WP-SMTP API Problem

  • Resolved zorba256

    (@zorba256)


    5 years ago

    Like other users on this forum, I’m impacted by the recognised problem that UpDraftPlus only supports an old version of the Gooogle API in the OAuth 1.0 series whereas WP Mail SMTP only supports version 2.0 of the OAuth API (I’m not clear exactly which API sub-versions).
    I’m taking this understanding from this recent discussion of the issue: https://wp101.net/support/topic/end-of-backup-email-not-working/ – forgive me if I’ve actually got the wrong Google API but the same principles apply anyway.
    I can understand your desire for backwards compatibility but do not see the need to penalise other users who have to use the latest version of the Google API in order to keep using some very widely used plug-ins that are keeping up to date. I use a range of other very popular plug-ins, including BBQ Pro, Sucuri, iThemes, that all work with the WP Mail SMTP plug-in without problems.
    In any case, the OAuth 1.0 API is now increasingly deprecated (by Google itself for example) and it is only a matter of time before it ceases to be available.
    Given that the problem with emailing message is not core functionality for UpdraftPlus, would it be possible for you to support both versions of the API and allow users to switch between them via the settings?
    It seems such a shame that two of the most widely used WordPress plug-in, each with 1-2 million users cannot find a way to work alongside each other successfully.
    Regards,
    Richard Andrews

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  • Plugin Author David Anderson / Team Updraft

    (@davidanderson)

    UpdraftPlus has never used the OAuth 1.0 API. Check out the code in includes/Google/Auth/OAuth2.php, which (as the name suggests) is using the OAuth 2.0 API.

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