I've been developing an e-commerce website and it comes to the last phase of development. However, I've found one error during my test.
When I use email that has #domainname.com, the email went through but when I tried using gmail - both admin and customer emails - the notification email didn't reach gmail inbox at all.
Do you have any idea what is wrong or there should be some additional plugin that I have to install.
Any answer is appreciated.
Thank you
WooCommerce (and many times WordPress in general) can be difficult to get working with reliable email delivery. Most of the time it's because your site is on a shared host (shared IP address) and if you're hosted with other sites that are a bit spammy it can hurt you. (WordPress will use your host's SMTP server by default and your actual email service might not be hosted with them, so your MX records probably don't match the same provider / IP block).
When you add the fact that your WooCommerce emails have content that has anything to do with money (using the words "order" "shipping" "prices" etc) it raises your chances of getting caught up in a spam filter. (And yes, Gmail will many times not even deliver your email... And it won't even go into the spam folder).
I've had great success with using a third party SMTP provider. The main benefits are
You emails are relayed through their trusted network
They verify ownership of your domain (and sending domain) so that Gmail also trusts it
They many times provide reliability reports and delivery success / failure reports
I personally use Mandrill (by MailChimp). It's completely free to send up to 12K emails per month (which is usually more than enough for most small businesses). Get their WordPress plugin wpMandrill so that you can see your delivery stats right in your dashboard and so that WordPress uses the relay automatically (including WooCommerce). Your client will probably appreciate seeing that too anyway.
I've played with Mailgun and Sendgrid a bit, but I really like Mandrill. Check the others out to see if they'll be a better fit for you too.
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I am trying to make Gmail SMTP puligin work with my woocommerce/wordpress site.
I'm having this notice from Google Cloud:
Verification Status
Pending developer action
Complete all actions below. Update your email thread with our Trust and Safety team after you have completed an action. The Trust and Safety team will continue the verification process once all actions are completed. Learn more
Action Required
Comply with domain verification requirements
Ensure your application's domains have completed the Search Console verification process
Update brand information
Ensure that your app's name, logo, and OAuth clients meet all requirements
I asked about this from Google and they gave me this answer:
Thanks for your patience while we reviewed your project.
Since your app is a Gmail SMTP plug-in for Wordpress, and you or the site admin are the only users of the app, we recommend that you keep using your app with the “unverified app” screen. The Gmail API isn't for public use in this case, so you do not need to get verified.
If you are having issues activating the plugin, you can see all your support options in General Support.
Please note that Google also participates in community discussion groups and mailing lists that can help you find answers or troubleshoot problems.
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I can't use this app without Google approval. I tried to send a test email and the plugin gave me this error/answer:
Gmail SMTP plugin cannot send email until you enter your credentials in the settings and grant access to your web application.
So how can I make Gmail SMTP work with my wordpress/woocommerce site?
Best Regards,
Tuomo Nurkkala
I think I tried everything and I asked from Google about this problem, but I'm not so sure if I understood their message correctly.
Best Regards,
Tuomo Nurkkala
Bit confused on the pro's and con's of using some of these services when it comes to transactional emails via a website. I was using basic php to send the mail, but it seems to be getting blocked by some of the recipients spam filters. So I am looking at alternatives which include setting up it up to send via the cPanel's email service or using a delivery service like mailgun or maybe setting up an office 365 plan.
From what I've read email through an office 365 plan is often blocked as well, plus its another monthly fee so that's not ideal. So that leaves me with cPanel service or mailgun. I currently set it up to use mailgun and I'm pretty happy with it, but is cPanel service just as good? Is it really true SMTP and does it have just as good delivery rates? Theres also the issue with cPanel being if the web server goes down the email goes down, so that's another reason why I'm shying away from it.
cPanel's option will send via your local mail exchanger, EXIM, which isn't much different from sending through PHP. If you're going to send any sort of newsletter or bulk message, you really should use a delivery provider like MailGun or SendGrid and setup a subdomain like news.example.com, so that your primary domain's reputation doesn't become damaged.
I personally use Sendgrid if our website is having issues sending emails, or getting blocked by spam filters. I've yet to have any problems with it. If it's just for one website, and it isn't huge, the free plan should suffice. Various SMTP plugins support it these days, such as Post SMTP.
