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polevaultweb/aws-ses-wp-mail
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A Composer Friendly AWS SES wp\_mail() drop-in

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Since Apr 13Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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AWS SES WP Mail
---------------

[](#aws-ses-wp-mail)

AWS SES is a very simple UI-less plugin for sending `wp_mail()`s email via AWS SES.

### Getting Set Up

[](#getting-set-up)

You can install this plugin in your WordPress project as a plugin via composer using this setup:

```
  "require-dev":
    {
        "mnsami/composer-custom-directory-installer": "1.1.*",
        "polevaultweb/aws-ses-wp-mail": "dev-master"
    },
    "extra": {
        "installer-paths": {
          "htdocs/content/plugins/{$name}": [
            "polevaultweb/aws-ses-wp-mail"
          ]
        }
    }

```

and then use composer update to fetch the package.

The package is intended to be used on a Composer run WordPress site. This means the dependencies for the plugin (AWS SDK) will be installed in the `vendor` dir. You can specify its location:

```
define( 'WP_VENDOR_PATH', 'path/to/vendor' );
```

The path is set up by default to be next to the root WP installation directory.

Then setup the plugin as follows:

```
define( 'AWS_SES_WP_MAIL_REGION', 'us-east-1' );
define( 'AWS_SES_WP_MAIL_KEY', '' );
define( 'AWS_SES_WP_MAIL_SECRET', '' );
```

If you plan to use IAM instance profiles to protect your AWS credentials on disk you'll need the following configuration instead:

```
define('AWS_SES_WP_MAIL_REGION', 'us-east-1');
define('AWS_SES_WP_MAIL_USE_INSTANCE_PROFILE', true);
```

The next thing that you should do is to verify your sending domain for SES:

```
wp aws-ses verify-sending-domain

```

Once you have verified your sending domain, you are all good to go!

### Other Commands

[](#other-commands)

`wp aws-ses send-email    [---from-email=]`

Send a test email via the command line. Good for testing!

### Credits

[](#credits)

This is a fork of  to be more composer friendly

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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