Fallback settings using Google App Password

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1. Go to Post SMTP and click on show all settings.

SMTP wordpress

2. Click on the Fallback tab.

Post SMTP fallback settings

3. Now go to your Google account and choose security on the left panel. Users have to configure 2-step verification.

2 step verification

4. Write the app password in the search bar and select App Password.

app passwords

5. The app password window will appear. The user has to select Other (Custom Name).

other passwords custom name

6. Enter the name and click on generate button. It will generate the app password. Copy that.

generated app password

7. Go back to the Fall Back settings of the Post SMTP and fill up the required field. Click on save changes.

setup password for your google account

8. The fallback settings have been successfully configured. Now if the email failed to be sent to the required recipient by the socket it will automatically be sent using the fallback settings.

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