How to Send Email in WordPress using the Gmail SMTP Server

Having trouble sending and receiving emails from your WordPress site? We've helped many users solve this error easily and will walk you through how in this video.

The easy way to solve this is by sending emails from WordPress using the Gmail SMTP server. With this video we will show you how to send email in WordPress using the Gmail SMTP server.

In this tutorial, we will walk you through:

- How to install the Gmail SMTP plugin
- How to add the required settings
- How to set up the Google API
-- How to add your credentials
- How to test emails sent from your site
- How to use Gmail SMTP for a second method

By default WordPress uses PHP to send emails which can cause them to be flagged for spam, the simplest method to prevent this would be to use SMTP.

We will be using Gmail for the SMTP which will require you to create an application at the Google Developers Console website:

What we will need to create the API is the Authorized redirect URI found in the plugin settings and with that we will be able to add the final three required settings for the plugin:

1. The client ID
2. The client secret
3. Click the authorize emails using your Google account button

If you do not want to use this method there is a less secure method using SMTP without the API that we will walk you through.

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[gaffarmart]

You solved the greatest problem that I have been facing from the day I have made my website.
Thank You Soo Much :)

[arslanhaider]

Thanks a lot, I was unable to send message from my website to my client's gmail address, I check many videos, and searched a lot on google, but nothing worked, Alhamdulillah (Praise to Allah) Thanks to this lady now its working smoothly

[taleebahmad]

This method is working in 2020. Thank you so much. Appreciated your support.

[leadnauta]

Me has salvado, ya estaba exhausto nada funcionaba para configurar el mail de mi nueva página web.


Muchas Gracias.


It has saved me, I was already exhausted, nothing worked to configure the email of my new website.

Thank you.

[brianbarrett]

Seems like a good vid but @2:45 she mentions select web browser at "where will you be calling the API From?" drop down. Not sure why but that drop down box does not appear on my screen. I have tried 2 different gmail accounts I have. What Am I missing?

[waqasfarooq]

Greatest teacher ever i found.I love her too much as my best teacher.

[MiltonReales]

Hi..Thank you for video!! I setup sucessfully with Gmail. Now, how can i send the email.? Thank you.

[carolinecraig]

Easy to follow even though the interface has changed quite a bit. Great Job!

[infinityformalities]

I didn't think I was going to ever get this to work in-till I found your video, I want to say thank you so much for this video you have offered us it really helped me out a ton! You got my subscribe! Have a wonderful week!!

[koushikkantisaha]

IT WORKED THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!! Was struggling with it as I am a new developer learning things and wondered if there was a free method to do this.

[purpleable]

Hi I have bitnami powerd by automatic. I am trying in my general setting to set my email but it has the default one when I try to change it I don't receive the confirmation email. Do I have to go to SSH to set it up or with this method that you showed I am good to go?

[educationandmore]

I get lost at 3:06 because I don't have a create client ID. I have a refresh button and I can do nothing. I click enter like I said and it goes into a look asking me to create a project! Please update video for latest version.

[ypsonar]

Need your help, at 4:23 time of your video where you allow Gmail account.
When i click allow than I receive following note .
"Server error 403 Forbidden - You do not have permission to access this document."
So permission not granted and SMTP status is Not connected.
Please guide how to resolve this problem. . . . Please

[YovielRodriguez]

Excelent. It works perfect. Simple and easy to understand explanation.

[wlodzimierzwdowiak]

Great tutorial. I'm watching the seventh video and finally, I understand the process. You are the best. Thank you very much.

[SampathIyengar]

was searching for this all over for Amazon lightsail, thanks

[janeethertonditemadamether]

OMG Thank goodness for you and this video!!! I have been dreading this setup and I was able to follow along step by step and IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! Thank you!

[marilynreno]

Hello, quick question please. The first item on the plugin's settings page is the 'from' email address. Is this the same email address I need to use on the OAuth page? Thank you. Still a newbie.

[mohitsoni]

Very good and nice explained.. Thank you so much..

[marinlanting]

Hi there, thank you for your video. However, if I create a project, then I do not get the window as you to " enable API etc". It is the first time I have heard of API and now I opened it. But I cannot do what you do. I added GMAIL API. But now it says: "perhaps you need log in details. Do you want to add them?" I have no idea what this is. Do you know what I need to do? Thanks a lot!