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FAQ > After submitting the form, I get an error message stating “There was an error trying to send your message.” What is wrong?

Greetings Takayuki, thank you for your hard work on this great plugin. Sadly I’m having the same issue, red box: “There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.”

Been through your “FAQ” [1] and “Best practice” [2] pages but nothing there solves this. Am using WordPress 5.6 on Ubuntu server with Apache2, mySQL, PHP 7.2 versions. Also have a [email protected] mailbox setup.

I tried installing plugins “SMTP Mailer” and “Easy WP SMTP” since they claim to work with Contact-7 forms. They both work just fine sending email in their test message mode. However Contact-7 does not appear to integrate with them.

Also did a wp_mail() test per Chad Butler’s website [3] and verified my wp_mail() function is working correctly. So I know it’s not my server or WordPress site. Seems to be something in your PHP code.

Really want to use your Contact-7 form but just won’t work. Red box error every time. Some real help would be appreciated.

[1] https://contactform7.com/faq/after-submitting-the-form-i-get-an-error-message/
[2] https://contactform7.com/best-practice-to-set-up-mail/
[3] https://butlerblog.com/testing-the-wp_mail-function/