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Last updated on February 1st, 2022 by Editorial Staff | Reader Disclosure

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Are you having trouble sending emails from your WordPress site?

One easy way to solve this is by sending WordPress emails using the Gmail SMTP server.

In this article, we will show you how to send emails from your WordPress site using the Gmail SMTP server.

Why and When You Need Gmail SMTP Server for WordPress Emails

Your WordPress site sends emails to notify you of new user registration, lost password reset, automatic updates, and
notifications from your contact forms.

By default, WordPress uses the PHP mail function to send out email notifications. However, this function doesn’t
work as expected due to a number of reasons.

Most WordPress hosting companies restrict usage of this function to prevent abuse and spam.

Spam filters on popular email service providers check incoming emails to monitor if they are sent from authentic
mail servers. Default WordPress emails fail this check and sometimes may not even make it to the spam folder.

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the industry standard for sending emails. Unlike the PHP mail function, SMTP
uses proper authentication, which increases email deliverability.

Gmail provides an SMTP service that you can use to send out emails from your WordPress site. If you just want to
send WordPress notification emails to yourself and a few users on your site, then Gmail SMTP servers are the best
option.

However, if you are planning on sending newsletter emails using WordPress or if you have an online store, then you
should use a mass emailing service provider, like Sendinblue or Mailgun.

Free vs Paid Gmail SMTP Service for WordPress

You can use your free Gmail account to send out WordPress emails. However, for better deliverability, we
recommend using paid G Suite.

With G Suite, you get your own professional branded email address such as ([email protected]).

G Suite requires you to add MX records to your domain name which means that your emails will appear to be
coming from your own domain name boosting authenticity and ensuring better deliverability.

We use G Suite for WPBeginner and can honestly say it’s the best.

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How to Send WordPress Emails Using Gmail SMTP Server

If you decided to use G Suite, then you first need to set up your domain to work with Google Apps. We have a step-
by-step tutorial on how to set up a professional email address with G Suite.

The rest of the instructions are the same whether you are using a paid or free Gmail account.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WP Mail SMTP plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step
guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

WP Mail SMTP is the best WordPress SMTP plugin on the market. It allows you to easily use any SMTP server to send
WordPress emails with higher deliverability.

We recommend buying the paid version called WP Mail SMTP Pro which gives you access to premium support, more
mailers, and white-glove set up by one of their experts.

Upon activation, you need to visit the Settings » WP Mail SMTP page to configure the plugin settings. Next, enter
your license key and click the ‘Verify Key’ button. You can find the key in your WP Mail SMTP account area.

Under the General settings tab, you need to make sure that you use your Gmail email address in the ‘From Email’
field. Next, you need to provide the sender’s name.

WP Mail SMTP plugin offers two ways to connect your WordPress site to the Gmail servers.

The first method uses OAuth Authentication. This is a more secure method to send emails using Gmail servers.

The second method is by entering Gmail SMTP settings manually. This method is not recommended because it is
less secure.

That being said, let’s set up WordPress to use Gmail SMTP for sending emails.

Method 1: Setting up Gmail to Send WordPress Emails using OAuth Protocol

This method is recommended for all users. It is more secure and once you set it up, you’ll never have to do that
again.

You need to start by selecting ‘Google/ Gmail’ as your mailer.

Next, you will see the option to enter your Client ID, Client Secret, and a URL in the ‘Authorized redirect URI’ field
when you scroll down.

Let’s set up these fields.

Creating an App and Generate API Keys for Gmail

To start, simply visit the Google Cloud Platform website and then click on ‘My First Project’ at the top.

A small popup window will open where you can select your projects. Go ahead and click on the ‘New Project’ option.

On the next screen, you’ll be asked to provide a name for your project. Give it a memorable name, so that you can
easily recognize it in the future.

After that, click on the ‘Create’ button to continue.

The developer console will now create your project and take you to its dashboard. Google offers developers access
to many of their APIs and services. You need to enable the APIs that you will be needing for this project.

Click on the ‘Enable APIs and Services’ button to continue.

This will bring you to the APIs library page. Next, you need to type Gmail in the search box to quickly find the Gmail
API and click to select it.

You will now see an overview of the API and what it can do. Simply click on the ‘Enable’ button to continue.

Now that your API is enabled, the next step is to create credentials that you can use in your WP Mail SMTP plugin
settings.

