WP Mail SMTP does not work with Gmail

  • Resolved cooldogs

    (@cooldogs)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    Hello,

    I’m having trouble connecting the WP Mail SMTP plugin to a Gmail account on a WordPress site. When I try to connect it, I get this error:

    This error means that Google is blocking WP Mail SMTP because it has not passed verification. This happens because Google requires apps to use official OAuth authentication.

    I don’t understand much about technical things and I don’t have anyone to ask to help me. I just want my site to be able to send emails through Gmail, and currently it doesn’t. Can you please explain to me how to solve this problem or help me to set everything up properly?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Plugin Support Patrick

    (@paddyam)

    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hi @cooldogs,

    Thanks for reaching out to us and sorry to hear about the challenge.

    Based on the error that you shared, it’s possible that your Google app created might still be unpublished and to fix this, from your Google Console project, go to the OAuth Consent screen section and then publish your app.

    After this, go back in your WordPress admin area, you’ll need to connect to your Google account again by heading over to WP Mail SMTP > Settings and clicking on the button labeled Allow plugin to send emails using your Google account.

    If the issue is still occurring, then it’s best to re-perform the Google mailer setup steps outlined in our documentation and if you prefer, please check out our step-by-step video walkthrough guide.

    I hope this helps, if you have any other questions, feel free to let us know.

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