{"id":4177,"date":"2017-09-25T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=4177"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:32:33","password":"","slug":"how-to-configure-wordpress-to-use-smtp-to-send-emails","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-configure-wordpress-to-use-smtp-to-send-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure WordPress to use SMTP to send emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress uses the PHP Mail function to send its emails by default, this function is usually used by spammers to send Spam emails and also spoofing.To avoid this we use SMTP to send emails in wordpress. The following are the steps to configuring SMTP In wordpress.<\/p>\n

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  1. Download wp smtp mail by wpforms<\/em><\/strong> plugin in your wordpress dashboard and activate it.<\/li>\n
  2. Once the plugin is installed and activated, a new menu will show up under the\u00a0Settings\u00a0<\/strong>section called\u00a0Email<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    3.Click to configure it<\/p>\n

    4.You will see several configurable options see below<\/p>\n

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    5.Check out all the configurable options available<\/p>\n

    Here’s a list of all of them and what do they configure:<\/p>\n

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    • From Email<\/strong>– the email address you want to send emails from – email@yourdomain.com for example;<\/li>\n
    • From Name<\/strong>– the name that your emails will be received from; eg Simon or your company\u2019s<\/li>\n
    • Mailer<\/strong>– choose whether you want to use the default Mail function or the SMTP; use Smtp, the second<\/li>\n
    • Return Path<\/strong>– check if you want to match the return path for your emails to the sending email;<\/li>\n
    • SMTP Host<\/strong>– the hostname for your SMTP server, use mail.yourdomainname<\/em><\/li>\n
    • SMTP Port<\/strong>– the port your server works on. For non-ssl use 25 or 587, for ssl use 465<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Encryption<\/strong>– if you have SSL\/TLS encryption available for that hostname, select it here.<\/li>\n
    • Authentication<\/strong>– check if your SMTP server requires authentication.<\/li>\n
    • Username<\/strong>– the username for your SMTP server. Use your full email address.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Password<\/strong>– the password for your SMTP server. Use your email\u2019s password.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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