# WordPress, Discourse and Local SMTP Server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-discourse-and-local-smtp-server/40929
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 12, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-discourse-and-local-smtp-server/40929 "2016-03-12T11:12:13Z")
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#### Post date: [March 12, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-discourse-and-local-smtp-server/40929/2 "2016-03-12T17:27:17Z")

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> [@DelphiKnight](#):
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> WordPress, Discourse

This is well-tested and should work fine. The basic idea is to let nginx sort requests between Discourse and your other services. You can find more details here:

> [@Run other websites on the same machine as Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247):
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> @pfaffman edited this heavily 2022.02.24. Blame me if it’s broken. If you want to run other websites on the same machine as Discourse, you need to set up an extra NGINX or HAProxy proxy in front of the Docker container. NOTE: This is for advanced admins This guide assumes you already have Discourse working - if you don’t, it may be hard to tell whether or not the configuration is working. You cannot use ./discourse-setup to set up Discourse if another server is using port 80 or 443. You will…

The SMTP server is separate and should work, but please note that sending mails yourself is terribly painful. I’d highly recommend using a commercial mailing service for this, e.g. [SendGrid](https://sendgrid.com/free).

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