Remember when we released the Mailgun add-on and said that we would be releasing more add-ons to send notifications through dedicated email services? Just as we promised, the SendGrid add-on is here! Similar to the Mailgun add-on, the SendGrid add-on will allow you to easily configure your forms to use SendGrid when sending notification emails.
Why SendGrid?
As we've mentioned before, one of the biggest problems that WordPress users face is emails having trouble sending. Whether it's their web host blocking the email from going out or the host's shared IP being marked as spam, email issues impact a very high number of WordPress users.
By introducing add-ons for email services like SendGrid or Mailgun, that problem is completely eliminated when it comes to Gravity Forms notifications. Instead of trying to send email from the web server or a remote SMTP server, messages are delivered directly from SendGrid using their API.
There's Still More To Come!
Just like your favorite late-night infomercial: wait, there's more! We have yet another email service add-on to release very soon! Of course, if you want to keep up with all of the best Gravity Forms news and releases, follow us on Twitter or Facebook.
Have an add-on you'd like to see? Let us know in the comments below!
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If you are already using the Sendgrid plugin for WordPress is there any benefit to adding this add-on?
This is a different add-on. The add-on you're mentioning isn't officially developed or maintained by us. This one is, so you'll be able to get the same great support for this add-on as you would with Gravity Forms.
Why isn’t there an sendgrid ADD user to list API plug-in igot SMTP covered already..
Or am I overlooking something?
There's a 3rd-party add-on for SendGrid, but we wanted to make sure our users have something that is officially supported by us.
Is add contact to sendgrid contact list on the roadmap?
This add-on was primarily made for the sending of notifications, so it's not something we have immediate plans for, but certainly could add functionality for managing lists in the future.
Yip, it would be great to have the ability to add someone to a list. List an opt-in checkbox that if selected adds them to a list for future communication.