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WordPress Installing WordPress Locally Installing WordPress Locally Enable Email for WordPress on Your Computer

Posted by Khoa Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen
4,735 Points

Error sending test email

SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0)SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

Tomáš Komprs
Tomáš Komprs
14,057 Points

For Gmail, I had to try create an app password at first. this didn't work. But what help me was: in these settings: Type of Encryption: None SSL/TLS STARTTLS select STARTTLS instead of SSL/TLS

3 Answers

Anthony Keovongphet
Anthony Keovongphet
1,808 Points
Anthony Keovongphet
Anthony Keovongphet
1,808 Points

It finally worked after 3 hours!

I used gmail.

What I did:

  1. Create a "2 authentication" for GMAIL, then Create a "Application Password"
  2. In GMAIL, find "allow less secure apps". (According to others -- sometimes it takes an hour to take affect)
  3. In WordPress Admin -- EASY WP SMPT settings I then changed SSL/TLS , to STARTTLS
Ricardo Gutierrez
Ricardo Gutierrez
2,949 Points

Thanks! Worked.

Brad Rollins
Brad Rollins
1,914 Points

Thanks Anthony! I just followed 2 of the steps you listed and it work immediately for me.

  1. In GMAIL, find "allow less secure apps". (According to others -- sometimes it takes an hour to take affect)

  2. In WordPress Admin -- EASY WP SMPT settings I then changed SSL/TLS , to STARTTLS

Ryan Thacker
Ryan Thacker
4,201 Points
Ryan Thacker
Ryan Thacker
4,201 Points

Change to STARTTLS

Daniel Fitzhugh
Daniel Fitzhugh
9,715 Points
Daniel Fitzhugh
Daniel Fitzhugh
9,715 Points

I also had to create an App Password in Gmail, because I had two-factor authentication turned on, and Gmail had no way of performing the the second authentication.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833

Diana Vazquez
Diana Vazquez
1,395 Points

Thanks sooo much!!! I was wracking my brain about this! The link you posted was super helpful.

Andrew Bain
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Andrew Bain
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,815 Points

Very helpful...Thank you! I was racking my brain...Great article (link), it worked immediately.