Wordpress SMTP setup
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Muhammad Wasif Laeeq

Created Dec 21, 2022

Wordpress SMTP setup

PHP mails on websites hosted on Middlehost are blocked to protect our servers from SPAM. You can authenticate your wordpress using an email address to allow mails from your wordpress.

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1 Step
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Go to your cPanel

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Click on Email Accounts

Click on Email Accounts
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Click on Create

Click on Create
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Type "noreply" or any other email address you want to use with wordpress

This email is only used for authentication. You can set the "FROM" email address from wordpress later.

Type "noreply" or any other email address you want to use with wordpress
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Click on password field

Click on password field
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Click on Generate

Click on Generate
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Drag highlighted element

Drag highlighted element
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Copy the generated password

Copy the generated password
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Click on Create

Click on Create
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Click on Home

Click on Home
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Click on WordPress Manager by Softaculous

Click on WordPress Manager by Softaculous
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Click on login_button

Click on login_button
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You should now be in your site's wordpress admin

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Switch to your site's wp-admin

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Click on Plugins > Add New

Click on Plugins > Add New
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Type wp smtp in searchbox and click "Install Now" on WP Mail SMTP by WPForms

Type wp smtp in searchbox and click "Install Now" on WP Mail SMTP by WPForms
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Click on Activate

Click on Activate
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Click on Go back to the Dashboard

Click on Go back to the Dashboard
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Select "Other SMTP"

Select "Other SMTP"
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Type the hostname of your hosting (contact support if you do not know the hostname)

Type the hostname of your hosting (contact support if you do not know the hostname)
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Select TLS

Select TLS
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Type the email address you created earlier

Type the email address you created earlier
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Paste the password you copied during email address creation

Paste the password you copied during email address creation
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Click on Save Settings

Click on Save Settings
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Click on Email Test

Click on Email Test
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Type Your email address (preferrably a gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc)

Type Your email address (preferrably a gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc)
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Click on Send Email

Click on Send Email
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Email should now go through to your mailbox.

You can ignore the SPF and DMARC warnings on this page.

Email should now go through to your mailbox.
Well done!
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