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Change Admin Email

This plugin allows an administrator to change the "site admin email", without sending a confirmation email from the server.

By johndeebdd·Email·Free
4.8(137 reviews)
·50K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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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….

4.8/5137 reviews
50K+active installs
391K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

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…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8137 reviews
5 ★
130
4 ★
1
3 ★
0
2 ★
1
1 ★
5

Recent Reviews

Spam Plugin
by Thane·1 month ago

Using it adds you to the owners email list, you get sent spam email from them.

Excelent plugin!!!
by wiredgorilla·1 month ago

Excelent plugin!!! Excelent plugin!!!

Lifesaver! 5/5
by photoMaldives·4 months ago

Worked perfectly, and far easier than talking a client through phpMyAdmin.

Many thanks. 5⭐

It works perfectly
by yvonnefm·4 months ago

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

Easy and working Solution
by Bilal Afridi·5 months ago

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

Download Trends

Today: 111Yesterday: 133This week: 787Period total: 68K

Compatibility

WordPress4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v4.1
81.6%
Other
11.2%
v3.3
7.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
4.1
Last Updated
Oct 7, 2024
WP Requires
4.9+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
50K+
Downloads
391K+
Added
Mar 15, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

emailrollbackadmin_emailchange_admin_email

Developer

J
johndeebdd
2 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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