Wordpress email with Gmail

functions.php

// add the following to your themes functions.php file
// Off course, you should never change the parent theme and put all the changes in a child theme

add_action( 'phpmailer_init', 'gmail_phpmailer_init' );
function gmail_phpmailer_init( PHPMailer $phpmailer ) {
    $phpmailer->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
    $phpmailer->Port = 587; 
    $phpmailer->Username = '[email protected]'; // Full username (with @gmail.com)
    $phpmailer->Password = 'your_secret_password'; // Your own password
    $phpmailer->SMTPAuth = true; // Gmail requires authentication
    $phpmailer->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; //587 is the tls port, ssl can also be configured with 'ssl' and port  is another possible value

    $phpmailer->IsSMTP();
}