Summary: “Oh NO! How do I change the WordPress default email sender name?? Why is this even happening?!”That’s your reaction while you’re testing your cell phone unlock website with WooCommerce and the StockUnlocks plugin. Surprisingly, notification and status emails are being sent out that contain wordpress@yourdomain.comas thesender’s address.You must change theWordPress default email sender name so that your customers aren’t confused. Besides, they need to reply to your support email address. How can you change the default email sender in WordPress?In short, here’s what you have to do change the defaultemail sender’s name :Identify the current theme you’re usingCreate a child theme folderCreate a functions.php in the child theme’s folderAdd the functionality you need to the functions.phpThe functions.php is a valuable file that enables you to add your own custom features to your WordPress theme. Moreover, you can define your own functions and access core functions of WordPress to extend your theme’s functionality.Every theme used in WordPress has its own functions.php file. Accordingly, it’s important to know that only code found in the active theme’s function.php is actually run.Adding a function to the child theme’s function file is a safe way to modify the parent theme. Also, when the parent theme gets updated, your functions will remain safe within the child theme, they won’t disappear.You Need to Have a Child ThemeYou need to create the functions.php file and add it to your theme’s child folder. For example, here’s an excerpt from [How to make a WordPressChild Theme for Your Mobile Unlock Website ]:You will find the parent theme in the/wp-content/themes/ folderLet’s create a child theme for one of the WordPress default themes called “Twenty Sixteen”. You can choose any theme that you want, just make sure that you follow the pattern below.The first thing that we need to do is create a new folder next to the“Twenty Sixteen” theme’s folder and name ittwentysixteen-child.Here’s what that should look like:/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen-childChange the WordPress Default Email SenderNext, create a file in the themes folder and name it functions.php:/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen-child/functions.phpAdd the following content to the functions.phpfile:/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------* Email Sender Name*/// CUSTOM added [date]; Function to change email addressfunction youruniqueidentifier_sender_email( $original_email_address ) {return ‘support@yourdomain.com';}// CUSTOM added [date]; Function to change sender namefunction youruniqueidentifier_sender_name( $original_email_from ) {return ‘YourDomain S... You are listening to the topic about "How to Change the WordPress Default Email Sender", if you want to read the full article, please visit https://geniuswp.com or the link in the description.
