WordPress Mail SMTP Plugin

The original article explains that hosting providers may disable the PHP mail function to reduce unauthenticated spam sending, IP blacklisting and email-delivery problems. Its broad statement about all providers reflects the source text, not a current claim about every hosting company.

It recommends authenticated SMTP for sending email from WordPress and links to the following plugin:

WP Mail SMTP plugin installation link

After downloading and activating the plugin, create an email account in cPanel. The original guide links to creating an email account in cPanel.

Then open the plugin settings and fill in the relevant fields. The original screenshots show the fields to change.

This article was originally published in Turkish on 25 December 2016 and has been migrated from our previous website. This English version is a translation of the original article. The content may reflect information from that time.