When I use wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ) (with values in place, of course), the email gets sent with a from name and email that isn’t set anywhere I can find (not even in PHP or Apache settings). However, using mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ) instead works just fine. What could be happening with wp_mail() to cause this?
Answers:
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Method 1
Hi @helenyhou:
You can set the header, just not with a parameter. WordPress uses “hooks” and the hooks you need are 'wp_mail_from' and 'wp_mail_from_name' hooks.
Here are the hooks you might add to your theme’s functions.php file to modify the "From:" header when using wp_mail() to the email address Helen Hou-Sandi <[email protected]>:
add_filter('wp_mail_from','yoursite_wp_mail_from');
function yoursite_wp_mail_from($content_type) {
return '<a href="https://getridbug.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd3ded7ded5c2d3d4cefbdec3dad6cbd7de95d8d4d6">[email protected]</a>';
}
add_filter('wp_mail_from_name','yoursite_wp_mail_from_name');
function yoursite_wp_mail_from_name($name) {
return 'Helen Hou-Sandi';
}
Method 2
Well, if you’re using the From: "Your Name" <[email protected]>rn format in your headers, you shouldn’t be having a problem (unless you have a plugin installed which overrides the wp_mail function).
However, as Mike said, you can filter the ultimate values with those filters, or you can just install this plugin:
It’ll give you an options setting to determine what name and email to use in wp_mail().
Method 3
Sorry to revive an old question but isn’t it better to set via the headers like so:
$subject = "MyPlugin: Alert (".get_bloginfo('wpurl').")";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "rn";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=".get_bloginfo('charset')."" . "rn";
$headers .= "From: MyPlugin <".$this->settings['from_address'].">" . "rn";
wp_mail($this->settings['notify_address'], $subject, $alertMessage, $headers);
That way you don’t have to worry about using a filter and then removing at after wp_mail().
Method 4
It’s a bit of a hack but you can also use the Reply To header tag:
$headers = 'Reply-To: "Aaren A. Aarenson" <[email protected]>';
Sadly this adds the email address to the From list, and replying means you will have to manually remove the address configured in the wp_mail_from filter.
Method 5
I had the same problem. For me it came out that the hosting provider (BlueHost) was preventing from changing the from field. Here they explain it https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/206 .
I fixed the problem by adding the email to cPanel mailboxes just as they say.
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