Hello world!
Heres my issue, Im running a site on a azure cloud network, since natively azure does not support SMTP and wordpress member registration is built around this (as well as most to all plugins) so when it comes time for members to register, it all works well up until its time they should receive their activation key through email... and they dont. If by obtaining a sendgrid account through host, parsing info from sendgrid host app to my WP sendgrid app setting, Will it the allow the delivery of "welcome" and delivery of mentioned activation keys through emails to members upon registering? Im stumped on how to fix this issue, Im quite sure this is the fix.
ALso, if this wold be the answer to my problem, where would meber info be sent... To my WP user tab or wold there be a third party involved in maintaning this database.
Thank you for yout ime,
-Erawkz
Yes, I run sendgrid for my wordpress site it replaces the WP mail function make sure you read the installation instructions carefully it requires you to modify your user.ini file
I have a wordpress site with Membership and Events. I am using Paid Membership Pro for memberships and Event manager Pro for events. I am using Authorize-net payment gateway and most event bookings are successful.
But I can see some booking in the Admin with the status Processing(Authorizenet AIM).
I have log to the Authorizenet and there is no processing transaction for this booking.
Could you please help me to solve this. What is the reason for that status?
Thanks
You will need to have SSL enabled for you site otherwise this will not work. Events manager will always force the https connection if a booking form accepting Authorize.net is used.
Wideload Shipping may be correct here, if you don't have a valid SSL certificate or SSL enabled then the booking process won't work with Authorize.net since you must be able to send card info securely.
I'd suggest you ask this on our pro forums, as a pro customer we'd be happy to help you troubleshoot there. If you supply us a link we can also probably have a better idea about what's going wrong and provide you with further steps to remedy the issue.
I noticed this same behavior starting to happen on my Events Manager Pro as well. Seemingly randomly some bookings will show "Processing (Auth.net)" while others show "Completed" (as they should).
From this thread's suggestion, I took a look at my https URLs. I found that sometime in the last month, we ran an update that has inserted some link hrefs and other unsecured URLs in the source code.
I had been using HTTPS plugin to force https on the events pages, but since the site URL was http only, it was pulling in these "external" files as http. I noticed in Firefox that my SSL connection showed broken. While in Chrome, it felt it was secure. My GUESS at this time is that the ones that go thru are where the page in the browser looks to be secure. While the ones that only get "Processing" are happening on the broken SSL browser views.
I've now changed my site URL to https as the base URL which ensures Wordpress uses it throughout. I now don't get a broken SSL in Firefox. My presumption is that this will fix this issue. Time will tell. I'll come back to update IF I'm wrong. But hopefully that might help for you to look at URLs, such as wp-json and other link rel URLs.
Of note, it seems the credit cards ARE authorizing/captured for those transactions. So it's more likely the return trip from Auth.net for the silent URL to changes the status of the booking?
I'm having a website developed with ASP.NET which is a online art competition that people can register and enroll with competition.
In my system there are lot of emails that sends on various stages of the process for a user.
As an example, one user gets:
Account confirmation email
Welcome email
Competition Instruction email
Password reset email
Payment confirmation email
Thank you email for completing the enrollment process.
Likewise I need to send various emails, so now the number of users registering per day is getting higher and higher.
So lets say there are more than 2000 - 5000. So there will be more than 10000 email sending from my noreply#mydomain.com email im using to send emails.
Anyway one email message only send for a one user. Meaning there is only one user email address in 'To:' field and no 'CC:','Bcc:' fields.
My question is is this considered as spamming ? I have a doubt that my email can be marked as spam. How i can avoid this? Is there any way to do it properly?
At least separate emails to registered users from registration/verification emails. Send them from different IP addresses.
Make sure that recipients want to receive you emails and they can easily opt-out at any moment (after initial opt-in) also WITHOUT log in to your service.
Managing your own mail server can be a pain. There's a lot to doing it right, and getting it wrong can mean landing on a blacklist. I recommend going with a service who has put in the time to ensure their e-mails get through.
You can find a rather exhaustive list of them here: Sendgrid vs Postmark vs Amazon SES and other email/SMTP API providers?
Also, if you're sending e-mails in the US, be sure to follow the guidelines of the CAN-SPAM Act.