Send email from WordPress via SMTP
With SMTP, WordPress sends its email through an email account at Inleed, so contact forms and order emails get delivered.
How to set it up
WP Mail SMTP settings
SMTP server
Port and encryption
465 with SSL, or 587 with TLS
Authentication
On
Username
The full email address
Password
The email account’s password
- 1
Create an email address for the website, for example
[email protected]. - 2
Install the WP Mail SMTP plugin in WordPress.
- 3
Choose Other SMTP.
- 4
Fill in the fields from the settings and the address’s password.
- 5
Save and send a test email.
How to know it worked
Done
The test email arrives.
If something doesn’t work
The error “SMTP connect() failed” shows
Why: WordPress can’t reach the server.
What to do: Check the server, port, encryption and login details.
Good to know
- Has your hosting moved to another server or been upgraded? Check that the server is
mail.inleed.com. - In contact forms, Sender and From must be the same valid address on the domain.
- PHP’s
mail()works, but email gets delivered less reliably than with SMTP.
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Need more help?
Email [email protected] or call 08-519 70 666.