{"id":70168,"date":"2023-05-22T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=70168"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T08:25:49","slug":"wordpress-not-sending-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-not-sending-email\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Not Sending Email? Here’s How to Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is your WordPress not sending email? It can be a real disaster for any website owner, especially if you’re running a business that uses email marketing campaigns to reach clients. Thankfully, you can easily fix the problem and get your WordPress up and running in no time flat. \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, we will go over two of the most common reasons why your WordPress site isn’t sending emails<\/a> like you want it to. Then we’ll give you a three step solution you can easily implement<\/a> on your own site to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Why is my WordPress not sending emails?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There could be several reasons why your WordPress site isn’t sending emails. Let’s take a look at a few of the common issues WordPress users experience when it comes to email deliverability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incorrect configuration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When most users discover WordPress not sending emails, it’s because their hosting server isn’t set up correctly. The default setup uses your hosting provider’s server and the wp_mail() function that’s part of WordPress’ core. That function is based on the PHP mail() function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, most hosting providers’ servers are optimized to host websites, not sending emails, and some of them even disable that function out right. In other cases, even if the function is enabled, and the emails are technically being sent, they can still end up getting flagged as spam in the recipient’s inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you suspect that this might be the case with your host, contact the customer support and clarify the issue. They will also inform you if enabling the mail() function is possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udc49 How to solve this issue if it’s caused by incorrect configuration? Keep reading this post – we cover the solution below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Emails seen as spoofed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If the exact issue you’re facing is that your contact form plugin doesn’t deliver messages to your inbox (a known issue with the Contact Form 7 plugin), then those emails are perhaps being identified as spoofed emails by mail servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This often occurs when the plugin sends emails from a different address than the one that’s added to the From:<\/em> field in the email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re using Contact Form 7, you can follow this guide<\/a> to fix your WordPress not sending email<\/em> issue. If you’re using a different plugin, you can replicate the Contact Form 7 solution as well, since the interfaces of most contact form plugins are similar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to fix WordPress not sending emails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most likely explanation for WordPress not sending email is configuration issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best solution if that’s the case is using an SMTP solution instead of relying on the built-in wp_mail() functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is SMTP and how it provides the solution to WordPress not sending emails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SMTP (or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)<\/a> takes the content of the email that you’re intending to send and passes it through an external sender service instead of using WordPress’s native mail sender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that, your web server isn’t actually sending the email, but it’s passing this responsibility onto a third-party email server through the SMTP protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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How to set up SMTP on WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n
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