Change “from ” name & email

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You may find this link useful.

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I actually find that link shocking.

considering most WP users are not coders or comfortable making changes to code I look at this as a blatant disregard of our privacy as well as taking advantage of those that are less technical.

…either by accident or not, it in no way can be justified.

It is not our job as WP users to advertise WP!

Howdy!

My initial question is what is it you are trying to do that for? If you need to reset a password there are several ways of doing that too. Using WP CLI is the first thing that comes to mind. That does require a host have that or some form it running that remotely.

The other would be directly connecting to the database and just outright changing that. Most hosting companies I’ve come across have a way of doing that either via using some 3rd party tool like Sequel Pro or through phpMyAdmin.

Go to the Plugins page on your site and click ‘Add New’. Search ’email’ or ’email from’.
I found one plugin there that, according to its description, appears to do what you wish:
WP Mail From II

Allows you to configure the default email address and name used for emails sent by WordPress.

I’ve not used the plugin myself but I suppose it does pretty much what was suggested in the link posted in the first comment.

@jcastaneda – Why am I trying to change the email address used for the forgot password notifications? Because they say from [email protected] and I need it to be [email protected].

– In addition, I don’t believe that advertising that I am using WordPress is my obligation.

– I think its confusing user experience to allow me to change the email address for EVERY email from within the settings..except for this one email.

– I don’t think its right that thousands of non-technical WP site owners are forced to expose the platform they use to customers, hackers, and competitors.

The fact that the email that can be changed within the settings doesn’t apply to the forgot email ..is strange to the point where it feels blatant, tricky, and shady.

@apedog – I am definitely not going to install a plugin to something so simple. I know PHP well but I should have to add custom code to my functions.php file either…

@jcastaneda – I definitely shouldn’t have to make changes directly to the database on this. However, I am very curious where this email address is saved in the database and why it’s not impacted by the main email address settings?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by deandid.

The fact that the email that can be changed within the settings doesn’t apply to the forgot email ..is strange to the point where it feels blatant, tricky, and shady.

If by the email in the settings you mean the “Administration Email Address” in Settings > General – that’s the address where the site admin receives emails from the WordPress installation. You’re asking about emails sent from the WordPress installation. They’re not the same address. One is yours (private). The other is outgoing and defaults to [email protected]

I am definitely not going to install a plugin to something so simple. I know PHP well but I should have to add custom code to my functions.php file either…

If you can code basic PHP but don’t want to edit your theme’s function.php file, you can write write this simple code in a simple file and put in your plugins folder. You just need to add a plugin header block – and you’re good to go.
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/plugins/plugin-basics/header-requirements/

You asked if there’s a way to change the from name and address – and the answer is: Yes, A few lines of code.
Code that change how WordPress works goes either in your theme’s functions.php file or in a plugin file.
That’s it.

Well, I do appreciate the help here. So a sincere thank you.

However, I really feel for the people that won’t go this length. Not really fair to these users. Any email that is sent out be the stie should be able to be configured within the admin (like every other platform I am aware of).