How does wordpress send an email through the contact form on the website?

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Hi guys,

When we create a wordpress website, it gives us the add a plugin for sending mail by filling a contact form.

My question is, how does wordpress able to do it, do they have a mail server that it gets all the data through the contact form and sends us an email?

My question might sound a bit dumm, but I really wonder how are they doing it?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Kind Regards,
Ozgur

Posted 10-May-14 11:11am

Ozgur Tezel

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[no name] 10-May-14 17:20pm

Why are you not asking wordpress about it?

Ozgur Tezel 10-May-14 18:21pm

I was thinking to ask them, but I am pretty sure that there are some developers on this website who are better than them. Asking wordpress could be a solution as well, I will ask them too.

[no name] 10-May-14 18:52pm

Well the thing you have to think about is how would someone here know anything about how wordpress does anything?

Ozgur Tezel 10-May-14 19:04pm

I agree with you, I guess better place is the wordpress itself to get an answer for my question. Thanks for your comments and advice.

John Teague 10-Dec-14 14:40pm

Wes - WordPress is one of the topic categories people can post questions about here, just like other CMS' and frameworks. Nothing wrong with asking the question.

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John Teague · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-10T08:43:00

WordPress, by default, uses a PHP function called mail() to send mail notifications if the host server supports it. Some servers require that all mail be sent using a valid SMTP account. In that case, host providers often include a SMTP plugin so you can configure your account credentials for sending mail from your SMTP account. When activated, the plugin overrides the default WordPress mail() function.