WordPress Plugin – Change WP eMail From Details
Categories: Wordpress Plugin
This WordPress plugin lets you customize the email details that appear on emails sent from WordPress. By default the “From Name” on emails sent from wordpress has a name “WordPress” and the “From Address” on emails has “wordpress@your-domian.com” which is not very meaningful. You can customize both these fields with this plugin so your customers are not confused.
Plugin Installation
- Unzip and Upload the folder “change-wp-mail-from-details” to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
Plugin Usage
- Check the appropriate checkbox for the options that you want to customize.
- Enter the customized text in the appropriate field.
Settings Screen of the Change "Email From Details" Plugin
Special Note
If you are trying to customize the “From Name” and “From Email Address” for any of the following plugins then there is an even simpler solution:
- WordPress Shopping Cart (WP eStore)
- WordPress Membership Plugin (WP eMember)
- WordPress Affiliate Plugin (WP Affiliate Platform)
You can use the following format in the “From Email Address” field in the settings menu of these plugins:
Your Name <youremail@gmail.com>
So for the above example “Your Name” will be displayed as the name and “youremail@gmail.com” will be used in the email address field.
Support/Donation Option
Donation option can be found on my projects page.
Download Latest Version (v1.0)
Download the Plugin.
#1 by Charles on January 16, 2010 - 3:21 pm
Hi Amin:
why would WP be sending emails in the first place?
I don’t understand the need for this, but must be overlooking something obvious.
#2 by admin on January 16, 2010 - 8:00 pm
When someone leaves a comment wordpress sends an email. Many plugins send emails using WordPress too. In all those cases you get “WordPress” in the name field and “wordpress@your-site.com” in the from field. Many people like to customize those for whatever purposes. This is where this plugin comes in handy.
#3 by Sumeet Chawla on January 26, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Nice plugin. Just a feedback: It would be great if you could also add a subject modification feature in the next update
Thanks!
Sumeet Chawla´s last blog ..Joe Guevara – Storyteller, Musician, Soul Food Chef
#4 by Rado on February 1, 2010 - 12:24 am
Hi Amin, does it mean with this plugin we could put in for example a gmail address, and then the email sent-from for Re: would have that gmail email address?
It always enoys me when I see the wordpress default. Even when working with your shopping cart or bulk action email. I simply got used to not to check that address (once a month only) and enter into the email body “do not reply to this address”, or to miss those few people who don’t read it and reply anyway.
Thank you.
#5 by admin on February 1, 2010 - 3:38 am
Hi Rado, yes you should be able to specify your gamil address as the “From address”.
#6 by Rado on February 2, 2010 - 5:10 am
Thank you Amin. Your programs and systems actually make life much easier. I haven’t updated my eStore for a while, maybe I missed the upgrade email from you?!
#7 by sazkove kancelare on February 26, 2010 - 12:09 pm
great part of information.thanks,help a lot
sazkove kancelare´s last blog ..Sázkova kancelář Bwin
#8 by Peter F. on March 11, 2010 - 5:32 pm
Awesome solution, you guys. This saved me from a potentially painful & tedious alternative!
#9 by Julie Hall on March 13, 2010 - 3:04 am
Love the simplicity and ease of this plugin – perfect solution to the email from WordPress issue
#10 by Richard on March 15, 2010 - 7:40 am
Hi , ithis is going to be a rally useful neat plugin. ‘m not seeing the wysiwyg view when trying to edit the from address, i get the code view . I’m not a programmer. How do I get the view like the image under the plugin usage image with check boxes etc?
thanks
#11 by admin on March 16, 2010 - 2:18 am
You edit the details in the “Settings menu” of the plugin not in the editor.
#12 by Frank Thomas on June 10, 2010 - 2:05 am
Hey Amin!
I just wanted to say thanks for this plugin! I am a customer already and love your plugins, but this one is just too useful! Solves a simple but crappy problem with WordPress uber fast!
Thanks very much!
Frank
Frank Thomas´s last blog ..Current Status
#13 by Konstantinos on July 5, 2010 - 8:22 am
Thank you for this awesome plugin. It is just what I needed to customize and personalize my wordpress installations!
#14 by שיווק באינטרנט on July 24, 2010 - 1:06 pm
Hey,
I’m three years online doing business with wordpress, and all this time I had this nagging notion that I need to solve the email details problem on all my sites. Never got time to do it…
But, what do you know. Luckily for me I saw a link to this plugin on some forum, merely by accident, and viola!! I’m the happiest man right now!!
Thanks a lot!
- Alex.
#15 by Rapid Prototyping on August 19, 2010 - 1:26 am
I really consider this as a great tool because recently I have had some issues customizing my emails in the sent items of the email list. I tried whatever possible to do it but could not just get it right. I became so frustrated that I threw my shoes at the computer. Now I am so glad that there is a word press plug-in for that matter which enables me to customize the emails sent in the list!