No, the free FluentSMTP plugin includes both the connections array in fluent_smtp_settings and the wp_fc_email_logs table that SleekPixel reads. There is no Pro version of FluentSMTP to worry about, and the integration works on the version shipped from the WordPress plugin directory today.

By default the template reads the routing rule that matches the post category or sender email, both of which are stored in fluent_smtp_settings.mappings. If no rule matches, the fallback connection labeled default in the settings is used. You can override per post with a sleekpixel_connection custom field set to the connection slug.

Yes. The quarterly recap variant of the template iterates connections and renders the top provider by 30 day count in the brand slot, with a small footer line listing the other connections by name. Useful for hub pages summarizing ops without needing one image per provider.

A select count(*) from wp_fc_email_logs where status equals sent and created_at greater than now minus 30 days, scoped to the connection_id of the matched connection. The query result caches alongside the PNG with a 24 hour TTL, so social crawlers do not run it more than once per regenerate.

Yes. SleekPixel hooks updated_option for fluent_smtp_settings and walks every post bound to the FluentSMTP template, deleting the cached PNG file for each. The next visit regenerates with the new connection title or sender email. Heavy installs can switch to a lazy invalidate flag to avoid a burst of file deletes.

Incident mode shifts the accent color from the cool default to an amber tone, swaps the badge label from Runbook to Incident, and adds a subtle status dot next to the brand label. Everything else, including typography and layout, stays identical so a reader instantly recognizes the variant.

Yes, the provider region is stored in fluent_smtp_settings.connections under the region key for SES and similar providers. Map the region field into the brand suffix slot of the template and the card reads Routed via Amazon SES eu-west-1, which is useful for posts about latency or data residency.

No. SleekPixel only reads from wp_fc_email_logs, never writes. The integration is one-way, so even if you uninstall SleekPixel the FluentSMTP log table and settings remain untouched. The only files SleekPixel creates are PNGs under the uploads directory, which can be deleted at any time.