wp_mail_smtp_initial_version: WP Mail SMTP WordPress Option

01 · Ownership

Who writes `wp_mail_smtp_initial_version`?

WP Mail SMTP is the tested owner for wp_mail_smtp_initial_version under the WP Mail SMTP 4.7–4.9 ConfigOps adapter contract. This is a source-backed adapter claim, not a guess based on naming.

Component type: WordPress plugin
Component entry point: wp-mail-smtp/wp_mail_smtp.php
Adapter ID: wp-mail-smtp
Adapter schema: 3
Visible setting: No stable visible setting; plugin-generated or boundary state
Classification: Technical state

02 · Stored value

Plugin-owned scalar or structured runtime value.

Mapped paths0

Secret paths0

Field kinds0

No visible field map.

Verified owner; generated or operational state, not a visible configuration decision.

03 · Technical state & secrets

What belongs beside the setting—but not inside the decision?

Activation, version, debug, migration, counter, notice, scheduler, and provider-usage state is separated from intended mail configuration.

No option-specific neighboring value is asserted.

The adapter-wide technical boundary still applies; absence here is not proof that a save has no runtime side effects.

Known secret paths

No secret field is declared inside this exact option schema. ConfigOps still applies its conservative global secret detector.

04 · ConfigOps recovery

Adapter-backed, not Smart Undo.

ConfigOps adapterYes · wp-mail-smtp

Schema 3; tested against WP Mail SMTP 4.7–4.9.

Adapter-aware UndoUnavailable

No automatic Undo. This option is technical, secret-only, or outside the supported configuration boundary.

Smart Undo eligibilityNo

No. Smart Undo is only for ordinary associative options that no adapter claims. This option is adapter-owned.

History boundary: ConfigOps records only saves it observes while active. It cannot tell you what changed this row before installation.

05 · WP-CLI read commands

Inspect without writing.

Run these on the intended environment. The commands read current state; they do not reconstruct history.

Read the current value

wp option get wp_mail_smtp_initial_version

Inspect matching storage and autoload metadata

wp option list --search=wp_mail_smtp_initial_version --fields=option_name,autoload --format=table

06 · Save autopsies

No option-specific autopsy published yet.

Contract coverage is not a save autopsy.

The owner and field map are verified by the adapter source, but this Atlas record does not claim an option-specific browser or integration save trace.

07 · Direct answers

Questions developers ask mid-incident.

What plugin writes wp_mail_smtp_initial_version?

WP Mail SMTP is the tested owner in the ConfigOps WP Mail SMTP 4.7–4.9 adapter contract. The assignment is verified, not inferred from the option prefix.

What is stored in the wp_mail_smtp_initial_version WordPress option?

Plugin-owned scalar or structured runtime value. wp_mail_smtp_initial_version has no visible field map because it is classified as technical state.

Can ConfigOps track and undo changes to wp_mail_smtp_initial_version?

ConfigOps can attribute and record supported Options API writes while active. No automatic Undo. This option is technical, secret-only, or outside the supported configuration boundary. No. Smart Undo is only for ordinary associative options that no adapter claims. This option is adapter-owned.

Does WordPress keep a history of wp_mail_smtp_initial_version?

WordPress normally exposes the current option value, not a universal before-and-after history. ConfigOps must observe the original save to create local evidence; it cannot reconstruct older changes retroactively.

08 · Provenance

Why this page exists.

This record was generated from pinned ConfigOps source commit e319f502ff677bd76e53b7034650f9ee2afead72. The exact option name passed the publication allowlist; arbitrary searches do not.

Who writes wp_mail_smtp_initial_version?