Title: Set Email "From" Address
Author: justinsamuel
Published: 2008-01-15
Last modified: 2008-01-15
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# Set Email "From" Address
By [justinsamuel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinsamuel/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/set-email-from-address.1.0.zip)
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## Description
This plugin allows you to set the “From” address used in emails sent by WordPress,
thus overriding the default of wordpress@yourdomain.com.
The resulting “From” in emails sent by WordPress will still display a name that
depends on the context in which the email was sent (sometimes the blog name, sometimes
the comment author’s name, sometimes nothing). Only the address itself will be affected.
## Screenshots
[⌊The only change in the admin the Set Email "From" Address plugin makes is the
addition of this Options subpage.⌉⌊The only change in the admin the Set Email "From"
Address plugin makes is the addition of this Options subpage.⌉[
The only change in the admin the Set Email “From” Address plugin makes is the addition
of this Options subpage.
## Installation
1. Unzip the plugin’s zip file. A single directory called `set-email-from-address`
will be extracted.
2. Upload the extracted `set-email-from-address` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
directory
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. go to Options > Email “From” Address to change the the “From” address of emails
WordPress sends.
## FAQ
Can I change the name portion of the “From” in sent emails?
The “From” line of an email header can look look this:
```
From: "Some Name"
```
Where `Some Name` is what an email client will show you is the name of the person
who sent the email.
Using this plugin, the resulting “From” in emails sent by WordPress will still display
a name that
depends on the context in which the email was sent. Sometimes that
is the blog’s name, sometimes it’s the comment author’s name, and sometimes it’s
nothing at all. Using this plugin, the name that is displayed in the email’s “From”
line is still decided by WordPress. Only the address itself (`something@yourdomain.
com`) will be affected by using this plugin.
If you want to change how your blog’s name shows up as the name in the “From” part
of the email
for some emails WordPress sends, for now you have to change your blog’s
name in WordPress. If being able to change this in the “From” line of emails without
changing the name of your blog across the board important to you, let me know and
I’ll consider that for a future release.
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“Set Email "From" Address” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ justinsamuel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinsamuel/)
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### Interested in development?
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## Changelog
**1.0** (_2008-01-15_)
* Initial release
## Meta
* Version **1.0**
* Last updated **18 ел ago**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **2.3.2**
* Language
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* Tags
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## Contributors
* [ justinsamuel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/justinsamuel/)
## Support
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