How to Send Emails in WordPress from the Functions.php

I have been working on a project that needs to occasionally send off emails. If you need to do so, here’s how with wp_mail():

add_filter(‘wp_mail_content_type’,create_function(”, ‘return “text/html”; ‘));
wp_mail(‘whoever@whatever.com’, ‘Subject’, ‘Message’);

Thanks to WordPress Cheat Sheets for the code!

3 thoughts on “How to Send Emails in WordPress from the Functions.php”

Hi,

Is it possible to send SMS through function.php using a SMS gateway API?

Thanks,
Gaurab

Zac Gordon says:

September 17, 2014 at 4:05 pm

You can definitely setup an SMS interaction, but I would write your own function rather than call into the mail function. Then just hook it in to run when you need it to.

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Thanks so much for this information Zack, I was trying to figure out how to change the email subject in a theme I’ve downloaded.

I also want to tell you that I’m a Treehouse member and really like your lessons and your teaching style.

Thanks for everything, I just discovered your blog and I’m going to be coming back.

Cheers from Argentina.

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