changing notification emails from WordPress <wordpress>@mydomain.net to something else

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1. I use a very similar approach like John P Bloch and Bainternet, just a little bit more flexible, so I don’t have to change the mail address for any client:

   <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
   /*
    * Plugin Name: Filter System From Mail
    * Description: Sets the WP from mail address to the first admin’s mail and the from name to blog name.
    * Version:     2012.08.30
    * Author:      Fuxia Scholz
    * Author URI:  https://fuxia.me
    * License:     MIT
    */
   
   if ( ! function_exists( 't5_filter_system_from_mail' ) )
   {
       /**
        * First admin's e-mail address or blog name depending on current filter.
        *
        * See wp-includes/pluggable.php::wp_mail()
        *
        * @param  $input Name or email address
        * @return string
        */
       function t5_filter_system_from_mail( $input )
       {
           // not the default address, probably a comment notification.
           if ( 0 !== stripos( $input, 'wordpress' ) )
               return $input; // Not auto-generated
   
           return get_option( 'wp_mail_from' === current_filter()
               ? 'admin_email' : 'blogname' );
       }
   
       add_filter( 'wp_mail_from',      't5_filter_system_from_mail' );
       add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 't5_filter_system_from_mail' );
   }
   

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2. There’s a great plugin that does this for you called Send From. However, if you want to roll this yourself, it’s dead simple. To change the email address add a filter on 'wp_mail_from' like so:

   function just_use_my_email(){
     return 'my.email@domain.com';
   }
   
   add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'just_use_my_email' );
   

   And you can also change the sender’s name using the 'wp_mail_from_name' filter like so (this is entirely optional):

   function just_use_my_email_name(){
     return 'My Real Name';
   }
   
   add_filter( 'wp_mail_from_name', 'just_use_my_email_name' );
   

   Just swap the fake values for your real email address and you’re good to go.

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3. here:

       //email from name function
   function my_wp_mail_from_name($name) {
       return 'Name';
   }
   
   //email from email function
   function my_wp_mail_from($content_type) {
     return 'email@Domain.com';
   }
   
   add_filter('wp_mail_from','my_wp_mail_from');
   add_filter('wp_mail_from_name','my_wp_mail_from_name');
   

   Change Name to the name you want and email@Domain.com to the email address you want.
   but if you change the email address most anti span filter will block or spam your mail for spoofing.

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4. The existing answers are a better way to do this, however there is an alternative I’d like to mention.

   add_action('phpmailer_init','modify_phpmailer');
   
   function modify_phpmailer($phpmailer) {
   
       $phpmailer->From = "Full Name";
       $phpmailer->FromName = "from@address.com";
   
       $phpmailer->AddReplyTo("replyto@address.com");
   }
   

   This happens after the *wp_mail_from* and *wp_mail_from_name* filters. So with this you can force a change and prevent other plugins from modifying it. You can also work directly with the phpmailer object and do things such as adding a reply to address (shown above)

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