plugin does not include AI tools or contact an AI service. ### What is included in PressedMail Pro? PressedMail Pro is a separately distributed GPL-compatible companion plugin. Its code is not present in this WordPress.org package. Learn more at https://pressedmail. com/pricing ### Can I install the separate Pro plugin later? Yes. The separate Pro plugin is designed to preserve compatible PressedMail settings, accounts, and local data when it replaces the Free plugin. ### Where can I get support? For free support, use the WordPress.org support forum for this plugin. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ CurbSoftware Tech Innovations ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbsoftwareinc/) [Translate “PressedMail – Email Client, Inbox & Webmail” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pressedmail) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pressedmail/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pressedmail/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pressedmail/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pressedmail/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.25 * The plugin’s REST routes now live under one prefixed namespace, pressedmail/v1. The unprefixed api/v1 mirror is gone, so PressedMail can no longer collide with another plugin that uses that name. #### 1.0.24 * Maintenance release. Nothing changes in the free edition; the version is kept in step with the paid edition, which had a fix. #### 1.0.23 * Tables in an email are readable again instead of being squeezed into columns about a character wide. * Opening a message is faster on modest hosting: the bodies for the page you are looking at load ahead of the click, and that work pauses whenever a mailbox sync is running. * The background-sync notice has a Reload button, and the expired-session notice now reloads the page, which is what it always told you to do. #### 1.0.22 * Tag and signature capabilities no longer report a maximum or a remaining count. Nothing was limited, so there is nothing to count; the plugin simply says what you can do. * Calendar invitations are sent from the organiser’s own mailbox instead of the site’s mail server, so they are no longer relayed by a server that is not authorised for the sender’s domain. * WordPress email settings ask one clear question about which mailer sends site email, and say plainly that your PressedMail inboxes are unaffected either way. #### 1.0.21 * A snooze whose message cannot be parked now stops after three tries, stays in the Snoozed list as “Snooze failed, still in “, and posts a notification, instead of retrying forever in the background. * A tab left open past the sign-in nonce lifetime recovers its session on the next request instead of asking for a reload. * Background delivery of scheduled sends, snooze returns and undo-send no longer runs inside inbox reads; it runs from the sync driver and WordPress cron, where it has room. #### 1.0.20 * Sweep can create a rule for any destination: a named folder, Archive, Junk or Trash, in one account or a Combined Inbox. Before, anything but Junk or Trash answered “A destination folder is required.” even though the sweep itself ran. * Dialog and popover headings keep their own size and colour instead of inheriting WordPress admin heading styles. #### 1.0.19 * Search now reads contact list membership through a shared helper that every build contains, instead of one that only some builds do. #### 1.0.18 * Calendar reminders no longer stop a background tick on a site that changed packages while keeping its calendar data. #### 1.0.17 * The public source repository now contains only the code the free build compiles. It is generated from the same policy that governs the shipped bundle, so the two cannot drift apart again. * Every compiled translation now ships with the readable .po it was compiled from. * Removed unreachable code: two parked sync features, an unused model, a duplicate readme, and the development-only asset loader. * Plan and licensing wording that could never be displayed is no longer compiled into this build. #### 1.0.16 * The Free package now contains only direct remote-image loading. The separately distributed image proxy implementation is physically absent. #### 1.0.15 * The header search input now matches the selected PressedMail theme instead of using the white WordPress admin background. * Vite asset errors no longer include local filesystem paths. * The mailbox lock sanitizes its plugin-owned browser grant cookie before validating it. #### 1.0.14 * Free now contains only its complete, working feature set. Source for the separately distributed paid plugin is physically absent. * Remote images load directly after the user chooses to display them. The separate image proxy implementation is no longer included. * Mailbox, signature, system-email server, provider, and keyboard-shortcut behavior now use direct Free implementations. * The readme links directly to the public source repository and build instructions. * Internal transient names now use the full PressedMail prefix. ## Meta * Version **1.0.25** * Last updated **24 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress Version ** 6.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1** * PHP Version ** 8.2 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/) * Tags * [email](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[email client](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-client/) [imap](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/imap/)[smtp](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/) * [Advanced View](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/pressedmail/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pressedmail/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pressedmail/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ CurbSoftware Tech Innovations ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/curbsoftwareinc/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pressedmail/)