Click on the ‘+ Create Credentials’ button to continue and select the ‘Help me choose’ option from the dropdown
menu.

On the next screen, you can select ‘Gmail API’ from the dropdown menu for Which API are you using.

After that, choose ‘User data’ for What data will you be accessing and then click the ‘Next’ button.

Now, you’ll need to enter your App’s information. You can start by giving a name for your app, selecting the email
address you provided, and adding an app logo if you want.

Next, you’ll need to scroll down and enter Developer contact information. Once you’ve entered the email address,
simply click the ‘Save and Continue’ button.

On the next screen, you can configure the ‘Scopes’ for Gmail API. This is an optional step and you can skip this for
now.

Simply scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the ‘Save and Continue’ button.

Next, go ahead and enter details for OAuth Client ID. Start by choosing ‘Web Application’ as the Application Type
from the dropdown menu and then enter a name.

If scroll down, you’ll see options for Authorized JavaScript origins. You can skip this and head over to Authorized
redirect URLs.

Go ahead and click the ‘+ Add URL’ button under Authorized redirect URLs and enter
https://connect.wpmailsmtp.com/google/ under the URLs field.

Once you’ve entered the URL, simply click the ‘Create’ button.

Next, you’ll see your credentials under the Your Credentials area.

Go ahead and click on the Done button at the bottom to move on.

You will now be taken to your project’s credentials page. On this page, you can see your recently created credentials
listed here. You need to click on the edit icon next to your credentials to continue.

This will bring you to the edit credentials page where you will be able to see your client secret and client ID. You
need to copy and paste the key into your plugin’s settings page.

Return back to the plugin’s settings page in your WordPress admin area. Now that you have both client ID and client
secret keys, you need to click on the ‘Save Settings’ button to continue.

The plugin will now store your settings and reload the page. After that, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the
settings page and click on the ‘Allow plugin to send emails using your Google account’ button.

This will take you to your account on Google, and you will be asked to give the website permission to send emails on
your behalf.

Simply select your Gmail account and give permissions to link your Google API project.

After that, you will be redirected back to your website where you will see a success message.

Method 2: Setting up Gmail SMTP as SMTP Sender

This method allows you to manually connect to Gmail’s SMTP servers to send your WordPress emails.

First, you need to visit the Settings » WP Mail SMTP page to configure the plugin settings.

You need to start by providing the Gmail address you want to use in the ‘From Email’ field and your name in the
From ‘Name’ field.

Next, you need to select ‘Other SMTP’ as your mailer and check the box next to the return path.

After that, scroll down to the Other SMTP section to configure more settings.

Here is the exact configuration you need to add to the plugin settings:

SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com

Encryption: Use SSL encryption

SMTP Port: 465 (this should automatically appear when you select SSL encryption)

Auto TLS: Turn off TLS

Authentication: Turn on authentication

SMTP Username: Your complete Gmail address, e.g. [email protected] or [email protected]

SMTP Password: Password of your Gmail account

Once you are done, click on the save changes button to store your settings.

That’s all, you have successfully set up WP Mail SMTP to use Gmail SMTP servers.

Note: If you use method two, please know that it’s less secure because your password is stored in text. You can
enhance this by using the constants tip, but we strongly recommend using Method 1.

Testing Your WP Mail SMTP Settings

WP Mail SMTP plugin allows you to test your email settings, so you can make sure that everything is working
properly.

You need to visit the Settings » WP Mail SMTP page and click on the ‘Email Test’ tab. Simply provide an email
address that you can access in the ‘Send To’ field and click on the Send Email button.

You will see a success message. You can now check your inbox to see a message with the subject line ‘WP Mail
SMTP: Test Email to…’.

That’s all, you have successfully setup your WordPress site to send emails using Gmail SMTP servers.

Get More With WP Mail SMTP Pro

If you want even more functionality, you should try WP Mail SMTP Pro.

With the Pro version of the plugin, you can connect with:

G Suite/Gmail

Amazon SES

Mailgun

Office 365 / Outlook.com

SendGrid

And more

You also get additional features like email logs, the ability to fine-tune/control which notification your WordPress site
sends, and more.

Troubleshooting Gmail SMTP Not Working Issues

We have seen users encounter a few issues when using Gmail SMTP with certain shared hosting configurations.

