How do I change notification emails address from WordPress @mydomain to something else.
I want to do this because WordPress @mydomain ends up getting flagged as junk mail.
Thanks
Daniel
How do I change notification emails address from WordPress @mydomain to something else.
I want to do this because WordPress @mydomain ends up getting flagged as junk mail.
Thanks
Daniel
Share Improve this question edited Aug 27, 2011 at 14:26 Rarst 100k10 gold badges161 silver badges298 bronze badges asked Mar 18, 2011 at 12:21 user4030user4030 3- 1 Why not add the address to your safe senders list ? then it won't end up in the junk mail. – t31os Commented Mar 18, 2011 at 12:31
- 1 That would work for me but not my users. – user4030 Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 2:54
- That's fair enough, it wasn't clear that you weren't only referring to yourself in the opening question. – t31os Commented Mar 19, 2011 at 9:13
4 Answers
Reset to default 23I use a very similar approach like John P Bloch and Bainternet, just a little bit more flexible, so I don’t have to change the mail address for any client:
<?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
/*
* Plugin Name: Filter System From Mail
* Description: Sets the WP from mail address to the first admin’s mail and the from name to blog name.
* Version: 2012.08.30
* Author: Fuxia Scholz
* Author URI: https://fuxia.me
* License: MIT
*/
if ( ! function_exists( 't5_filter_system_from_mail' ) )
{
/**
* First admin's e-mail address or blog name depending on current filter.
*
* See wp-includes/pluggable.php::wp_mail()
*
* @param $input Name or email address
* @return string
*/
function t5_filter_system_from_mail( $input )
{
// not the default address, probably a comment notification.
if ( 0 !== stripos( $input, 'wordpress' ) )
return $input; // Not auto-generated
return get_option( 'wp_mail_from' === current_filter()
? 'admin_email' : 'blogname' );
}
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 't5_filter_system_from_mail' );
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 't5_filter_system_from_mail' );
}
There's a great plugin that does this for you called Send From. However, if you want to roll this yourself, it's dead simple. To change the email address add a filter on 'wp_mail_from' like so:
function just_use_my_email(){
return '[email protected]';
}
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'just_use_my_email' );
And you can also change the sender's name using the 'wp_mail_from_name' filter like so (this is entirely optional):
function just_use_my_email_name(){
return 'My Real Name';
}
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 'just_use_my_email_name' );
Just swap the fake values for your real email address and you're good to go.
here:
//email from name function
function my_wp_mail_from_name($name) {
return 'Name';
}
//email from email function
function my_wp_mail_from($content_type) {
return '[email protected]';
}
add_filter('wp_mail_from','my_wp_mail_from');
add_filter('wp_mail_from_name','my_wp_mail_from_name');
Change Name to the name you want and [email protected] to the email address you want. but if you change the email address most anti span filter will block or spam your mail for spoofing.
The existing answers are a better way to do this, however there is an alternative I'd like to mention.
add_action('phpmailer_init','modify_phpmailer');
function modify_phpmailer($phpmailer) {
$phpmailer->From = "Full Name";
$phpmailer->FromName = "[email protected]";
$phpmailer->AddReplyTo("[email protected]");
}
This happens after the *wp_mail_from* and *wp_mail_from_name* filters. So with this you can force a change and prevent other plugins from modifying it. You can also work directly with the phpmailer object and do things such as adding a reply to address (shown above)