WordPress - Change Default Email Address Plugin

Date: 20th February 2008 at 12:04 am | Filed under: development, plugins, wordpress | Author: Sam Burdge

This WordPress plugin changes the default email address that all notifications sent from your blog are addressed from. The default address for all emails sent by your blog is currently wordpress@ yoursite.com.

I had seen some tutorials / forum entries previously where people suggested editing the core WordPress file 'pluggable.php' to overide this default. This method does work, however you would have to repeat the hack every time you upgrade to a new version of WordPress so it is not an ideal solution.

Faced with this problem for a site I was working on recently, I wrote this basic plugin which allows you to configure your own email address in the format: Your Name <yourname@yoursite.com>.

Installation:

  1. Upload the file wp_change_default_email.php to your wp-content/plugins folder
  2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins page in WordPress

Usage:

  1. In the Plugins page in WordPress click the edit button next to the plugin in the list.
  2. Scroll down until you see a note saying 'Configure it'
  3. Enter your name and email as shown
  4. If you don't enter a new address the default 'wordpress@' will remain

Download:


20 Responses to “WordPress - Change Default Email Address Plugin”

  • Comment by Shane
    Date: February 29th, 2008 at 8:33 am

    Works great - thank you!

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    Date: July 9th, 2008 at 6:56 am

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  • Comment by Shane
    Date: August 25th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    Is there a newer version than 0.1? I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1 and the Plugins area is telling me that there is a new version, but the new version links to:
    GALLERY LIGHTBOX PLUGIN
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-25-gallery-lightbox-plugin/

    Also, just an FYI, version 0.1 now conflicts with the Subscribe2 plugin.

  • Comment by Greg
    Date: September 17th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    Very handy little plug-in, works like a charm, thanks.

    I’m experiencing a little weirdness, though. I downloaded it from your site. When I install it, it works fine but I get an alert telling me there’s a new version 1.3 (the code says “Version 0.1″) and the link to get the new version points at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-25-gallery-lightbox-plugin/ which is clearly wrong. The “Upgrade automatically” option doesn’t work either, with the error mentioning wp-25-gallery.

    Since it works, the only reason I care is I don’t want the little orange flag over “Plugins” in my dashboard, but seems like something you’d want to know.

  • Comment by huski
    Date: October 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 am

    wordpress 2.5
    not working for me, i made the two changes , name and email to the php file, verified the changes were saved in the php file, but it continues to send wordpress and wordpress@domain

    ????

  • Comment by m1k3y
    Date: February 9th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    Great Job!
    THX !!!

  • Comment by marco
    Date: February 16th, 2009 at 5:08 am

    Hi

    IS the email address restricted to the domain of the website? OR can any email address be used, say gmail account?

  • Comment by marco
    Date: February 21st, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    Hi

    This appears like it will do the (magik) trick but I have an unusual situation in which the email address my client wants for default does not use the website’s domain name in it. So simply setting the name in front of the @ symbol is not sufficient - and neither is my confidence in editing your php to accomodate it. Could write up a note on how this customization in the php file would go?
    Sorry for the xtra trouble. Really appreciate your efforts with this as you can imagine.

    /marco

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  • Comment by Beth
    Date: August 3rd, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    I had no idea this was even an issue. I thought that it would just show up with my email by default. That’s dumb.

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  • Comment by Marcus Naylor
    Date: September 8th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Made the changes in the plugin editor, added my From Name and the from Address, updated changes and nothing happened. Still coming from Wordpress

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  • Comment by Adam
    Date: November 3rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    This is a life saver. We were testing the site and discovered the “wordpress@”. We knew we didn’t want that. Wordpress really need to allow users to change this from the dashboard. But anyway, this works perfectly and I wanted to thank you Sam for sharing your expertise with us.

  • Comment by Harry
    Date: November 6th, 2009 at 10:40 am

    Thanks for the plugin.

  • Comment by Tony
    Date: November 14th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Works Great!!!!! Thanks!!!

  • Comment by Rhino
    Date: November 21st, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Hi,
    Thanks for your great plugin. I were used it in my blog, it run so cool. But i have a problem with my language. I use Vietnamese language and the email appear: [Tranh biếm hỠa Việt Nam] Có thà nh viên mới đăng kí

    Can you help me this problem?
    Thanks!

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  • Comment by Norguad
    Date: January 8th, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    Hi, I used the plugin, but it turns all non-latin characters into weird characeters (for example: é is é or ř is Å™). Do you know how to solve it?

    Thank you very much.

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