Tom Morton
Architect and builder behind Flarepipe. Passionate about leveraging edge computing to solve performance and deliverability constraints in the WordPress ecosystem. When not exploring the Cloudflare API, Tom is advocating for leaner, infrastructure-native web development.
Articles by Tom
19 postsOctober 14, 2026
What Happens When Cloudflare Retires a Workers AI Model, and How Flarepipe: Chat Handles It
Workers AI models get deprecated and removed. A chatbot pinned to one model identifier stops answering. Flarepipe: Chat is built so that a retirement is a settings change rather than an outage. This is how that works, and what to do when the notice appears.
September 24, 2026
Running a Support Chatbot on Your Own Cloudflare Account: gitworkflow.com as the Worked Example
A walk through the one Flarepipe: Chat install we can show you end to end: what gitworkflow.com indexed, how its bot is configured, how it was tested before launch, and what it costs to run.
September 3, 2026
Flarepipe: Email and WordPress 7.1: A Compatibility Note
The free Flarepipe Email for Cloudflare plugin now declares WordPress 7.1 as tested. What that line means, what we checked, why no code changed, and the one thing to verify if you upgraded from a pre-rename install.
August 12, 2026
What "the Setup Token Deletes Itself" Means, and Why Flarepipe: Chat Is Built That Way
Flarepipe: Chat asks for one powerful Cloudflare API token, uses it for a few minutes, replaces it with a narrow one, and then deletes it. What happens at each step, and what is left on your site afterward.
July 29, 2026
Getting SPF, DKIM and DMARC Right for a WordPress Site That Sends Through Cloudflare
The three DNS records that decide whether your WordPress transactional email reaches the inbox, which ones Cloudflare Email Sending creates for you, and how to prove it all works from a message's headers.
July 22, 2026
Flarepipe Email Is Now in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory
The free Flarepipe Email for Cloudflare plugin is officially live on WordPress.org. One-click installs, automatic updates, and a review process behind us.
July 15, 2026
WPFlareMail Is Becoming Flarepipe
WPFlareMail has a new name: Flarepipe. Same product, same team. Nothing breaks, your license keys stay valid, and your settings migrate automatically.
July 7, 2026
Transactional Email Through Cloudflare: What Each Flarepipe Plan Actually Gets You
A plain-English breakdown of how Flarepipe routes WordPress transactional email through Cloudflare, and exactly which features come with Free, Pro, Max, and Ultra.
July 2, 2026
Product Update: Bug Fixes and Reliability Improvements
A roundup of the bugs we recently found and fixed across Flarepipe, from first-time setup to email delivery, updates, and account login.
May 26, 2026
Managing Unlimited Email Aliases from your WordPress Dashboard
Take full control of your domain's incoming routing with unlimited Cloudflare email aliases, managed directly inside WordPress.
May 21, 2026
Fixing Delayed Email Notifications and Receipts in WooCommerce
If your WooCommerce store receipts are taking minutes to arrive, your server architecture is to blame. Here is how to fix WooCommerce email delays.
May 17, 2026
Fixing Destination Address Not Verified (Cloudflare Email Sending)
How to properly configure Cloudflare's new native Email Sending API to unlock unrestricted outbound transactional emails and bypass the sandbox.
May 13, 2026
How to Test Your SMTP Connection (And Fix Broken wp_mail)
Wondering why your WordPress site isn't sending emails? Here is how to test your connection and solve common port and authentication issues.
May 9, 2026
Stop Landing in Spam: High Deliverability via Cloudflare Edge
Learn how shared-IP legacy SMTP providers ruin email reputation and how routing wp_mail() through Cloudflare provides immediate deliverability improvements.
May 5, 2026
Stop Paying Monthly Fees for WordPress SMTP Plugins
A transparent cost analysis of running high-volume transactional emails on legacy infrastructure versus Cloudflare.
April 30, 2026
Why Flarepipe is the Best WP Mail SMTP Alternative in 2026
Discover why standard SMTP plugins fall short and how Flarepipe leverages Cloudflare's Edge to redefine WordPress email delivery.
April 24, 2026
Understanding Cloudflare Email Workers for WordPress
How edge computing is replacing legacy PHP mail functions and why Flarepipe is the missing puzzle piece.
April 19, 2026
Join the Founders Club: 50% Off Lifetime Renewals During Beta
Cloudflare Email Routing is in public beta. Join the Flarepipe Founders Club to get a 50% lifetime recurring discount on all premium plans while we build together.
April 18, 2026
Cloudflare Transactional Email for WordPress
Learn how Cloudflare's Email Service API can handle your WordPress transactional emails with high deliverability.