I am not sure on the email question so will leave that one for Andy.
As to debug, no you don’t really need special know how, just take a look at the WordPress Codex WP DEBUG page to understand how it works, turn it on and see what errors you are getting on the page itself.
Lots of trouble with the registration email. I tested it about a dozen times, and about 1 out of 3 times the registration email never showed up. Then a customer of mine emailed me. He also did not receive the email with the password link, and when he used the “lost password” function, the email also never arrived.
Right now I have the “SP new user email version” unchecked. So here are my questions:
1. Is there an advantage of the SP new user email version for deliverability?
2. Yellow Swordfish mentioned in an earlier post:
“IF you use the Simple:Press new user email – which overrides the WP one – have you ever changed it? If so you may need to edit it as you can no longer send the password in the email. as was the previous case.“
I don’t understand what exactly I need to change or edit when turning on the SP new user email. Can you clarify please?
3. What can I do so that I get a better delivery of the registration email?
4. Does the “SP new user email” use a different sending mechanism than the WP version?
you dont have to change anything… but I think he was saying on forum – options – email settings, how are you constructing the email? you can control the content there…
simple press does not send ANY emails… its all wp… we can change the content, but its still wp sending…
best thing to do with wordpress is make sure to use an smtp plugin for better email sending.. we usually recommend HGK SMTP plugin but there are many…
Great tip, thank you! I installed an SMTP plugin and ran a test. The email showed up as it’s supposed to, whereas before it was a crap shoot when the registration password reset emails showed up and when they didn’t.
Shama said
Lots of trouble with the registration email. I tested it about a dozen times, and about 1 out of 3 times the registration email never showed up.
Same problem here.
I will try with the postman-smtp plugin and see if it solves the issue.
Ike said
Good luck Meztli, let us know how you get on.
Hi Ike,
It´s working fine.
As soon as i disabled the new user email option in SP, WP started to send the registration emails. I recommend the postman-smtp plugin (it´s free) gives some great options and more important, it support OAuth 2.0 implementations from major email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook/Hotmail.