Apex WPForms Mail Fix (Post-Outage)

When Apex Track Experience form notifications (register/waiver) stop sending, follow this checklist:

1. Check Debug Events

SELECT id, subject, status, date_sent, error_text
FROM wp_wpmailsmtp_debug_events
ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10;

2. Check SMTP Password Serialization

The WP Mail SMTP plugin stores passwords in PHP serialized format in wp_options:

SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'wp_mail_smtp';

Look for: s:72:"apex.track!!" - the length prefix (72) must match actual password length (13).

Fix:

UPDATE wp_options
SET option_value = REPLACE(option_value,
    's:72:\\"apex.track!!\\"',
    's:13:\\"apex.track!!\\"')
WHERE option_name = 'wp_mail_smtp';

3. Check Form Sender Address

WPForms notification sender_address should be a single email, not comma-separated.

SELECT ID, JSON_EXTRACT(post_content, '$.settings.notifications."1".sender_address') as sender
FROM wp_posts WHERE ID IN (270, 268) AND post_type = 'wpforms';

Fix:

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(
    post_content,
    'contact@apextrackexperience.com, g@germainebrown.com',
    'contact@apextrackexperience.com'
) WHERE ID IN (270, 268);

4. Re-send Missed Notifications

SELECT entry_id, form_id, fields FROM wp_wpforms_entries
WHERE DATE(date) = CURDATE() AND form_id IN (268, 270, 272);

Re-send via SMTP Python script using the Apex SMTP server at c1113726.sgvps.net:2525.

5. Verify SMTP Connectivity

Test from the server:

import smtplib, ssl
ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
with smtplib.SMTP('c1113726.sgvps.net', 2525, timeout=15) as s:
    s.starttls(context=ctx)
    s.login('contact@apextrackexperience.com', 'apex.track!!')
    print('OK')

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