{"id":1803,"date":"2022-05-17T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaplakanon.com\/wpsupport\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T17:15:45","slug":"how-to-use-smtp-to-send-email-in-wordpress-without-smtp-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaplakanon.com\/wpsupport\/how-to-use-smtp-to-send-email-in-wordpress-without-smtp-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use smtp to send email in wordpress without smtp plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/functions\/wp_mail\/\">wp_mail()<\/a>\u00a0function relies on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PHPMailer\/PHPMailer\/\">PHPMailer<\/a>\u00a0class to send email through PHP\u2019s\u00a0<code>mail<\/code>\u00a0function. 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However, there are some notable differences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you pass an array to `<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/functions\/do_action_ref_array\/\">do_action_ref_array()<\/a>`, each element\u2019s value of that array is passed as a separate parameter to the callback.<\/li><li>If you pass an array to `<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/reference\/functions\/do_action\/\">do_action()<\/a>`, the complete array is passed as a single argument including any keys.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an example of establishing an SMTP connection using the `<code>phpmailer_init<\/code>` action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>function my_phpmailer_example( $phpmailer ) {\r\n    $phpmailer->isSMTP();     \r\n    $phpmailer->Host = 'smtp.example.com';\r\n    $phpmailer->SMTPAuth = true; \/\/ Ask it to use authenticate using the Username and Password properties\r\n    $phpmailer->Port = 25;\r\n    $phpmailer->Username = 'yourusername';\r\n    $phpmailer->Password = 'yourpassword';\r\n \r\n    \/\/ Additional settings\u2026\r\n    \/\/$phpmailer->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; \/\/ Choose 'ssl' for SMTPS on port 465, or 'tls' for SMTP+STARTTLS on port 25 or 587\r\n    \/\/$phpmailer->From = \"you@yourdomail.com\";\r\n    \/\/$phpmailer->FromName = \"Your Name\";\r\n}\r\nadd_action( 'phpmailer_init', 'my_phpmailer_example' );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Support:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need any help with this action hook, feel free to comment below. 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