Send WordPress email with Bird SMTP
Connect WordPress to Bird SMTP to send site notifications through your verified domain. This guide uses WP Mail SMTP's Other SMTP connection, with Bird's existing API-key credentials.
Before you start
- Have administrator access to your WordPress site and permission to configure its outgoing email.
- Install and activate WP Mail SMTP following the plugin's setup guide.
- Verify a sending domain in Bird and create a key with the emails scope for this site.
Configure the connection
- Open WP Mail SMTP > Settings > General.
- Set From Email to an address on your verified domain. Use Force From Email if the site's plugins should share that sender. Choose a recognizable From Name.
- Select Other SMTP and enter these settings.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| SMTP Host | eu1.smtp.bird.com for an EU key; us1.smtp.bird.com for a US key |
| Encryption | SSL, for implicit TLS on this port |
| SMTP Port | 465 |
| Authentication | On |
| SMTP Username | bird |
| SMTP Password | Your Bird API key |
The Bird SMTP guide owns transport alternatives. The password field takes the application's API key. Protect access to the WordPress configuration and keep credentials out of exported configuration or public source control.
Save the settings.
Verify delivery
Open the plugin's Email Test tool and send to an inbox you control. Confirm the test result, then inspect the corresponding message in Bird's Email log. Check the From address, recipient, and delivery events.
Next trigger the WordPress action you intend to use, such as a password-reset request for your own account. Verify that its email uses the configured sender and that the link completes the expected action. A plugin test alone does not exercise another plugin's sending path.
Resolve setup failures
| Symptom | Check |
|---|---|
| Cannot connect to the SMTP host | Verify host and port, then ask your hosting provider whether outbound port 465 is allowed. |
| Authentication fails | Check the key region, email scope, username, and copied password. |
| A plugin uses an unexpected From address | Review its sender setting and WP Mail SMTP's Force From Email option. |
| The test succeeds but a site action sends no email | Confirm that action creates mail through WordPress and inspect its plugin logs. |
| Bird accepted an email that has not arrived | Review its recipient events and suppressions before retrying. |
Next steps
- SMTP submission and recovery.
- Email authentication.
- Email analytics for delivery and engagement reporting.
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