WooCommerce plugin · Gmail & Google Workspace
Mail Relay for Gmail sends every WooCommerce and WordPress email through the Gmail or Google Workspace account you already have. No per-email fees and no third-party mail service. The only saucer involved is yours.
$35 one-time · No subscription · No per-email fees
Transmission report
Most stores pay a mail service every month to deliver order confirmations, shipping notices and password resets. You already pay for Gmail or Google Workspace. Mail Relay for Gmail puts it to work.
| Rented rocket (paid mail service) | Gmail mothership (Mail Relay for Gmail) | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly or per-email fees | Yes, and they grow with your order volume | None. $35 once, and that's it. |
| Extra account to manage | Another dashboard, API key and invoice | No. Uses the Google account you already have. |
| Copy of every email | Buried in their log | In your own Gmail Sent folder |
| Sent from | Their servers, on your behalf | Your real Gmail or Workspace address |
| Hosts that block mail ports | Usually fine, since they use an API | Fine too. The Apps Script bay sends over HTTPS. |
Flight plan
Upload it like any WooCommerce extension. It adds WooCommerce → Mail Relay to your dashboard.
Click Connect Gmail, enter your address and a Google App Password. The pop-up walks you through getting one, with buttons that open the right Google pages.
One click sends a test email. From then on, every order email, receipt and reset beams out through your Gmail and lands in your Sent folder.
Two docking bays
Some web hosts block the mail port Gmail uses. Mail Relay for Gmail checks for that when you connect and points you to the bay that works.
Enter your Gmail address and a 16-letter Google App Password. The plugin tests the login before saving and stores the password encrypted.
A small script runs inside your own Google account and sends over regular HTTPS, which hosts don't block. The plugin hands you the script and a secret key with copy buttons.
Onboard systems
New orders, processing, completed, refunds, notes, password resets, plus any plugin that uses WordPress mail: help desks, contact forms, bookings.
If Google is briefly unreachable, the email is retried after 5 minutes, 15 minutes and 1 hour using WooCommerce's own scheduler.
The last 200 emails with recipient, subject, status and the reason for any failure.
WooCommerce's From name, Reply-To, CC, BCC and attachments like PDF invoices come through intact.
App Passwords are stored with AES-256 encryption. Email goes straight from your site to Google. We never see it.
Compatible with High-Performance Order Storage and the Cart and Checkout blocks. Clean uninstall removes all its data.
Mission control
The log inside WooCommerce → Mail Relay. Example data shown.
| Time | To | Subject | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:42 am | jamie@example.com | Your order #4821 has shipped | Sent | |
| 10:17 am | store@example.com | [Store] New order #4822 | Sent | |
| 9:58 am | priya@example.com | Password reset request | Sent | Sent on retry #1 |
| 9:53 am | priya@example.com | Password reset request | Retrying | Connection timed out, retry queued |
| 9:31 am | sam@example.com | Your order #4819 is complete | Sent |
Frequently asked by earthlings
Google no longer lets apps sign in with your regular password. An App Password is a separate 16-letter code that only works for sending mail, and you can cancel it any time from your Google account. The Connect pop-up shows you exactly how to make one.
Google sets daily sending limits per account, roughly 500 a day on a free Gmail account and about 2,000 on Google Workspace. That covers store notifications comfortably. For newsletters and marketing blasts, use a dedicated newsletter tool.
Yes. If the plugin detects the block when you connect, it switches you to the Apps Script bay, which sends over regular HTTPS.
No. Email goes from your site directly to Google. Alien Artifacts runs no servers in between, and the plugin has no tracking.
The email waits in a queue and is retried three times over about 80 minutes. Each attempt shows in the log.
Google cancels all App Passwords when you change your password. Create a new one and reconnect under WooCommerce → Mail Relay.
Ticket price
Mail services charge every month, and the bill climbs with your orders. Mail Relay for Gmail is one payment. After that, your store email costs nothing extra to send.
Mail Relay for Gmail
$35 one-time
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