WordPress sends a few emails out from a website including password reset emails that have a from email address wordpress@yoursite.com they also have a from name of WordPress.
Two WordPress filters can change these values wp_mail_from and wp_mail_from_name – add the below code in your child themes functions.php and change the appropriate values.
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add_filter('wp_mail_from', 'prefix_email_from'); // Change default WordPress from email address function prefix_email_from( $new_email ) { return 'admin@newadress.com'; // Change email address } add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', 'prefix_name_from'); // Change default WordPress from name function prefix_name_from( $new_name ) { return 'Company Name'; // Change from name } |
You could also bring in option values already created in the Settings > General page and use the Blogname and Admin Email values…
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add_filter('wp_mail_from', 'prefix_email_from'); // Change default WordPress from email address function prefix_email_from( $new_email ) { $admin_email = get_option( 'admin_email' ); return $admin_email; } add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', 'prefix_name_from'); // Change default WordPress from name function prefix_name_from( $new_name ) { $blogname = get_option( 'blogname' ); return $blogname; } |
