In this guide, we will share how to install the SMTP plugin using WP Mail SMTP.
Cara Install SMTP Plugin WordPress
Here are the steps to install the WP-Mail-SMTP plugins:
- Login to your WordPress dashboard.
- Click the Plugins > Add New menu, then type WP Mail SMTP in the search field as follows then click the install button.
Next, click the 'Activate' button and the wp mail smtp settings page will appear as shown below.
Setting Plugin SMTP WordPress
If you have successfully installed the WP Mail SMTP plugin, then you can make settings so that sending emails through the website can run. Here are the steps.
1. Enter the wp mail smtp menu on the admin dashboard to start setting it up. There are several columns that need to be set, as follows:
- From Email : Fill in the email address that will be used for SMTP, the force from email option is used to force the use of the from email setting for all SMTP activities from wordpress, such as contact form plugins and the like.
- From Name : Fill in the name of the email notification sender, the force from name option is used to force the use of the from name setting for all SMTP activities from wordpress, such as contact form plugins and the like..
2. In the Mailer column, please select Other SMTP as shown below;
3. Enter the email data that you will use to send the email, as follows
- SMTP Host : Use the domain name (hostname)
- Encryption : Select the SSL option with port 465 or TLS with port 587
- Authentication : Make sure it is ON
- SMTP Username : Fill in the email address that will be used for SMTP according to the settings from email which is used.
- SMTP Password : Enter the password of the email account used for SMTP.
4. Click "Save settings" to save the SMTP configuration.
Email Delivery Test
After you have finished setting SMTP, then you can try to send an email test to find out whether the SMTP configuration used is appropriate and can be used properly or not.
To test sending an email, you can click the Email Test tab as shown below:
In the Send To field, please enter your email address for testing purposes.
Click 'Send Email' to send the WordPress SMTP test email that you have set up. If successful, there will be a statement that the SMTP email has been successfully sent. But if it fails, there will be an error_log related to sending the email.