I apologize if this topic has discussed in prior threads but I’ve been searching for hours and not coming up with a fix.
I’ve entered and double checked the smtp data; host = smtp.gmail.com port – 465 and entered a working email address and password
Also installed Easy WP SMTP pluggin using the same email address, host etc.. Easy WP SMTP debugging Results: The following From address failed: chc.website@xxxxxxxx.com : Called Mail() without being connected