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How to Fix WordPress PHPMailer Not Working

How to Fix WordPress PHPMailer Not Working

Is WordPress PHPMailer not working on your site, causing you and your users to miss out on important emails? By default, WordPress uses PHPMailer and the wp_mail() function to send emails from your web hosting mail server.

However, this isn’t a reliable way to send email, and sometimes your messages will fail to send or end up in the spam folder. Some GoDaddy customers have had problems with PHPMailer on GoDaddy Managed Hosting accounts.

In this guide, I’ll show you why this happens and how to fix it so your emails get delivered the right way using a reliable mailer and the WP Mail SMTP plugin!

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wordpress email deliverability best practices

11 WordPress Email Deliverability Best Practices

If you send any emails from a WordPress site, email deliverability is a critical subject. Emails sent from WordPress sites tend to get marked as spam or blocked altogether due to some flaws in how WordPress sends emails. Fortunately, there are a few simple tips that will help you beat this and other email deliverability issues with WordPress sites.

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Try our Free WP Mail SMTP plugin

Use your favorite SMTP provider to reliably send your WordPress emails.

how to use akismet to filter contact form spam

How to Filter Contact Form Spam With Akismet

Contact form spam can be a big problem with WordPress websites. Fortunately, WPForms offers a few different tools to help you stop spam in its tracks. This includes the powerful and seamless WPForms Akismet integration. Wondering how to set it up? Here’s the step-by-step guide.

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