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How to Change the From Email for Activation


  • steigw
    Participant

    @steigw

    I’m running WP 4.6 and BP 2.6.2 the nisarg child theme. I noticed that new account activation emails arrived as wordpress@mydomain.com. I wanted to change that and read all you have to do is insert code into the functions.php file in the child theme.

    <?php
    function custom_wp_mail_from( $email ) {
            $handle = ‘accounts’;
    	$find = 'http://'; 
    	$replace = '';
    	$link = get_bloginfo( 'url' );
    	$domain = str_replace( $find, $replace, $link );
    	return $handle . '@' . $domain ;
    }
    add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'custom_wp_mail_from' );
    ?>

    I did this and sure enough, the emails came from accounts@mydomain.com and that was great, until the link to activate was actually clicked. Then it took me to a website of just raw letters/numbers. So clearly something went wrong.

    Could someone help me with what I should do? Thanks!

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  • danbp
    Moderator

    @danbp

    Hi,

    i would use a cleaner code like what is indicated here.

    WP function references
    wp_mail_from
    wp_mail_from_name

    BP function references
    bp_core_email_from_name_filter
    bp_core_email_from_address_filter

    NB: please use the code button when you insert code on this forum.

    @steigw does the email link work if you take out your changes, and test?

    Is it always broken or only broken when this custom function is in place?


    steigw
    Participant

    @steigw

    only broken with that custom code, which I found in another post and worked for their theme/bp/wp setup. To try @danbp’s suggestions, I’ll need to find examples where more code is provided.

    Can you share the link that you get in the email so we can see what it looks like and where it goes?


    steigw
    Participant

    @steigw

    It’s a staging site that doesn’t have public access, but I can put the code and info in here. Here is the complete code of the functions.php in the child theme. maybe I just put it all together wrong.

    <?php
    function nisarg_enqueue_styles() {
    
        $parent_style = 'nisarg-style';
    
        wp_enqueue_style( 'bootstrap', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/bootstrap.css' );
        wp_enqueue_style( 'font-awesome', get_template_directory_uri().'/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css' );   
        wp_enqueue_style( $parent_style, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
    
        wp_enqueue_style( 'nisarg-child-style',
            get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
            array( $parent_style )
        );
    }
    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'nisarg_enqueue_styles' );
    ?>
    <?php
    function custom_wp_mail_from( $email ) {
            $handle = ‘accounts’;
    	$find = 'http://'; 
    	$replace = '';
    	$link = get_bloginfo( 'url' );
    	$domain = str_replace( $find, $replace, $link );
    	return $handle . '@' . $domain ;
    }
    add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'custom_wp_mail_from' );
    ?>

    The email link is:http://mydomain.com/activate/JA0BvkK1Q0DND10SYegdOtkTMemhGUF0/

    When I click on it immediately, I get all this:

    Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘phpmailerException’ with message ‘Invalid address: ‘accounts’@mydomain.com’ in /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php:946 Stack trace: #0 /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-includes/pluggable.php(352): PHPMailer->setFrom(‘\xE2\x80\x98accounts\xE2\x80\x99@…’, ‘WordPress’) #1 /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-includes/pluggable.php(1726): wp_mail(‘webmaster@arlin…’, ‘[My Dev Sit…’, ‘New user regist…’) #2 /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php(2031): wp_new_user_notification(18) #3 /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-screens.php(364): bp_core_activate_signup(‘JA0BvkK1Q0DND10…’) #4 [internal function]: bp_core_screen_activation(”) #5 /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-includes/plugin.php(524): cal in /homepages/25/d283441938/htdocs/clickandbuilds/staging/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php on line 946

    If I wait a while, then I get the normal webpage and it says “invalid activation key”. I don’t understand the significance of an immediate click on the link in the email vs. waiting a few more seconds, but it definitely matters.


    steigw
    Participant

    @steigw

    @danbp had referenced a page with a plug in that wasn’t approved for the version of my wordpress (4.6). I went ahead and tried it and it works great. WP Simple Email Sender (shows as WP Single Email in settings).

    I’d love to figure out how to do it the right way, but this seems to fill the bill.

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