Take the following steps to fix the Gmail SMTP issue:

1. Log in to your cPanel account and create an email account that matches your Google apps email address. This
might seem strange because you’re not using your server for emails. This step basically tricks your server into
believing that you’re sending the email through the server.

2. In your cPanel account, go to the MX Records and change the MX routing from automatic to remote. It might be
a little tricky to find since each host now has a custom cPanel interface. You need to look for a small link next to
MX that says Email Routing: Remote Mail Exchanger.

3. After that log back into your WordPress site and send a test email.

We hope this article helped you learn how to send email in WordPress using the Gmail SMTP server. You may also
want to see our list of the best contact form plugins for WordPress, and our comparison of the best email marketing
services for small businesses.

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131 Comments Leave a Reply

Mallory Moore
Jan 13, 2021 at 2:02 pm

After completing all the steps it re-directed me to my WordPress site but it went to a page that said not found to
there was no success msg so I can’t test as it still says unauthorized.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jan 14, 2021 at 9:37 am

For that specific error message, you would want to take a look at our article below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-401-error-in-wordpress-solutions/

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Vaskar
Oct 28, 2020 at 4:44 pm

I want to send newsletters/mail to my website subscribers. I want to send mail to my website subscribers from my
gsuite business mail address. Can you suggest to me that what I have to do now?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Oct 30, 2020 at 9:32 am

For creating a newsletter, we would recommend taking a look at our article below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-an-email-newsletter/

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AJ
Sep 3, 2020 at 1:59 pm

This was a tremendous help! Thank you so much!

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Sep 8, 2020 at 3:36 pm

Glad you found our content helpful

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Lennon
Aug 10, 2020 at 9:04 pm

Can we use a forwarding email address to set this up or do we have to have a Gmail account?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Aug 11, 2020 at 10:51 am

For other methods, you would want to take a look at our other article below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-set-up-wp-mail-smtp-with-any-host-ultimate-guide/

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Peter
Aug 3, 2020 at 4:26 am

Hi

When setting up Oauth consent screen, Internal and External options are present. Only external option is available to
Gmail users. Is this the correct one to choose?

Thanks!

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Aug 4, 2020 at 10:39 am

It sounds like that would be correct, for questions about the plugin we would recommend reaching out to the
plugin’s support for assistance

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Gordon Barker
Jul 27, 2020 at 3:27 am

No where can I find where to set the email “to field” please could you explain how to set this field?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jul 28, 2020 at 9:57 am

You would want to check with the settings for your form plugin for setting the to location

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Jairo Paredes
Jun 28, 2020 at 5:47 pm

Excellent!!!!
Thanks a lot….

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jun 30, 2020 at 11:04 am

You’re welcome

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Ruxandra
Jun 16, 2020 at 11:26 am

Awesome! Thanks!

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jun 17, 2020 at 8:44 am

You’re welcome

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Vivek
Jun 16, 2020 at 2:28 am

Hi,

My emails are automatically deleting, i’ve not set any filters or any other things. What might be the issue?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jun 16, 2020 at 9:12 am

You would want to reach out to who you are using for your emails to ensure there isn’t an issue on thier end.

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Vijay
May 29, 2020 at 12:56 pm

OAuth Consent Screen is mandatory during this process.

Anyway, your explanation is best.

Thanks.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jun 1, 2020 at 1:37 pm

Glad our guide could be helpful

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Dalton
Apr 20, 2020 at 8:31 pm

I followed the steps to set up the email and it works, but how do I send emails to my email list now?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Apr 21, 2020 at 1:50 pm

If you’re attempting to create a newsletter then we would recommend going through our guide here:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-an-email-newsletter/

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Dusan
Mar 18, 2020 at 6:53 pm

With this I get the 2000 limit in a 24 hour period as it uses only 1 email address. Is there a way to use this as the
smtp relay that allows 10,000 emails to send per 24 hour period. Or any way to add in multiple emails to send from?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Mar 19, 2020 at 8:53 am

We do not have a recommended method to remove that limitation. For sending that many emails we would
recommend looking at email marketing services such as the ones from our article here:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-email-marketing-services/

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Nauval
Feb 28, 2020 at 1:20 am

Is it still usefull in 2020?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Feb 28, 2020 at 10:15 am

Yes

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Dan Martin
Aug 7, 2019 at 3:58 pm

I just used this for my site and it worked. Seriously this was a life saver. I had spent several hours troubleshooting and
the video solved the whole problem in like 5 minutes. Thanks.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Aug 8, 2019 at 11:02 am

Glad our guide could help

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Luigi
Jul 24, 2019 at 9:36 am

How can I send emails configured with WP MAIL SMTP (I use gmail) customized with the site’s domain? I need to
differentiate emails depending on the type of email my site sends.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jul 24, 2019 at 10:29 am

It would depend on what plugin/tools you are using to send the emails as WP Mail SMTP is for changing how
WordPress sends the emails not for users sending emails.

