Why won’t wp_mail() let me set the From: header when plain old PHP mail() will?

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?

Adding a second email address to a completed order in WooCommerce

Before I ask this question, I know there is a (legitimate) hesitation to answer questions here about Woo products since they have their own support and their users should be encouraged to use that. I am a paying Woo user but couldn’t solve this with their paid support, and my question is about overriding classes … Read more

How to auto send email when publishing a custom post type?

I’d like to have an email automatically sent out to my website’s subscribers when I publish a post for a specific custom post type. I’ve found a few plugins that will do this but only for regular posts (or for any post type that gets published, not allowing you to specify a particular post type). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

User Without Email?

When creating a user in WordPress an email address is required for that user. The website I’m working on requires that users remain anonymous (it’s part of a research study) and I’d consider email to be an identifying piece of data. Users will be added manually, so email is not required to confirm accounts or prevent spam sign-ups.

Sending multipart (text/html) emails via wp_mail() will likely get your domain banned

Summary Because of a bug in WP Core, sending multipart emails (html/text) with wp_mail() (to reduce chance of emails ending up in spam folders) will ironically result with your domain being blocked by Hotmail (and other Microsoft emails). This is a complex problem that I’ll aim to break down in great detail in an attempt … Read more