Fixing the problem of sending email in WordPress

You do everything you can to get your emails to the recipients of the site, but they have not been sent, and you cannot send them to your recipients in any way. This story does not end here and can happen in cases such as not sending an email when registering in WordPress, not sending an email when posting a comment on the site, and not sending an email when sending a contact form in WordPress. Do not send to WordPress. Therefore, in this training from the knowledge base of the host FaI am going to address this issue first, why are our emails not being sent in WordPress at all? And then, I will introduce alternative solutions that you can use to send your emails to users in WordPress safely, so stay with us until the end.

Why are WordPress emails not sending?

As you know, WordPress uses the mail () function in PHP language to send emails. If this function is not activated on the host for any reason, no emails from WordPress will be sent to the recipients, so this function must always be on. Be active on the host and work properly; On the other hand, it sometimes happens that your emails are sent correctly, and there is no problem with the email function of the PHP host. Still, for various reasons, email servers detect your email as spam. In this case, the emails are usually sent to the spam folder. They will be.

So, we can see that in the general mode, we have two problems for not sending email in WordPress; in an available way, no email is sent, or the email is sent, but because your email is known as spam, every email you send will be sent to the spam folder. It turned out that the only way to solve this problem is for many people to register their email as not spam so that the email service providers do not consider their email as spam and spam, and the emails enter the user’s inbox correctly.

Fixing the problem of sending emails in WordPress

So, according to the explanation above, in the first step, you should contact the management of your host and ask them to check the problem of email not being sent on the host, and if your host has a problem with the PHP email function, fix it so that it is possible to send emails to you. be provided

But to solve the problem of not sending WordPress emails, the best solution is to use a method to send an intermediary email. It means you can use sites that can send your emails to users by placing an API. Maybe now you ask yourself what advantages such a solution can have. In response to this question, the following points can be mentioned:

• They ensure that sent emails will be delivered to the inbox and never be detected as spam or in the spam folder.
• The proper use of hosting resources is because the emails sent are not sent by the php email function of the host, in which case there is no chance that your site will be identified as spam. If your site is highly visited and many emails are sent daily, You will not be limited in sending emails.

So we can see that sending emails as an intermediary will be better for our site, and we will have complete confidence that the emails will reach the users in the inbox 100%. Therefore, you can use the solution I will discuss further to set up an intermediary service.

In the following, we will describe both plugins and how to use each one.

1. WP Mail SMTP plugin by WPForms

One of the quick ways to solve the problem of not sending emails in the WordPress content management system is to use the WP Mail SMTP plugin. So far, this plugin has more than one million active installations and registered a 4.3 out of 5 scores in the WordPress repository. The remarkable thing about this plugin is its simplicity and ease of use. Because by selecting the desired options, the fields related to that option are automatically set, and you no longer need to look for specialized settings and port numbers.

 To start working, first, refer to your WordPress counter with the help of the tutorial on how to enter the WordPress administration. Then follow the steps below:

1. From the WordPress dashboard, click on Plugins.
2. Click on the Add sub-menu to be redirected to the Add-ons installation section.
3. Enter SMTP in the search field and search for it. Or download the plugin from the link below and install and run it with the help of the WordPress installation guide.

If you search for a plugin: you will see many plugins in this list with almost the same function. Find the WP Mail SMTP by WPForms plugin from the list. Click the “ Install Now ” button to start installing the plugin. After that, a button titled “ Active ” will be displayed. Click on it to activate the plugin.

After installing and activating the plugin, a new menu under the title will be added to your WordPress dashboard.

wp mail smtp by wp forms plugin settings

From the WordPress dashboard, go to the email menu and the settings sub-menu. You will come across a page that has two tabs as follows, which we will discuss in detail below:

In the general tab, apply your settings based on the following description:

Now click on the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page.

Checking the status of not sending emails from the host

So far, we have only completed the basic settings and configuration necessary to solve email problems in WordPress. We use the email test header to ensure the settings are applied correctly, and the emails are sent correctly.

1. We refer to the email test tab. To check whether the email sending is done correctly or not.
2. In the ” Send to” field, enter your desired email address for testing and checking.
3. Click the send email button.

 If with the message Test plain text email was sent successfully! It means the email sending and receiving system works correctly, and this plugin runs without problems. Also, you will see this test email if you check your inbox.

 If you encounter a problem while sending the test email, it means there is a problem in sending the email. The problem is usually solved by checking the email and password.

If this plugin does not solve the problem of sending emails in WordPress, you can also use the Easy WP SMTP plugin. The plugin is much more compatible than WP Mail SMTP by WPForms.

 2. Easy WP SMTP plugin

Easy WP SMTP is another very popular and used plugin to solve the problem of email not being sent among WordPress users. So far, this plugin has registered over 400,000 active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating in the WordPress repository. The positive and important thing about this plugin is its compatibility with different services, although its settings are more specialized.

To install and configure the plugin, log in to your content management system by learning how to log in to WordPress administration, then:

1. Click on the Add-ons menu.
2. See the Add sub-menu.
3. Search for SMTP in the plugins field.

Find the Easy WP SMTP plugin and click the ” Install Now” button. After installing the plugin, click on the ” Activate” button next to it.

After installing and configuring the plugin, a new sub-menu titled Easy WP SMTP will be added to the settings section of your WordPress dashboard. Click on it to be redirected to the plugin configuration section.

Note: If you are unfamiliar with installing plugins in WordPress, you can use the tutorial on installing and working with plugins in WordPress and installing and activating the desired plugin.

Email sending plugin settings with SMTP.

Now, as you can see in the image below and the settings of the Easy WP SMTP plugin, customize the configuration of each section based on the description provided below.

A little lower, we reach the settings related to our email, which must be customized according to the following description:

Now save the settings. Go to the TEST EMAIL tab and send a test email.