How to Send a Test Email with Your WordPress Website?

WordPress needs to send emails to say hi to new users, reset passwords, send receipts and order forms and much more. So it should work correctly.

To send a test email you need to follow a few steps. First, install and activate WP Mail SMTP plugin. Then configure it to work with your SMTP mailing service. Don’t worry, the plugin will give you a step-by-step instruction.

After it’s done go to WP Mail SMTP > Tools. There will be the Email Test page. You can send a test email from this page and by default it will be sent to your admin email. If you want to change it just fill in the correct email address into the Send To field.

Keep the HTML setting On unless you want to send a plain text email.

When you are done with email settings, click Send Email and check your inbox to see the results.

If WordPress is set up correctly, you will see a notification about a successful email sending. If something is wrong, you will see an error message containing the steps you should take to resolve the problem.