There is problema entre WordPress y Hotmail, y es que en ocasiones algunos plugins que envían emails no entregan los mensajes a las cuentas de correo de Hotmail / Outlook. Eso puede ser un verdadero inconveniente si tienes a tu disposición de un ecommerce o en tu Web or Blog de WordPress estás enviando emails de forma constante.
If it's happening to you right now, you know what we're talking about:
Usuarios que te escriben para preguntarte dónde está la confirmación de subscription, el recibo de compra.
That at the same time supposes several interruptions in certain flows internal work that are vital for the operation of your website:
- Shopping sequences
- Abandoned cart sequences
- Welcome automations
For that little mistake, you could unknowingly burden yourself with your business.
Are people still using Hotmail right now?

Perhaps someone might believe that it is not something so serious.
"Ah, after all nobody uses Hotmail anymore"
Error.
Although to some Hotmail it may sound like something "old", the truth is that it is still a email provider widely used by users around the world.
Ok, at the same time we have to clarify that when we say Hotmail at the same time we are talking about Outlook, which is used a lot.
In fact, thousands of accounts are created on this service every day.
Para que te hagas una idea, ten en cuenta que luego de Gmail he client de correo preferido de millones de persons (more than 400,000,000) is Outlook / Hotmail.
But let's continue with what concerns us:
Why does the problem occur between WordPress and Hotmail?
Lo primero que debes de saber es que, si justo en esta instante, tienes un problema con algún plugin de WordPress y las cuentas de Hotmail / Outlook de los usuarios no eres el único.
This is a fairly common problem.
The drawback between Hotmail and WordPress has to do with the deliverability of the mails.
In this regard we have two news for you:
A good one and a bad one.
The good news is that the problem is not on the WordPress side or its plugins.
The bad news is that the conflict is in hotmail And that means that if you want to solve it yourself, you have it a bit difficult.
After all, you control your website in WordPress, its functionalities and plugins and you can modify everything until the problem is solved.
Saying it is too much:
Ni tú ni nosotros, ni ningún Username de a pie tiene el control de Hotmail / Outlook.
We cannot change your strict security filter that marks the emails that are sent from certain WordPress tools (such as the contact form plugin Contact Form 7, pero no es el único) como Spam o correo no deseado y no los muestra en la bandeja principal.
And if the problem is not in WordPress, what can be done to solve it?
It is a good question and like all good questions it can put us on the way to good answers.
Email security experts say that while WordPress is great, it has some unfinished business with something known as:
SMTP
What is SMTP and what does it have to do with Hotmail and WordPress?
SMTP is the acronym for:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Which can be translated as:
Simple Email Transfer Protocol
That Simple Transfer Protocol or SMTP is a web standard that is text-based and communicates to the sender and receiver.
The problem occurs when certain parameters of the protocol for simple mail transfer are not perfectly configured on the sender's side (on the sender's side, in this case WordPress) to adapt to the demands of the receiver (in this case Hotmail / Outlook).
That means that if the settings in WordPress do not match the requirements of Hotmail, the messages we send from the plugins on our website will never reach their destination.
How to fix the problem between WordPress and Hotmail?
One of the best and simplest options to solve the deliverability problem of the messages that come out of WordPress to the email accounts created in Hotmail Outlook is with a plugin, specifically with the plugin:
WP Mail SMTP
WP Mail SMTP belongs to the people of WPForms As of the writing date of this post, it has more than two million active installations (but it will continue to increase).
It is a widely used active plugin that is constantly updated.
Se entiende bastante bien con las últimas versiones de WordPress y con la más recientes versiones de PHP, de esta manera no obtendrás ningún problema de seguridad y compatibilidad a la hora de usar el plugin WP Mail SMTP en tu web.
How to use WP Mail SMTP to encourage deliverability from WordPress to Hotmail?
All you have to do is search WP Mail SMTP In the WordPres plugin repository, this is a free plugin that has many powerful features in its free version, but in its Premium version it gives you more options.
Installing the WP Mail SMTP plugin is easy. Once you install it and activate it, all you have to do is locate the settings tab and select the option:
WP Mail SMTP
A tab will open where you will be able to select the email client you want to work with.
Each client has its specific instructions, but the same plugin guides you step by step, this way you will not get inconvenience to make it work.
Tea we recommend use some Hotmail / Outlook email accounts to test the effectiveness of sending through this plugin.
Of course, this is only the beginning, WordPress offers many possibilities and if you want to know all the options in a simple way and in your language you can sign up for the best online course in Spanish of WordPress.