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# Default WordPress SMTP configuration

When you install or clone WordPress through our [WordPress Installer](https://hosting-panel.net/tools/wordpress-installer), we may automatically deploy the [FluentSMTP plugin](https://fluentsmtp.com/) depending on a few factors which are outlined below.

## For new installations

When you opt to install WordPress using our **WordPress Installer**, we will automatically install the FluentSMTP plugin, and we will also automatically create an email account for the WordPress installation, as shown below:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://perfgrid-guides.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/9cyiq9enoa9H1ICxHIH1ayGen.png" alt="WordPress automatic email account" style={{ borderRadius: '0.5rem' }} />
</Frame>

<Note>
  To prevent sending errors, you cannot currently delete the automatically created email account as long as the WordPress installation is active. An option to delete the email account may be added in the future.
</Note>

## When you clone a website

If you clone a website using our **Clone Installation** feature in the WordPress Installer, then we will perform a few checks to determine if we should deploy the SMTP plugin or not.

If we detect an existing SMTP plugin on the website, we will not deploy the FluentSMTP plugin.

If we detect FluentSMTP, we will perform an additional check to determine if the credentials were initially generated by us. If so, then we will create a new set of credentials for the cloned installation.

## For existing installations

Existing WordPress installations will not get the FluentSMTP plugin automatically deployed. We do however recommend you to use an SMTP plugin such as FluentSMTP for your WordPress installation to send emails.

## Recommendations

We still recommend that you configure your from email address and name in WordPress.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to FluentSMTP">
    Go to **FluentSMTP** in the WordPress admin under Settings -> FluentSMTP.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://perfgrid-guides.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/lRLfGDCghfVoOJo2tdq8UxWBn.png" alt="FluentSMTP settings" style={{ borderRadius: '0.5rem' }} noZoom />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to configure the SMTP Connection">
    First, head to the Settings tab, and then click the small edit icon for our SMTP connection.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://perfgrid-guides.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/o9xhGSZiUsOI9LFQu5A8RR99L.png" alt="FluentSMTP SMTP Connection settings" style={{ borderRadius: '0.5rem' }} />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Change the From Email Address and Name">
    Change the From Email Address and Name to your desired values. We recommend e.g. `noreply@yourdomain.com`, `support@yourdomain.com`, `info@yourdomain.com` etc, and then your business name or domain name.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://perfgrid-guides.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/vcLPLjdx93s8Fbt5okoP7AHhN.png" alt="FluentSMTP SMTP Connection settings" style={{ borderRadius: '0.5rem' }} />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save the settings">
    Simply scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the **Save Connection Settings** button to save your changes.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Detected plugins

We will detect the following plugins to determine if we should deploy the FluentSMTP plugin or not:

* [ActiveCampaign Postmark for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postmark-approved-wordpress-plugin/)
* [Brevo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brevo/)
* [Configure SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/configure-smtp/)
* [Easy WP SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/)
* [Elastic Email Sender](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-email-sender/)
* [Gmail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/)
* [GoSMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gosmtp/)
* [Mailgun](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailgun/)
* [Mailjet for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailjet-for-wordpress/)
* [Post SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-smtp/)
* [SMTP for Amazon SES](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-amazon-ses/)
* [SMTP it](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-it/)
* [SMTP Mailer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smtp-mailer/)
* [Solid Mail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smtp/)
* [SparkPost](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sparkpost/)
* [SureMail](https://wordpress.org/plugins/suremail/)
* [WP Mail Bank](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-bank/)
* [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/)
* [WP Offload SES Lite](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ses/)
* [WP SMTP Mailer - SMTP7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp-mailer/)
* [YaySMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yaysmtp/)