Configure SMTP

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Version: 3.1

Configure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending e-mail via SSL/TLS (such as GMail).

Author:Scott Reilly (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.5
WordPress version tested:6.5.5
Plugin version:3.5
Added to WordPress repository:15-06-2009
Last updated:14-07-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Total downloads:358 689
Active installs:8 000+
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Configure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending e-mail via SSL/TLS (such as GMail).

This plugin is the renamed, rewritten, and updated version of the wpPHPMailer plugin.

Use this plugin to customize the SMTP mailing system used by default by WordPress to handle outgoing e-mails. It offers you the ability to specify:

  • SMTP host name
  • SMTP port number
  • If SMTPAuth (authentication) should be used.
  • SMTP username
  • SMTP password
  • If the SMTP connection needs to occur over ssl or tls

In addition, you can instead indicate that you wish to use GMail to handle outgoing e-mail, in which case the above settings are automatically configured to values appropriate for GMail, though you'll need to specify your GMail e-mail (including the "@gmail.com") and password.

Regardless of whether SMTP is enabled, the plugin provides you the ability to define the name and e-mail of the 'From:' field for all outgoing e-mails.

A simple test button is also available that allows you to send a test e-mail to yourself to check if sending e-mail has been properly configured for your blog.

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