How to change the default mailbox of your WordPress?

This manual explains how to modify the email account that is created by default in a WordPress installation from SWPanel. In addition to changing the account, such as updating the password or modifying the connection security.

1. Using the search bar of your SWPanel, access your WordPress hosting:

2. If your Hosting plan only allows one email mailbox, you will need to delete your current mailbox and create a new one. To do this, you can follow the following manual: Manuale: Email.

3. Next, you must access the file manager of your hosting:

4. You must locate and edit the wp-config.php file, located in datos/web/wp-config.php:

5. At the bottom of the file, you must locate the following section:

6. Here, you must modify the following sections with the parameters you will find in the details of the account you have created (Manual Manuale: Email):

Configuration, if your email mailbox has a security certificate (You can install it by following the following manual Manuale: How to Activate TLS for my email via SWPanel.)

define('WPMS_SMTP_HOST', '**mail_server**');

define('WPMS_SMTP_PORT', **465**);

define('WPMS_SSL', '**ssl**'); 

define('WPMS_SMTP_USER', '**Email**');

define('WPMS_SMTP_PASS', '**Password**');

Configuration, if your email mailbox DOES NOT have a security certificate

define('WPMS_SMTP_HOST', '**mail_server**');

define('WPMS_SMTP_PORT', **25**);

define('WPMS_SMTP_USER', '**Email**');

define('WPMS_SMTP_PASS', '**Password**');

7. To ensure that WordPress notifications and password recovery emails reach your new account, you must enter your WordPress configuration panel and edit your user profile via the Users → Profile tab, modify the Email section, and update it with your new email account:

8. To verify that the configuration is correct, you can do so using the WP Mail SMTP plugin (installed automatically) by using the Email Test function: