Title: Custom Email Address
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Custom Email Address

 *  Resolved [Jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonogborne/)
 * (@jonogborne)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-email-address/)
 * Hello there,
 * I created a custom from name and email address for my website as in the following
   guide;
 * [http://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/users-guide/customizing-emails/set-a-custom-email-address/](http://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/users-guide/customizing-emails/set-a-custom-email-address/)
 * It seems to work for all of the emails except the password reset,
    which seems
   to default to the standard [wordpress@mydomain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-email-address/wordpress@mydomain.com?output_format=md).
 * Is this a bug that anyone else has been experiencing or am I alone?
 * Thanks, Jon
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-members/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-members/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-email-address/#post-6970403)
 * When you use the setting in the plugin’s emails tab, it only affects emails sent
   by the plugin. That particular email is not from the plugin. It’s actually from
   WordPress and was something that was introduced as a security measure in 4.3.
 * You can prevent that email from being sent with [a simple code snippet](https://gist.github.com/butlerblog/d5d418511538ff2c2d48/).
   There is a premium extension for the plugin [Advanced Options](http://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/add-on-modules/advanced-options-tab-extension/)
   that has a setting to turn these off. Or you could set up a global filter for
   the [from address](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_mail_from)
   and [name](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_mail_from_name).
 *  Thread Starter [Jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonogborne/)
 * (@jonogborne)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-email-address/#post-6970404)
 * OK that’s brilliant thanks for the quick response.
 * Great plugin and author.
 * Jon.

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 * Last reply from: [Jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonogborne/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-email-address/#post-6970404)
 * Status: resolved