WordPress contact forms should avoid default PHP mail when deliverability matters; configure SMTP instead.
- Route WordPress form-delivery questions to an SMTP setup card instead of treating them as a generic plugin-choice issue.
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@iamdandavies
2026-06-19WordPress contact forms should avoid default PHP mail when deliverability matters; configure SMTP instead.
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iAlright, cheers for the question. So Dan, have you a video on contact form creation and sending emails? SMTP.
Plugins, RE local host service, etcetera? Is there an easy work around on this? So for me, if you're building any forms, my go to is contact form 7, but there is, uh, also WP forms.
So this one is for contact form 7 and this one is WP forms, which makes it really easy as well. And both of them work with this. WP male SNTP.
now all you do with that is you just install it, activate it, and then you basically add in your SMTP. Details, whether that's POP, IMAP, Gmail, exchange, whatever it is that you use, and then your mail will send fine. The main thing that you want to avoid is that you're using PHP mail, which is Word Press's default because it generally ends up in spam.
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WordPress contact forms should avoid default PHP mail when deliverability matters; configure SMTP instead.
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Route WordPress form-delivery questions to an SMTP setup card instead of treating them as a generic plugin-choice issue.
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WP male SNTP. now all you do with that is you just install it, activate it, and then you basically add in your SMTP. Details, whether that's POP, IMAP, Gmail, exchange, whatever it is that you use, and then your mail will send fine...