{"id":185,"date":"2024-03-27T14:19:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2024-03-27T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:22:37","slug":"smtp-plugin-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/smtp-plugin-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install and Configure an SMTP Plugin on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SMTP Plugin on WordPress<\/a> – If you use WordPress and have a contact form on your website that sends emails, an SMTP plugin will significantly increase the delivery of your emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow these simple steps to install and configure an SMTP Plugin on WordPress website:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1. Log into your WordPress backend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. On the left-hand side panel, hover over Plugins, then click Add New<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. In the search bar, type in SMTP plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Click the Install Now<\/strong> button for the plugin WP Mail SMTP by WPForms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Once you have installed the plugin, click the Activate<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. When the plugin is activated, go back to the left-hand side panel and click WP Mail SMTP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Scroll down to the Mailer section and select Other SMTP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Scroll down further to SMTP Hosts and complete the SMTP form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note<\/strong>:\u00a0You would use that email account\u2019s credentials and server<\/a> settings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your email service runs through us, you can follow these guides to access these settings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SMTP Host<\/strong> \u2013 The hostname of your SMTP server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encryption<\/strong> \u2013 The encryption type you wish to use for sending emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMTP Port<\/strong> \u2013 The port you will be using to send emails. (465 for SSL or 587 for TLS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auto TLS<\/strong> \u2013 The option to enable TLS by default if available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authentication<\/strong> \u2013 You should enable this setting for email authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMTP Username<\/strong> \u2013 The email address you are using to send emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMTP Password<\/strong> \u2013 The password for the email address used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. When completed, scroll down further, then click the Save Settings<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. You will receive a confirmation when the settings are successfully saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congratulations, you have installed and configured the SMTP plugin for your WordPress website!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SMTP Plugin on WordPress – If you use WordPress and have a contact form on your website that sends emails, an SMTP plugin will significantly increase the delivery of your emails. Follow these simple steps to install and configure an SMTP Plugin on WordPress website: 1. Log into your WordPress backend. 2. On the left-hand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smtp","category-plugin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbudgethosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}