Post via e-mail in WordPress
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About Post via Email
WordPress provide one fantastic functionality which is, we can add post to our blog without using wp-admin(admin panel) and login. Just you need to set up it into your WordPress to accept the posts sent by the mail. Specifically, This functionality is useful when you want to access or update post from any devices(like iphone ,android).
Let’s see steps to set up mail id which we can use for post
Once you have the e-mail address set up at the mail server, go to your WP-admin. First of all, Navigate to Go to settings >> writing >> Scroll down a bit and you will get below screen for Post via e-mail.
See in following image
Explaination Here, you need to set up a secret e-mail address which is accessible by POP and WordPress will check that e-mail address and turn on the mails for posts and better to keep this e-mail address as a secret. NOTE: If you want to set up this feature of WordPress, you will have to be sure that e-mail address you are using is not used by any other purpose. In previous screen, you just need to pass mail-server,login name, password and also enter your pop3 port otherwise by default it takes 110.into the Writing Settings page and don’t forget to click on Save changes button.
Continue... Remember: WordPress provides three random strings which you could use for the e-mail address on this page. so you need to go to see this page first to get one and then set up your POP account and after then return back to this page to set up your Post via e-mail. By default your blog posts are not automatically displayed on your WordPress front page, you need to be publish it from your WP-admin or you can set configuration to allow to submit posts without approval from wp-admin.
NOTE:Â To display your blog post on your blog , you need to access the wp-mail.php of your blog that is at http://yourdomain.com/wp-mail.php Also Read: To change content Type of mail in WordPress To get Last auto increment id in WordPress Cookie Free domain in WordPress To get Current URL in wordpress
That’s it.
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