This plugin allows an administrator to change the "site admin email", without sending a confirmation email from the server.
As of April 2026, Change Admin Email is a WordPress email plugin with 50K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 137 reviews. It has been downloaded 391K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 20% this week. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
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 ema…
Using it adds you to the owners email list, you get sent spam email from them.
Excelent plugin!!! Excelent plugin!!!
Worked perfectly, and far easier than talking a client through phpMyAdmin.
Many thanks. 5⭐
You just need to activate it and change the email. Easy!
Thanks to the plugin developer the plugin is easy and it do the work Highly recommend
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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