WP Mail SMTP Authentication Gmail Password Uses Google App Password
Tadashi Shigeoka · Sat, June 4, 2022
I’ll introduce the topic that the WordPress plugin WP Mail SMTP authentication Gmail Password uses Google app password.
Background: Google Account Has Two-Step Verification Enabled
Since the Google account has two-step verification enabled, you can’t use the Gmail login password directly for the WP Mail SMTP Password.
Steps to Issue Gmail App Password
- Log in to https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
- [Select app] - [Mail]
- [Select device] - [Other (custom name)] - Enter a name so you can identify it later
Above, I set up Google app password for authentication with WordPress plugin WP Mail SMTP.
That’s all from the Gemba.