How to enable SMTP authentication on Wordpress?

Although softaculous has made our lives easy by their on click install scripts which are provide in websouls webhosting. There are some precautionary steps which are required to make your wordpress secure. Once you have installed your wordpress you have to create an email ID through which the CMS communicates with you in case of any emergency or in order to notify you regarding updates. This will cause your CMS to prevent un-wanted spam in the cyber space. This process is known as SMTP authentication. The steps for implementing SMTP authentication are very easy let us begin.

Step-1:

Let us begin by loggin to wordpress and installing a plugin as shown in below image:

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Step-2:

Once you visit on add plugins page search wp smtp plugin as shown in below image:

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Step-3:

After successfully installing wp Smtp plugin you have to activate it as shown in below image.

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Step-4:

Once you have successfully activated your wp smtp plugin now it is time to configure it by assigning an email to it. Click on settings as shown in below image.

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Step-5:

Upon clickin on settings click on settings, enter below details as shown in the image:

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Finally after configuring all of the settings above now your wordpress will communicate with the email that you provided in you wp smtp. We hope that the above article was beneficial for you if you liked it please give us a thumbs up. And enjoy the best Webhosting in Pakistan.

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