FAQ

What is Mailjet?

Mailjet is an all-in-one solution to send, track and deliver both marketing and transactional emails. Its cloud-based infrastructure is unique and highly scalable with a proprietary technology that optimizes email deliverability. Mailjet can be accessed either via an easy-to-use online drag-and-drop interface or via APIs that allow developers to integrate its features within their online app or service, or its sophisticated SMTP relay.

Why use Mailjet on WordPress?

Because you don’t have time to build a global leading email infrastructure and have a product or service to build and grow
Because you want to compose responsive Newsletters that engage your users and boost your traffic or revenue without having to code
Because you want the latest in email tracking technology that shows you which users open and click on your newsletters, when, on what device, on which links, etc.
Because you want to contact a Support Helpdesk that works when you do whether you’re a morning person or a night owl.
Because you want to easily subscribe new users to your contact lists and not have to worry about keeping them in sync
Because you want to make sure your emails get delivered to the inbox!

Do I need a Mailjet Account?

Yes. You can create one for free: it’s easy and it only takes a few minutes.

How to get started with this plugin?

Once you have a Mailjet account, grab your Mailjet API credentials and activate the plugin. An installation wizard will guide you through.
For more help on setting up the Mailjet Plugin for WordPress, feel free to check out our dedicated WordPress User Guide.

How do I create a signup form or use the contact widget?

Once your Mailjet plugin is installed and configured, click on “Appearance” in the left-side WordPress admin menu and then choose the “Widgets” section. Just drag the “Mailjet Subscription Widget” widget and drop it where you want it to appear (i.e. the sidebar). For more details, please visit the official help page Adding Widgets.

How do I synchronize my contact lists?

Synchronization is automatic, that’s the beauty of this plugin! It doesn’t matter whether your lists were updated on your WordPress interface or on your Mailjet account: they will always remain up-to-date on both sides.

In which languages is this plugin available?

The Mailjet Plugin is available in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.
Need help? Our multilingual support team is here to answer your questions in any of these languages, any day of the week, at any time via our online helpdesk.

Use filters to set your own Thank You page

You need to have a php file with your custom template uploaded to your WordPress server. Then add the following code to your template functions.php file.

/**
 * Replace default Mailjet Thank You page template path with a your own
 * @param string $templatePath - the path of the default Mailjet Thank You page template
 * @return string
 */

add_filter( 'mailjet_thank_you_page_template', 'updateThankYouPagePath' );
function updateThankYouPagePath($templatePath) {
 return './custom_thank_you_page_path.php';
}

Use filters to replace the widget form file

You need to have a php file with your custom template uploaded to your WordPress server. Then add the following code to your template functions.php file.

/**
 * Replace default Mailjet widget form file with your own
 * @param string $templatePath - the path of the default Mailjet widget form file
 * @return string
 */

add_filter( 'mailjet_widget_form_filename', 'useMailjetCustomWidgetFormTemplate' );
function useMailjetCustomWidgetFormTemplate($templatePath) {
 return './custom_mailjet_widget_template.php';
}

Use filters to apply a template for transactinal emails

Mailjet allows you to take full advantage of the template language when using Mailjet’s SMTP relay. For more info see this guide. Add the following code to your template functions.php file.

/**
* Use SMTP headers to send emails with a specific transactional template
* and leverage templating language to supply dynamic content to the template
*/

add_filter('wp_mail', 'my_wp_mail', 99);
function my_wp_mail($args) {
 /* Provide the transac template id */
 $args['headers'] .= 'X-MJ-TemplateID:123456' . "\r\n";
 /* Enable templating language */
 $args['headers'] .= 'X-MJ-TemplateLanguage:1' . "\r\n";
 /* Send template errors to this recipient */
 $args['headers'] .= 'X-MJ-TemplateErrorReporting:admin@your-site.com' . "\r\n";
 /* Send data to the template. The vars must be defined in the template in order to accept data */
 $args['headers'] .= 'X-MJ-Vars:' .
 json_encode(
 array(
 "var1" => $args['subject'], 
 "var2" => ($recipient->first_name) ? $recipient->first_name : false, 
 "var3" => $args['message']
 )
 ) 
 . "\r\n";
 return $args;
}

For developers

Before pushing any new changes, make sure you run the following command. It will remove unneeded .git directories from vendors =

find vendor/ -type d -name ".git" -exec rm -rf {} \;