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Austin Blair
May 16, 2019 at 5:34 am

Just wanted to say THANK YOU! I was totally struggling to get my contact form to send emails correctly until I came
across your post. I used the first method and it worked like a charm. However there was a step (probably recently
introduced) where I had to set up a consent form? Took me to a different screen not featured in the video, but was
relatively straight forward. Thanks again!

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

May 16, 2019 at 11:04 am

Thank you for letting us know and glad our article could help

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Bobby Zopfan
Mar 23, 2019 at 10:54 am

First method (configuring inside GCloud) seemed too long to me.

So adapted the 2nd method (don’t agree with you that 2nd method is more difficult). 2nd method has just 3-4 steps.

But it didn’t work. SMTP couldn’t authenticate me. Although my ID/pW is fully correct.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Mar 25, 2019 at 1:43 pm

If you reach out to the plugin’s support with your specifics they should be able to help you find the problem

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Daniel
Mar 23, 2019 at 2:44 am

Thanks again for the awesome tutorial, the forms work fine now! I have a question: I’d like to change the From Name
in the plugin settings, but it’s impossible. I’ve tried to reintstall the plugin, all my settings were still saved tho. Is there
any way I could change the From Name of the email now?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Mar 25, 2019 at 2:47 pm

You would want to reach out to the plugin’s support for how to set that up but for the moment, if you set it to
the default method it should allow you to change those settings.

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Afam
Nov 23, 2018 at 2:58 pm

Hello there,

I’m really tired with this issue of CF7 not able to send mails to gmail from my site. It seems everyone has this issue.

I followed your instructions to the letter and got to the point I’m supposed to allow plugin to send emails using my
google account, an error appears telling me of a URI mismatch. What’s that? I copied and pasted the uri as you said.
What did I do wrong. Please help me, have not been sleeping because of this.

Thanks.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Nov 23, 2018 at 6:02 pm

Hi Afam,

You may not have saved the redirect URI when creating the app, follow the steps again and make sure that you
copy the exact URL from plugin’s settings page to enter in your app.

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Sarah
Oct 17, 2018 at 1:23 pm

Hello,

I have followed the instructions you provided, than you! I got all the way to the “allow plugin to send emails….” for
gmail and when i click on that button it gives me the message that the app hasn’t been verified.
I have tried multiple fixes but it is still isn’t working.

I am using bluehost and WP mail stmp.

Any suggestions?
Thank you

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Jorge Zamudio
Sep 5, 2018 at 12:03 am

your really save my day man !! hope you are doing well. Thank you

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Raphael
Aug 29, 2018 at 6:42 pm

Don’t work for me. I’m using Google Cloud and Cloudflare and when i try to send a test email give me a error:

“Could not authenticate your SMTP account.”

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Aug 30, 2018 at 4:40 am

Hi Raphael,

Check your mailer settings, SMTP information, username and password.

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Mohd Tariq Khan

Aug 2, 2018 at 9:03 am

My client use g suite for email, I have created WordPress page website with contact form 7 plugin. I have analyzed
contact form was not sending email from website to Gmail.

Therefore, I have used ‘WP Mail SMTP’ plugin and create gmail API, Now email is working.

But I am facing one issue, when submit contact us form email receive in gmail but all email recived from title is ‘me’.

Therefore, every time show like I have to send email to myself.

I want in email ‘Sender name’ appear at from.

Please help me.

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Aug 2, 2018 at 7:10 pm

Hi Mohd Tariq Khan,

This could happen if you are sending and receiving email on the same address.

For example, if you are using [email protected] in WP Mail SMTP and sending contact form messages
to [email protected] then Gmail would show sender name as ‘me’.

Hope this helped.

