diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/main.php b/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/main.php
index 4bbf03e1..e72827e7 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/main.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/main.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /*
 Plugin Name: SMTP Mailer
-Version: 1.1.6
+Version: 1.1.9
 Plugin URI: https://wphowto.net/smtp-mailer-plugin-for-wordpress-1482
 Author: naa986
 Author URI: https://wphowto.net/
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ if (!defined('ABSPATH')){
 
 class SMTP_MAILER {
     
-    var $plugin_version = '1.1.6';
-    var $phpmailer_version = '6.7';
+    var $plugin_version = '1.1.9';
+    var $phpmailer_version = '6.8.0';
     var $plugin_url;
     var $plugin_path;
     
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ class SMTP_MAILER {
     }
 
     function loader_operations() {
-        if (is_admin()) {
-            add_filter('plugin_action_links', array($this, 'add_plugin_action_links'), 10, 2);
-        }
         add_action('plugins_loaded', array($this, 'plugins_loaded_handler'));
         add_action('admin_menu', array($this, 'options_menu'));
-        add_action('admin_notices', 'smtp_mailer_admin_notice');
+        //add_action('admin_notices', 'smtp_mailer_admin_notice');
         add_filter('pre_wp_mail', 'smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail', 10, 2);
     }
     
     function plugins_loaded_handler()
     {
+        if(is_admin() && current_user_can('manage_options')){
+            add_filter('plugin_action_links', array($this, 'add_plugin_action_links'), 10, 2);
+        }
         load_plugin_textdomain('smtp-mailer', false, dirname( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) . '/languages/'); 
     }
 
@@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ function smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail($null, $atts)
             $headers = array();
     } else {
             if ( ! is_array( $headers ) ) {
-                    // Explode the headers out, so this function can take
-                    // both string headers and an array of headers.
+                    /*
+                     * Explode the headers out, so this function can take
+                     * both string headers and an array of headers.
+                     */
                     $tempheaders = explode( "\n", str_replace( "\r\n", "\n", $headers ) );
             } else {
                     $tempheaders = $headers;
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ function smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail($null, $atts)
             if ( ! empty( $tempheaders ) ) {
                     // Iterate through the raw headers.
                     foreach ( (array) $tempheaders as $header ) {
-                            if ( strpos( $header, ':' ) === false ) {
+                            if ( ! str_contains( $header, ':' ) ) {
                                     if ( false !== stripos( $header, 'boundary=' ) ) {
                                             $parts    = preg_split( '/boundary=/i', trim( $header ) );
                                             $boundary = trim( str_replace( array( "'", '"' ), '', $parts[1] ) );
@@ -570,7 +572,7 @@ function smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail($null, $atts)
                                             }
                                             break;
                                     case 'content-type':
-                                            if ( strpos( $content, ';' ) !== false ) {
+                                            if ( str_contains( $content, ';' ) ) {
                                                     list( $type, $charset_content ) = explode( ';', $content );
                                                     $content_type                   = trim( $type );
                                                     if ( false !== stripos( $charset_content, 'charset=' ) ) {
@@ -631,7 +633,7 @@ function smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail($null, $atts)
             $from_email = 'wordpress@';
 
             if ( null !== $sitename ) {
-                    if ( 'www.' === substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) ) {
+                    if ( str_starts_with( $sitename, 'www.' ) ) {
                             $sitename = substr( $sitename, 4 );
                     }
 
@@ -688,7 +690,7 @@ function smtp_mailer_pre_wp_mail($null, $atts)
                             $recipient_name = '';
 
                             if ( preg_match( '/(.*)<(.+)>/', $address, $matches ) ) {
-                                    if ( count( $matches ) == 3 ) {
+                                    if ( count( $matches ) === 3 ) {
                                             $recipient_name = $matches[1];
                                             $address        = $matches[2];
                                     }
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/readme.txt b/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/readme.txt
index ca635a0c..150465ad 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/readme.txt
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/smtp-mailer/readme.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Contributors: naa986
 Donate link: https://wphowto.net/
 Tags: email, mail, smtp, phpmailer
-Requires at least: 6.2
-Tested up to: 6.2
-Stable tag: 1.1.6
+Requires at least: 6.3
+Tested up to: 6.3
+Stable tag: 1.1.9
 License: GPLv2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ none
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.1.9 =
+* Additional check for the settings link.
+
+= 1.1.8 =
+* Removed admin notices to avoid confusion since configurations can vary on different servers.
+
+= 1.1.7 =
+* WordPress 6.3 compatibility update.
+
 = 1.1.6 =
 * WordPress 6.2 compatibility update.