wp_mail() is not working on server

Question

I am breaking my head from last 1 hour but not getting any idea that what's going wrong with my code...

I am developing my own plugin and I am using wp_mail() function for sending mail in that but it's not sending mail it seems.

I tried to use PHP Mailer which is working fine but I want to use wp_mail().. this is my code..

  $from = "[email protected]";
    $headers[] = "From:" . $from;
    $send = wp_mail("[email protected]", "hiii", "hiiii",$headers);
      if($send) {
          echo "send";
        return false;
       } else {
           echo $send;
        return true;
       }

Can any body help me to figure out my mistake... I am testing it on my server only...

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Since PHP Mailer is working fine do you have the same credentials setup for wp_mail? If you're using an authenticated SMTP for PHP Mailer then you'll possibly need a plugin to get the authentication into wp_mail. There are a few different ones that all work but one is https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ for example.

Answer 2

Try using the $headers as a string, and giving a name to the email.

$headers = 'From: Your Name <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";

Do not forget to add the \r\n like in the code above if you are using the string version.

If this does not work, try using wp_mail without additional headers, and check if it works. Should be sorted then :)