How to Change WordPress Default Email from Name and Address

by | May 29, 2015 | Websites | 4 comments

As a fan of WordPress blogging platform, each time we are engaging with WordPress default email system, we always find the default email from name and address is kinda weird. It will always by default the “From Name” in message appeared as “WordPress” and “From” address as “wordpress@your-domain.com”. This short tips will help you out on how to change them to any value you want. We can change WordPress default email from name and address.

There are two practical solutions to the issue.

change-wp-email-name

The easiest you can think of, there is a plugin that can solve this. Use Change WP eMail From Details. Simply download the plugins and install to your WordPress.Enter the appropriate information such as your preferred name and email.

The second solutions is little bit techie. Your WordPress theme must have functions.php in it. Edit it and paste the following code into it.

add_filter(‘wp_mail_from’, ‘new_mail_from’);
add_filter(‘wp_mail_from_name’, ‘new_mail_from_name’);
    
function new_mail_from($old) {
return ‘admin@yourdomain.com
‘;
}
function new_mail_from_name($old) {
return ‘Your Blog Name’;
}

You have to replace ‘admin@yourdomain.com’ with your actual email address, and ‘Your Blog Name’ with the name that you want to appear as From Name on all emails.

Do not forget to save the functions.php.

There you go. You can actually find few other ways possible. It depends. I simply use the first method.

4 Comments

  1. Patrick Buntsma
    Patrick Buntsma on November 25, 2016 at 6:03 am

    I am using a MultiSite installation with Events Manager Pro. Standard EM Pro sends all outgoing booking confirmations with the settings for the main blog. So I tried the plugin you mentioned. It works great on all blogs, sort of…

    There is a down side you need to mention (in my opinion). First, the plugin has not been updates for over two years by now (so already over a year when you posted this article), nor has any support been given since then.
    Secondly (and maybe more important), this plugin also changes the settings for ContactForm 7 and Gravity Form, so every entry sent with those plugins will use the Change Email settings for the sender. This makes it impossible to reply to a contact form… 🙁

    Is there a way to alter your php code for the use on MultiSite (if blog_id == 2) and add a filter to ignore changes if it is sent using GF?

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Reply
  2. soheyl
    soheyl on December 5, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    hi dear
    how to change body email?

    tanq and good luck

    Reply

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