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Plugin Description
Configure a SMTP server to send email from your WordPress site. Configure the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.
Requirements
This plugin requires PHP 5 or PHP 7 and WordPress 3.0 or greater. It works in standard WordPress environments. It is strongly recommended to use WordPress in the newest version.
How to Use
- You will need to configure your SMTP server related information in order to send email from your website. In order to access the settings menu go to “Settings->SMTP Mailer” from your admin dashboard.
Gmail
*SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
*SMTP Authentication: True
*SMTP Username: Either your Gmail account username or full email address
*SMTP Password: Your Gmail account’s password
*Type of Encryption: TLS or SSL
*SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL)
Yahoo
*SMTP Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
*SMTP Authentication: True
*SMTP Username: Your full Yahoo email address
*SMTP Password: Your Yahoo email account’s password
*Type of Encryption: TLS or SSL
*SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL)
Outlook
*SMTP Host: smtp-mail.outlook.com
*SMTP Authentication: True
*SMTP Username: Your email address
*SMTP Password: Your password
*Type of Encryption: TLS
*SMTP Port: 25 or 587 (if port 25 is blocked)
SendGrid
*SMTP Host: smtp.sendgrid.net
*SMTP Authentication: True
*SMTP Username: Your SendGrid username
*SMTP Password: Your SendGrid password
*Type of Encryption: TLS
*SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL). If you select “No Encryption” use port 25 instead.
Mandrill
*SMTP Host: smtp.mandrillapp.com
*SMTP Authentication: True
*SMTP Username: Your Mandrill username
*SMTP Password: Your Mandrill password
*Type of Encryption: TLS
*SMTP Port: 587, 25 or 2525 (if TLS or No Encryption). For SSL use port 465.
Screenshots
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