Change WordPress Email Sender Without a Plugin

Emails received from your WordPress websites are from WordPress and the email is wordpress@yoursite.com. If you don’t want WordPress to appear in your email communications, this is how to change the WordPress email sender without a plugin.

Change the WordPress email sender without a plugin from your WordPress dashboard

Log in to your dashboard
Appearance > Editor
Select theme to edit
Find and select functions.php
Add the code below
Update file

Change the WordPress email sender without a plugin with the file manager

Open the file manager
Open your WordPress file directory
Go to wp-content > themes > your current template
Find and open functions.php
Add the code
Save the file

Copy the code here to change WordPress email sender without a plugin. Add the email address and sender name you prefer. For example, your sender name as your site name and your email address as admin@yoursite.com.

function wpb_sender_email( $original_email_address ) {
return 'add email address';
}

// Function to change sender name
function wpb_sender_name( $original_email_from ) {
return 'add sender name';
}

// Hooking up our functions to WordPress filters 
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'wpb_sender_email' );
add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 'wpb_sender_name' );

Now your site will display your email and site name in all communications, including new user registration, password reset and order confirmation.

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