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wearerequired/wp-mail-return-path
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WordPress mu-plugin to set sender/return path for mail if not set..

1.1.0(4mo ago)05.7k↑30%GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Oct 10Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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WP Mail Return Path
===================

[](#wp-mail-return-path)

Sets sender/return path for mail if not set to prevent auto-filling it with a server name which isn't authorized to send emails.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The package type is `wordpress-muplugin`. Example of a `composer.json`:

```
{
  "name": "wearerequired/something",
  "description": "required.com",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "required gmbh",
      "email": "info@required.com"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "php": ">=5.6",
    "koodimonni/composer-dropin-installer": "dev-master",
    "johnpbloch/wordpress": "~4.9",
    "wearerequired/wp-mail-return-path": "^1.0"
  },
  "extra": {
    "wordpress-install-dir": "wordpress/wp",
    "installer-paths": {
      "wordpress/content/plugins/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-plugin"
      ],
      "vendor/{$vendor}/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin"
      ],
      "wordpress/content/themes/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-theme"
      ]
    },
    "dropin-paths": {
      "wordpress/content/mu-plugins/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin"
      ]
    }
  },
  "minimum-stability": "dev",
  "prefer-stable": true
}
```

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~2323 days

Total

2

Last Release

134d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1446895?v=4)[required](/maintainers/wearerequired)[@wearerequired](https://github.com/wearerequired)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

spf-recordwordpresswordpress-mupluginwp-mailwordpressspfwp-mailreturn-path

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