Title: Changing Sending Email
Last modified: January 26, 2018

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# Changing Sending Email

 *  [GJS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gojobsearch/)
 * (@gojobsearch)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sending-email/)
 * Good evening
 * I have changed the default email going out to new users when they register etc
   in my functions.php file using:
 *     ```
       // Function to change email address
       function wpb_sender_email( $original_email_address ) {
           return 'MYCOMPANYNAME@MYCOMPANY.CO>UK';
       }
       // Function to change sender name
       function wpb_sender_name( $original_email_from ) {
           return 'MYCOMPANYNAME';
       }
       // Hooking up our functions to WordPress filters 
       add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'wpb_sender_email' );
       add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 'wpb_sender_name' );
       ```
   
 * That works great. The problem I am having is one of the plugins we use has set
   a default email address to come from candidates when they register for a job 
   and get sent to the employer. So they all need to be unique. This works when 
   my default email is coming from ‘WordPress’. However it does not work when I 
   change my default email address. This seems to obviously overwrite any other 
   sending email addresses.
 * I do not want my emails going out to clients coming from WordPress. It seems 
   crazy this cannot be set to whatever you want in your dashboard. So how can I
   change it to come from my company without it overriding any other plugins on 
   the site who need to have their own email addresses to send from etc?
 * I have tried a couple of plugins with the same result.
 * Thanks
    D
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).

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 *  [HudsonValleyWebDesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaycbrf/)
 * (@jaycbrf)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sending-email/#post-9903504)
 * Wrap your functions in a if statement that determines what form is submitting
   the request
 *  Thread Starter [GJS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gojobsearch/)
 * (@gojobsearch)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sending-email/#post-9903560)
 * Hi
 * Thank you for getting back to me.
 * Unfortunately I do not know how to do that. I have to search to find the code
   to change the WordPress email to my personalized email.
 * Could you possibly assist with this please? So that my emails are personal but
   don’t overwrite plugins which have this setup differently.
 * Many thanks
    D
 *  [Konstantinos Xenos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xkon/)
 * (@xkon)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sending-email/#post-9904942)
 * Hello,
 * The function you used is actually overriding everything when WordPress tries 
   to send an e-mail.
 * Now most contact form plugins allow you to modify the ‘FROM’ e-mail so you can
   input there whatever mail you wish to show.
 * After searching online a bit as I found this interesting the function you used
   will most likely replace that FROM field everywhere as well ( so we end up at
   your situation ).
 * I’ve read that some users used -> [https://wordpress.org/plugins/personal-email/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/personal-email/)
   instead of the custom function you entered to alter the default e-mail and that
   was not affecting any contact form plugin.
 * Be aware I haven’t tested it myself so make sure to keep backups etc to be safe,
   but I guess it is worth a try if it’s easier through a plugin for you instead
   of fiddling through custom codes.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Konstantinos Xenos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xkon/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sending-email/#post-9904942)
 * Status: not resolved

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