andriilive/wp-phpmailer-smtp

Configure wordpress PHPMailer to send mail via SMTP.

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README

StandWithUkraine  GitHub @andriilive

Configure WP PHPMailer to send mail via SMTP, by defining the SMTP configuration in the wp-config.php file.

  • Requires PHP at least 8.0
  • Tested with WP 5.8.1-6.4.1.
  • Supports Bedrock WordPress installs

Bedrock installation

  1. Edit the .env file
  2. Require the package via composer
# Required SMTP configuration
SMTP_HOST=smtp.xxx.com
SMTP_PORT=465
SMTP_USERNAME=bot@digitalandy.eu
SMTP_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxx

# Optional
SMTP_FROM=bot@digitalandy.eu
SMTP_FROM_NAME=Bot
DISABLE_WP_PHPMAILER_SMTP=true
SMTP_REPLY_TO=hi@digitalandy.eu
composer require andriilive/wp-phpmailer-smtp

Manual installation

  1. Edit the wp-config.php file
  2. Put the wp-phpmailer-smtp.php file in to mu-plugins or plugins dir

wp-config.php

Add SMTP configuration to wp-config.php file

/* Required SMTP configuration */
define('SMTP_HOST', 'smtp.xxx.com');
define('SMTP_PORT', 465);
define('SMTP_USERNAME', 'bot@digitalandy.eu');
define('SMTP_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxx');

/* Optional */
define('SMTP_FROM', 'bot@digitalandy.eu'); // From email
define('SMTP_FROM_NAME', 'Bot'); // From name
define('DISABLE_WP_PHPMAILER_SMTP', true); // Disable WP PHPMailer SMTP
define('SMTP_REPLY_TO', ''); // Adds reply-to header

Download wp-phpmailer-smtp.php

Launch the following command in the mu-plugins or plugins directory

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/digitalandy/wp-phpmailer-smtp/main/wp-phpmailer-smtp.php -O wp-phpmailer-smtp.php