Hi everyone,

I am using contact form 7 to put surveys and feedback on my page. But I notice that when I received it on my email. The “From” section always my site title and email from my wordpress general settings. I found out that its due a buddypress filter:
bp_core_email_from_name_filter()

Is there a way to override this? I don’t want to edit my “bp-core-filters.php” all the time coz sometimes I forget to do so after a buddypress update. I also searched the buddypress site but I could not get solution. Does anyone have ideas?

Thanks so much in advance!

[@bookclubreader Participant 10 years, 3 months ago]

I have the same problem. Were you able to figure out how to solve this? If so, please post the solution here.

Thanks

[@bookclubreader Participant 10 years, 3 months ago]

I spoke too soon. I found the answer here – Contact Form 7 – From Name Incorrect

Here’s what solved it for me:

remove_filter('wp_mail_from', 'bp_core_email_from_address_filter' );
remove_filter('wp_mail_from_name', 'bp_core_email_from_name_filter');

I added this to my function file. If you have Genesis Extender, it’s easy to do.

[@danbp Participant 10 years, 3 months ago]

Thank you for your reply @bookclubreader.

But the first topic is related to Contact Form 7, and your soluce applies to that plugin ONLY.
Also, the tip you linked to use a core file hack, and this is absolutely not to do.

If users who don’t use that plugin go to remove both filters, their emails won’t NEVER be send i guess.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_mail_from

For thoose who want to modify the default sender name (from), typically wordpress@yourdomain to something else, use these snippets and put them into your child-theme functions.php

//notification mail  From email field
function custom_email_from($mail) {
	$mail = 'your_email@addre.ss'; // Replace the email address here //
	return $mail;
}
add_filter('wp_mail_from','custom_email_from');

//notification mail From name field - optional

function custom_email_from_name($name) {
	$name = get_bloginfo('name');//or any other text
	return $name;
}
add_filter('wp_mail_from_name','custom_email_from_name');

MOD EDIT: Topic moved into Third Party Plugins section