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Send a welcome email to new user wordpress
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| //send_welcome_email | |
| function send_welcome_email_to_new_user($user_id) { | |
| $user = get_userdata($user_id); | |
| $user_email = $user->user_email; | |
| // for simplicity, lets assume that user has typed their first and last name when they sign up | |
| $user_full_name = $user->user_firstname . $user->user_lastname; | |
| // Now we are ready to build our welcome email | |
| $to = $user_email; | |
| $subject = "Hi " . $user_full_name . ", welcome to our site!"; | |
| $body = ' | |
| <h1>Dear user,</h1></br> | |
| <p>Thank you for joining our site. Your account is now active.</p> | |
| <p>Please go ahead and navigate around your account.</p> | |
| <p>Let me know if you have further questions, I am here to help.</p> | |
| <p>Enjoy the rest of your day!</p> | |
| '; | |
| $headers = array('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8'); | |
| if (wp_mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) { | |
| error_log("email has been successfully sent to user whose email is " . $user_email); | |
| }else{ | |
| error_log("email failed to sent to user whose email is " . $user_email); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| add_action('user_register', 'send_welcome_email_to_new_user'); | |
| //Change WordPress from Email Header | |
| function res_fromname($email){ | |
| $wpfrom = get_option('blogname'); | |
| return $wpfrom; | |
| } | |
| add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', 'res_fromname'); |
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