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How can I customise the the new user welcome email ?

I tried 'http://www.sean-barton.co.uk/wordpress-welcome-email-editor/' however it conflicts with some of the other plugins I need to use, Cimy Extra Fields.

There is one other plugin that is to old for wordpress 3.0.1.

Will

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SB Welcome Email Editor works by replacing wp_new_user_notification() with an own version. The original version can be found in wp-includes/pluggable.php, the plugin uses an elaborate replacement with all kinds of options. You can do this to: create a new plugin (just a PHP file in wp-content/plugins/), and define wp_new_user_notification($user_id, $plaintext_pass = '') there. This will then be used instead of the regular WordPress version.

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  • This probably answers the question, however I solved the problem by using 'Register Plus Redux'. This is a much better plugin that better solved my plugins woes. It replaced 3 other plugins and did a better job. – William Macdonald Nov 27 '10 at 6:45
  • wordpress.org/extend/plugins/register-plus-redux – Zach Lysobey May 10 '13 at 18:21
  • I'm actually working to do the same thing as OP, but not really looking something as bloated as the plugin he ended up with. I looked into pluggable.php -> wp_new_user_notification(), but that doesn't appear to be the "new user welcome email" at all. Its for the email sent to the site admin that a new user has registered. – Zach Lysobey May 10 '13 at 18:49
  • @ZachL: wp_new_user_notification() does both: it first sends the mail to the admin, then to the user. – Jan Fabry May 12 '13 at 15:40
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    @ZachL : be carefull on using the wp_new_user_notification() the codex says Note: If password is not passed to function, the newly registered user will not receive their welcome email. – Ranjith Siji Jun 14 '14 at 10:30

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