This allows you to disable the new user emails sent to the default admin email set under Settings > General, ‘Administration Email Address’ without installing an additional plugin.
To start,make sure you have admin access to the backend of WordPress. Because this requires you to have the ability to add/edit the code snippet below onto the functions.php file within the current theme folder.
To start,make sure you have admin access to the backend of WordPress. Because this requires you to have the ability to add/edit the code snippet below onto the functions.php file within the current theme folder.
//Disable the new user notification sent to the site admin
function smartwp_disable_new_user_notifications() {
//Remove original use created emails
remove_action( 'register_new_user', 'wp_send_new_user_notifications' );
remove_action( 'edit_user_created_user', 'wp_send_new_user_notifications', 10, 2 );
//Add new function to take over email creation
add_action( 'register_new_user', 'smartwp_send_new_user_notifications' );
add_action( 'edit_user_created_user', 'smartwp_send_new_user_notifications', 10, 2 );
}
function smartwp_send_new_user_notifications( $user_id, $notify = 'user' ) {
if ( empty($notify) || $notify == 'admin' ) {
return;
}elseif( $notify == 'both' ){
//Only send the new user their email, not the admin
$notify = 'user';
}
wp_send_new_user_notifications( $user_id, $notify );
}
add_action( 'init', 'smartwp_disable_new_user_notifications' );
If you have questions or need any help understanding and implementing these changes, please let me know at delice@wpquicksupport.com
