{"id":4767,"date":"2023-01-06T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T07:18:36","slug":"configure-smtp-sending-in-wordpress-with-post-smtp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/4767\/configure-smtp-sending-in-wordpress-with-post-smtp\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure SMTP sending in WordPress, with &#8220;Post SMTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/4767\/configure-smtp-sending-in-wordpress-with-post-smtp\/#Post_SMTP\" >Post SMTP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/4767\/configure-smtp-sending-in-wordpress-with-post-smtp\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Another plugin for sending mail in WordPress, which I personally like better than &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/4739\/wordpress-mailversand-mit-smtp-mit-wp-mail-smtp\/\">WP Mail SMTP&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By default, WordPress sends the simple &#8220;mail&#8221; function for sending emails. Depending on the server configuration, this works from not at all to well. Spam filters, which tend to view such e-mails with suspicion, are often problematic. The alternative is to send them via SMTP. WordPress cannot do this with board means and requires a plugin. After looking at &#8220;WP Mail SMTP&#8221;, I was a bit disappointed by the functionality of the free version. So I looked for an alternative to WP Mail SMTP.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4760\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_1.png 727w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_1-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The alternative is called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/post-smtp\/\">Post SMTP<\/a>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/postmansmtp.com\/\">manufacturer<\/a>). Here, too, the manufacturer operates a freemium model and offers the basic version free of charge. More functions are available for cash. However, the free version already offers significantly more functions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post_SMTP\"><\/span>Post SMTP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Setting up &#8220;Post SMTP&#8221; is easy. Enter the access data for the SMTP server in the configuration and you&#8217;re done. In addition to SMTP, special providers such as SendGrid, Mandrill, MailGun and others are also supported. There is a setup wizard for the first setup.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to send messages via &#8220;phpMailer&#8221; or via your own library. If the test message is sent successfully, the plug-in is already set up. In addition to the main account, a fallback can also be set up. I liked the fact that the logging is also included in the free version. This means I can see which emails have been sent to whom and whether the sending is working properly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_log.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"437\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4762\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_log.png 696w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_log-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Until further notice, the plugin is my first choice for sending via SMTP in WordPress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"727\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4764\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_2.png 727w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/smtp_2-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another plugin for sending mail in WordPress, which I personally like better than &#8220;WP Mail SMTP&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[885],"tags":[897,898],"class_list":["post-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress-en","tag-php-en","tag-wordpress-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}