Sunday, June 24, 2012

Send email in WordPress using Gmail’s SMTP server How to send email in WordPress using Gmail’s SMTP server

Using SMTP in WordPress

For WordPress there is an excellent Plugin called WP Mail SMTP, which can be used to send email through Google’s SMTP servers.
Download and install the Plugin and in the settings page you have to set the following options.
  • SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
  • SMTP Port: 465
  • Encryption: Use SSL encryption
  • Authentication: Yes
  • Username: Your full Gmail address or Google App email
  • Password: your account password
You can also checkout the following screenshot for reference.
using gmail smtp in WordPress
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