WordPress SMTP DigitalOcean Issue

Hello I have this problem, What can I do? Test Message Sent The result was: C:\wamp64\www\rabbit\wp-content\plugins\wp-mail-smtp\wp_mail_smtp.php:257:boolean false The full debugging output is shown below: PHPMailer Object ( [Version] => 5.2.22 [Priority] => [CharSet] => UTF-8 [ContentType] => text/plain [Encoding] => 7bit [ErrorInfo] => SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. [From] => my.grannies.food@gmail.com [FromName] => Grannies Food [Sender] => [ReturnPath] => [Subject] => WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to deleon.josejuan3@gmail.com [Body] => This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin. [AltBody] => [Ical] => [MIMEBody:protected] => This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.

[MIMEHeader:protected] => Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 14:21:41 +0000

To: deleon.josejuan3@gmail.com From: Grannies Food Subject: WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to deleon.josejuan3@gmail.com Message-ID: 29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902@localhost X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.22 (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

[mailHeader:protected] => 
[WordWrap] => 0
[Mailer] => smtp
[Sendmail] => /usr/sbin/sendmail
[UseSendmailOptions] => 1
[PluginDir] => 
[ConfirmReadingTo] => 
[Hostname] => 
[MessageID] => 
[MessageDate] => Sun, 5 Nov 2017 14:21:41 +0000
[Host] => smtp.gmail.com
[Port] => 465
[Helo] => 
[SMTPSecure] => tls
[SMTPAutoTLS] => 1
[SMTPAuth] => 1
[SMTPOptions] => Array
    (
    )

[Username] => my.grannies.food@gmail.com
[Password] => cdg1cdg1607993281
[AuthType] => 
[Realm] => 
[Workstation] => 
[Timeout] => 300
[SMTPDebug] => 0
[Debugoutput] => echo
[SMTPKeepAlive] => 
[SingleTo] => 
[SingleToArray] => Array
    (
    )

[do_verp] => 
[AllowEmpty] => 
[LE] => 

[DKIM_selector] => 
[DKIM_identity] => 
[DKIM_passphrase] => 
[DKIM_domain] => 
[DKIM_private] => 
[DKIM_private_string] => 
[action_function] => 
[XMailer] => 
[smtp:protected] => SMTP Object
    (
        [Version] => 5.2.22
        [SMTP_PORT] => 25
        [CRLF] => 

        [do_debug] => 0
        [Debugoutput] => echo
        [do_verp] => 
        [Timeout] => 300
        [Timelimit] => 300
        [smtp_transaction_id_patterns:protected] => Array
            (
                [exim] => /[0-9]{3} OK id=(.*)/
                [sendmail] => /[0-9]{3} 2.0.0 (.*) Message/
                [postfix] => /[0-9]{3} 2.0.0 Ok: queued as (.*)/
            )

        [smtp_conn:protected] => 
        [error:protected] => Array
            (
                [error] => 
                [detail] => 
                [smtp_code] => 
                [smtp_code_ex] => 
            )

        [helo_rply:protected] => 
        [server_caps:protected] => 
        [last_reply:protected] => 
    )

[to:protected] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [0] => deleon.josejuan3@gmail.com
                [1] => 
            )

    )

[cc:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[bcc:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[ReplyTo:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[all_recipients:protected] => Array
    (
        [deleon.josejuan3@gmail.com] => 1
    )

[RecipientsQueue:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[ReplyToQueue:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[attachment:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[CustomHeader:protected] => Array
    (
    )

[lastMessageID:protected] => <29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902@localhost>
[message_type:protected] => plain
[boundary:protected] => Array
    (
        [1] => b1_29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902
        [2] => b2_29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902
        [3] => b3_29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902
    )

[language:protected] => Array
    (
        [authenticate] => SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
        [connect_host] => SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
        [data_not_accepted] => SMTP Error: data not accepted.
        [empty_message] => Message body empty
        [encoding] => Unknown encoding: 
        [execute] => Could not execute: 
        [file_access] => Could not access file: 
        [file_open] => File Error: Could not open file: 
        [from_failed] => The following From address failed: 
        [instantiate] => Could not instantiate mail function.
        [invalid_address] => Invalid address: 
        [mailer_not_supported] =>  mailer is not supported.
        [provide_address] => You must provide at least one recipient email address.
        [recipients_failed] => SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: 
        [signing] => Signing Error: 
        [smtp_connect_failed] => SMTP connect() failed.
        [smtp_error] => SMTP server error: 
        [variable_set] => Cannot set or reset variable: 
        [extension_missing] => Extension missing: 
    )

[error_count:protected] => 2
[sign_cert_file:protected] => 
[sign_key_file:protected] => 
[sign_extracerts_file:protected] => 
[sign_key_pass:protected] => 
[exceptions:protected] => 1
[uniqueid:protected] => 29edd326265f7ca1667075bd7a13c902

) The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

Thank You

It’s possible that SMTP is blocked on your droplet. Run the following command to check if you can connect to port 25 on a remote server:

nc -vz smtp.gmail.com 25

If that does not succeed, please open a support ticket so the team can take a look and help you out. Thanks!