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jood
May 22, 2018 at 1:24 pm

i think the key is create a same name account in bluehost within email , so as to trick host , the problem is the email
will be taken as spam .

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raja
May 6, 2018 at 4:06 am

hi.. i have tried to send mail using wp-mail-smtp on wordpress BY gmail as per tutorial..

when i try to OAUTH 2 in gmail on wordpress,, it shows error.

—————————

Not Acceptable!
An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated
by Mod_Security.
—————————–

i have contacted hosting hostgator support.. Mod_security settings cant be whitelisted, as it may will leave the
website vulnerable.

please advise how to send mails

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Angela Andrieux
Apr 23, 2018 at 3:13 pm

Thank you for the thorough instructions! This site has saved me so many times. I really appreciate the great content!

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Sushant
Apr 8, 2018 at 5:36 am

Great Article, this worked for me, thanks a ton guys!

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mostafa
Feb 22, 2018 at 8:49 am

thanks a lot for this tutorial . i have this problem for an week and the issue has solved with this tutorial.

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Leonardo Assennato
Feb 20, 2018 at 9:08 pm

Hello,
I setup an email address to send the emails and it worked.
But I need to change the email account.

I already tried the Method 2, but it doesn’t work on my server.

I already unnistalled and re-install the plugin but all the data are stored.

Can anybody help me?

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Linda
Feb 10, 2018 at 10:42 am

Thanks so much. This was a huge help!

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Pankaj Chauhan
Feb 7, 2018 at 3:20 pm

Thank you so much! This was so helpful for me.

Reply

Imrana
Nov 20, 2017 at 10:19 am

thankyou for this amazing tutorial

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Ahmad fatah
Oct 31, 2017 at 10:55 pm

is this tutor works with free gmail account?

thanks for great tutorial you make..
i search anything about wp and your site in top of google..just wow

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Kevin
Aug 5, 2017 at 7:30 am

I just went through this and got the following message after trying to send a test email:

Connection: opening to smtp.gmail.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ()

Connection: Failed to connect to server. Error number 2. “Error notice: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to
smtp.gmail.com:587 (Network is unreachable)
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Network is unreachable (101)
SMTP connect() failed.

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Pawan Negi
Jul 8, 2017 at 2:40 am

Hi please help me when i click on grant permission button it show me that error.

400. That’s an error.

Error: invalid_scope

You don’t have permission to access some scopes. Your project is trying to access scopes that need to go through
the verification process. {invalid = [https://mail.google.com/]} If you need to use one of these scopes, submit a
verification request.

Learn more

Request Details
client_id=940707600009-5f3lstctsc081s72c27h4hhmf5212a7p.apps.googleusercontent.com

That’s all we know.

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Amanda
Jun 1, 2017 at 1:04 pm

I got . . .

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException in /home/content/04/11965204/html/sofp/wp-includes/class-

phpmailer.php on line 4040

I can’t seem to get this fixed no matter what solve I try. There doesn’t appear to be a contact form in our future

Google Search didn’t help with this error code. I can’t imagine that I’m the first one to get it . . .

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Laura Hart
May 25, 2017 at 7:25 pm

I loved how helpful this was, unfortunately I still can’t make the “grant access” button appear! Any idea why that
would happen? Googling isn’t working.
Thank you!

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David
May 21, 2017 at 8:36 pm

Hi, I used this tutorial last year to install and configure the Gmail SMTP plugin. Until very recently, the Gmail SMTP
plugin in conjunction with my website’s contact form worked perfectly. But I tested my website’s contact form today,
and I got the following fatal-error message:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Google_Auth_Exception’ with message ‘Error refreshing the OAuth2 token, message:
‘{ “error” : “invalid_grant” }”

I don’t have a clue what that means. I get the same fatal-error message when I use the plugin to send a test message
at Gmail SMTP plugin>Settings>Test email.

I haven’t changed any of the plugin settings since I first installed it a year ago, and I haven’t done anything new with
my Google Console account either. I’m using the most recent version of the Gmail SMTP plugin, and also the newest
version of WordPress.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks!

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

May 23, 2017 at 12:22 am

Hey David,

It seems like your Oauth2 token has expired. Try following the tutorial again from the beginning to set it up
again.

