Title: SMTP password unencrypted
Last modified: August 21, 2016

---

# SMTP password unencrypted

 *  [Balztrap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/balztrap/)
 * (@balztrap)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-password-unencrypted/)
 * Why is the SMTP password stored as plaintext in the db?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/)

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [Renato Alves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/espellcaste/)
 * (@espellcaste)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-password-unencrypted/#post-3864643)
 * Good question!
 *  [OConsultingGroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oconsultinggroup/)
 * (@oconsultinggroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-password-unencrypted/#post-3864647)
 * I am surprised the plugin author hasn’t (a) responded to this thread and (b) 
   thought of this! I’d like to keep using the plugin, but once I saw this flaw,
   I was forced to deactivate.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-password-unencrypted/#post-3864648)
 * It’s the vacation season. Try waiting a bit longer…

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘SMTP password unencrypted’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/easy-wp-smtp/assets/icon.svg?rev=3158017)
 * [Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-wp-smtp/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-wp-smtp/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-wp-smtp/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-wp-smtp/reviews/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-password-unencrypted/#post-3864648)
 * Status: not resolved