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How to change WordPress Sender name

Replace the default "WordPress" sender name on the emails your site sends with your own site or agency name, so recipients recognise who wrote to them.

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By default, every email WordPress sends shows WordPress as the sender name.

An inbox row with the sender name "WordPress" highlighted in yellow and the subject "Your ad is pending approval"

To change this, go to Listivo Panel > Notifications > Mail and set the Name field to the sender name you want, then save the changes.

The Notifications screen of the Listivo Panel with the Mail tab open; green arrows point at the Mail tab and at the empty Name field, above an Email field and a Save Changes button

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