Change Admin Email

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Change Admin Email

by johndeebdd

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Description

This plugin allows an administrator to change the “site admin email”, without sending a confirmation email from the server. This can be useful for testing purposes, localhost setups, or any other situation where outbound email is disabled on the site. A new “feature” of WordPress 4.9 is that the administrator cannot change the site admin email without outgoing email setup on the server. This plugin restores the administrator’s ability to change this setting without sending a confirmation email. Note that the “site admin email” is the global email used for admin purposes on the site. It is the “from” address when the site sends an email. The “site admin email” may be different from the administrator’s personal user email, which is associated with the administrator’s user account.

Usage

Once activated, an administrator can change the admin email from the Settings >> General page. You can request a test email be sent to the new email address. The test email is sent from our servers. You can view our privacy policy here: at https://generalchicken.guru/privacy-policy-2/ .

Clone or copy the file into your plugins directory, then activate the plugin from the admin menu.

It works perfectly

By yvonnefm on November 20, 2025

You just need to activate it and change the email. Easy!

Easy and working Solution

By Bilal Afridi (bilo09) on October 11, 2025

Thanks to the plugin developer the plugin is easy and it do the work Highly recommend

Works!

By janetmoon on October 3, 2025

It fixed my problem 100% 🙂

Great Solution

By Jens Schneider (aelsnet) on July 1, 2025

Love the simple solution. Much appreciated!!

Works even on local server

By Mizagorn on May 25, 2025

Fantastic, no-fuss plugin that just works like it's supposed to. Really appreciate the developer's efforts!

It does exactly what it says

By danielepais on April 11, 2025

Perfect plugin to use when testing a client site before going live.

Quick and easy!

By chamwatkins on March 23, 2025

Thank you for this. I “inherited” a website for a local minister after the previous developer retired and handed it off. Email was never set up on it and the site would never send a conformation email to the original admin. With this plugin, I was able to change it right away!

Wonderful

By Chiya Rimpy (chiyarimpy) on February 28, 2025

One of the time saving plugin.

So helpful!

By scandidesignco on February 21, 2025

This saves so much time trying to coordinate with clients to confirm the email change. You just install it and update the admin email. That's it. Thank you!

Great plugin

By craigvs on February 20, 2025

Does what it says without any issues and saved a lot of time.

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