Setup Brevo Mailer with FluentSMTP

In FluentSMTP, you can integrate Brevo Mailer to improve email deliverability and authenticity. Brevo Mailer (previously recognized as Sendinblue) is one of the leading mailer options for WordPress, that is reliable and easy to set up.

This article will guide you through integrating Brevo Mailer into WordPress using the FluentSMTP plugin to send emails via SMTP.

Configuring Brevo Mailer

To learn how to configure the Brevo Mailer with FluentSMTP, follow the steps with screenshots below –

First, go to FluentSMTP from Settings of WordPress Dashboard in the left sidebar, and select Brevo Mailer from the given Connection Providers.

But if you are already connected to any email service provider, go to the Settings section from the FluentSMTP Navbar and click the + Add Another Connection button**.**

Click the Brevo Mailer tab to connect to this provider.

After you choose the provider, it will take you to the Add Connection page where you will get all the options to connect your Brevo Mailer.

Additionally, if you want to change the connection provider, simply click the Change button right next to the Brevo Mailer tab at the top of the page.

Here, you need to provide –

• From Email: The “From Email” should be the email you verified with Brevo Mailer.

• From Name: From name can be anything you want. You can use a combination of your name and company name.

• Force Sender Name: Check the box to align the return path with the form. This setting indicates where bounce messages are sent. If unchecked, bounce messages will be lost. When enabled, you will receive an email at the "From Email" address for any bounced messages due to recipient email issues.

• API Key: The API Key has to be obtained from the SparkPost. To get it you can click on the Get V3 API Key link under the API Key box.

Once you provide all the necessary information, click the Save Connection Settings button. And, your Brevo Mailer will be connected with your Fluent SMTP plugin.

Get Brevo Mailer API Key

Learn how to get the API Key from Brevo Mailer by following the steps with the screenshots below –

First, log into your Brevo Mailer Account, click the Company Name in the top right corner, and open the SMTP & API tab.

Now, go to the API Keys tab and click the Generate a new API key button.

Give your API Key a Name as per your requirements and click the Generate button and your API will be created.

Here, you will get your API key. Now, press the Copy button and your API Key will be copied.

Then, go back to the desired Add Connection page under Settings from the Fluent SMTP Navbar and paste the API Key you copied from Brevo Mailer inside the API Key box.

Once you input all the necessary information, finally, click the Save Connection Settings button. And, your Brevo Mailer server will be connected to your Fluent SMTP.

Details of Sendinblue API Settings

• Store API Keys in DB: By default, this is enabled and strongly recommended. This will keep the information in the Databases in Encrypted format.

• Store API Keys in Config File: This allows you to store the access keys in the following section inside the wp-config.php file by the following directives.

Simply copy the following snippet and replace the stars with the corresponding credential. Then simply paste it to the wp-config.php file of your WordPress installation

define( 'FLUENTMAIL_SENDINBLUE_API_KEY', '********************' );

Configured Brevo Mailer

Here, you can see that your Brevo Mailer is connected and ready to send emails from your WordPress site.

To learn the details about General Settings, read this Documentation. Additionally, it is recommended to send a test email to check whether the configuration is successful or not, to learn how to send a test email in detail, read this Documentation.

That’s all about Configuring FluentSMTP with Brevo Mailer to send emails from the WordPress website.