WP Mail Error/Exception handling and SMTP settings

wpmail_exceptions.php

<?php
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) OR exit;
/**
 * Plugin Name: (WCM) PHPMailer Exceptions & SMTP
 * Description: WordPress by default returns <code>FALSE</code> instead of an <code>Exception</code>. This plugin fixes that.
 */

add_action( 'phpmailer_init', 'WCMphpmailerException' );
function WCMphpmailerException( $phpmailer )
{
	if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) OR ! WP_DEBUG )
	{
		$phpmailer->SMTPDebug = 0;
		$phpmailer->debug = 0;
		return;
	}

	if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )
		return;

	// Enable SMTP
	# $phpmailer->IsSMTP();
	$phpmailer->SMTPDebug = 2;
	$phpmailer->debug     = 1;

	$data = apply_filters(
		'wp_mail',
		compact( 'to', 'subject', 'message', 'headers', 'attachments' )
	);

	// Show what we got
	current_user_can( 'manage_options' )
		AND print htmlspecialchars( var_export( $phpmailer, true ) );

	$error = null;
	try
	{
		$sent = $phpmailer->Send();
		! $sent AND $error = new WP_Error( 'phpmailer-error', $sent->ErrorInfo );
	}
	catch ( phpmailerException $e )
	{
		$error = new WP_Error( 'phpmailer-exception', $e->errorMessage() );
	}
	catch ( Exception $e )
	{
		$error = new WP_Error( 'phpmailer-exception-unknown', $e->getMessage() );
	}

	if ( is_wp_error( $error ) )
		return printf(
			"%s: %s",
			$error->get_error_code(),
			$error->get_error_message()
		);
}

wpmail_smtp.php

<?php
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) OR exit;
/**
 * Plugin Name: (WCM) PHPMailer SMTP Settings
 * Description: Enables SMTP servers, SSL/TSL authentication and SMTP settings.
 */

add_action( 'phpmailer_init', 'phpmailerSMTP' );
function phpmailerSMTP( $phpmailer )
{
	# $phpmailer->IsSMTP();
	# $phpmailer->SMTPAuth    = true;  // Authentication
	# $phpmailer->Username    = '';
	# $phpmailer->Password    = '';
	# $phpmailer->SMTPSecure  ='ssl'; // enable if required, 'tls' is another possible value
	# $phpmailer->Host        = '';    // SMTP Host
	# $phpmailer->Port        = 26;    // SMTP Port
}

+1 to be in the core!

Nice

Hello, i'm new in wordpress , can you tell me where i should put this file and how load it please? (wpmail_exceptions.php)

Hey, the following line is included twice:
$phpmailer->Host = '';

Nice gist.