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Ehsan
May 11, 2017 at 5:16 am

Thank U very much – one of my problem was this “my emails goes to spam folder”
with this service(Method 1) Now It’s great – of course after 14 days you must pay for that but still it’s prefect
I have question;
Can I send 100 Emails like newsletter for my customer is it OK for Google!?
I afraid my Emails after it goes to spam folder again

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Sharon
Apr 27, 2017 at 4:55 pm

I did everything as described, but the contact form on my website still does not work.

Reply

Adondriel
Apr 25, 2017 at 4:37 pm

Hey, add a thing at the end for the troubleshooting thing: “Check with your website host and verify that they do not
block outgoing requests by default.” I know 1. GoDaddy does this, and won’t let you unblock. and 2. Namecheap
also blocks by default but you just gotta contact support, give em your info and ask em to unblock port 587 and
boom, it’ll all work again.

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Lucas
Apr 5, 2017 at 10:00 am

You save my life!

Tks!

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adam
Mar 5, 2017 at 8:09 am

i keep getting a Error: redirect_uri_mismatch when i press ‘grant permission’. It’s driving me nuts as I can’t work out
what is wrong? Everything seems to match.
Adam

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Grzegorz
Apr 5, 2017 at 6:15 am

Same here. i get redirect_uri_mismatch

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Macky
Feb 12, 2017 at 12:19 pm

This video has been a fantastic help.

I’m a complete WordPress beginner.The step-by step instructions are very easy to follow. Now my emails are working
perfectly!! Plus I also learnt how to insert headers & footers with ease.

Thanks once again!!

Reply

WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Feb 12, 2017 at 3:33 pm

Hi Macky,

We are glad you found the video helpful. You may also want to subscribe to our YouTube Channel for
WordPress video tutorials.

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Fabio
Jan 8, 2017 at 9:47 pm

Your tutorial saved my site! Thank you very much mate!

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Maggie Z
Jan 6, 2017 at 11:33 am

A follow-up question – because of the login conflict issue, I was also considering using WP Mail SMTP. However,
many users on the support forum for that plugin express concern that the password for the email account is visible
on the admin page in plain text.

I have a firewall set up that prevents non-admins from getting in to the back end, so is there any real security
concern regarding the password showing in plain text? Any advice much appreciated!!!

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Maggie Z
Jan 15, 2017 at 11:13 am

After troubleshooting quite a bit, I finally relented and went with WP Mail SMTP, which requires the “allow less
secure apps” solution – a tech support person at G Suite told me that it was safe, and it seems like the only
way to go for my particular setup. Appears to be working now. Thanks for the incredibly clear instructions!!! I
am now a firm fan of this site.

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Maggie Zellner
Jan 6, 2017 at 11:29 am

The video is fantastic, and the plugin installed perfectly. Unfortunately I didn’t realize until after I went through the
whole process (because I didn’t read the documentation on the plugin carefully), the Gmail SMTP plugin eliminates
the need for users to log in, and therefore it interfered with the login process that we have instituted for paid
members on our website (which we manage through a plugin called PaidMembershipsPro).

Is there any way to disable that aspect of this plugin, so I can send all email via our Gmail account, but can still have
users log in and out?

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Eric
Jan 5, 2017 at 6:37 pm

Great article! However, I am unclear on something when using WordPress for sending newsletters. What is the
difference between those mass emailing service providers (mailgun & Sendgrid) and using Google Apps for work
SMTP?

Can’t we use Google Apps for work to send newsletters just as well?

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WPBeginner Support ADMIN

Jan 6, 2017 at 1:45 am

with Google Apps for Work, you can only send an email to 500 recipients max (for paid business accounts).
You cannot use it for newsletters.

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Eric
Jan 6, 2017 at 12:28 pm

Thanks so much for your response! With Google Apps for Work only limiting to 500 recipients, then I suppose
it would work if we sent it to 500 or less people.

My next question, is it max to send all at one time or per day? If we throttle it to only send out a few per
minute, do you know if it would allow it to send thousands within a few hours?

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Heather
Jan 1, 2017 at 6:32 am

Thank you so much! This was so helpful!

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zim ejin
Nov 21, 2016 at 8:21 am

Hi, this was very informative thank you for posting. however i have a website hosted on aws ec2, and route53 for
dns. i tried the secure configuration. it didn’t work. Is there a special configuration for self hosted websites on aws
ec2/route53. btw : i don’t have a cpanel installed.

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