How to enable email notifications from your WordPress App

Steps to follow if you want WordPress to be able to send emails

Important tips

The PHP mail() function is disabled by default on Realize Hosting
This function is often abused for spam
Emails sent through this function have a very low chance of being delivered nowadays, because it lacks essential features that the big email providers (gmail, outlook, yahoo) have declared mandatory to ensure delivery.
Instructing WordPress to send emails though SMTP solves this issue

Enter your WordPress Dashboard

Log into reyalizehosting.com
Go to the “Websites” tab
Select your website name
Click on “Login to admin” in order to use the SSO login functionality

Find the SMTP Mailer plugin

Under ‘Plugins’ you will find the pre-installed SMTP mailer plugin
- If the plugin is not there, you can install it manually
Under ‘Settings’ -> ‘SMTP Mailer’ you will find the settings

Apply the correct settings

If you use a third party SMTP service, please find the required details for it and apply it in the same way as decribed below when using our email service.

SMTP Host: mail.yourdomain.com
SMTP Authentication: true
SMTP Username: your full email address as created in the Hosting Control Panel
SMTP Password: the password of the email address
Encryption: TLS
SMTP Port: 587
From email address: recommended to be the same as the SMTP Username
From Name: a custom name, such as “yourdomain WordPress”
Force From Address: yes

Once filled out correctly, save the changes and send a Test Email via the top row tab to confirm correct settings.

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How to enable email notifications from your WordPress App

Steps to follow if you want WordPress to be able to send emails

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