Google SMTP timing out

  • btork

    (@btork)


    1 week, 3 days ago

    I’m getting the following error. It has been working fine for the past few weeks. Nothing has changed and I cannot seem to fix the issue. Also, when trying to view the settings in WP Admin it takes 10 minutes for the page to load. I have disabled other plugins. Any ideas why it times out when trying to reach google or how to fix? I using godaddy hosting.

    Mailer: Gmail cURL error 28: Failed to connect to oauth2.googleapis.com port 443 after 131808 ms: Could not connect to server (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token

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  • Plugin Support Darshana

    (@darshanaw)

    5 days, 4 hours ago

    Hi @btork,

    Thanks for reaching out, and I’m sorry for the trouble.

    The error you’re seeing means that your site is unable to connect to Google’s OAuth server:

    cURL error 28: Failed to connect to oauth2.googleapis.com port 443

    Since you also mentioned that the WP Mail SMTP settings page takes around 10 minutes to load, this points more to a server-level connection or timeout issue rather than a problem with your WP Mail SMTP configuration itself.

    Because you’re using GoDaddy hosting, I’d recommend contacting their support team and asking them to check whether your server is able to make outbound connections to:

    oauth2.googleapis.com on port 443

    You can let them know that your WordPress site is timing out while trying to connect to Google’s OAuth endpoint, and ask whether there are any firewall, DNS, or outbound connection restrictions on the server.

    You can also share your Site Health info (WordPress Tools >> Site Health) with them.

    I hope this helps. Thank you!

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