Preset and lock From email field for notifications? [RESOLVED]

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Hi All

Has anyone found a method to change the default From email field in Notifications to change it from {admin_email} to a specific email account eg websiteadmin@example.com

We have a specific email address set up with the sender authentication working beautifully but each time one of our users creates a new form and forgets to update the From field their notification email delivery fails or becomes unreliable.

If we could pre-set the default From field and make it uneditable for all forms that would save a lot of support calls and frustration for users.

It seems to be hard coded but maybe this is different in 2.5? Any suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks
Tim

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Hi Tim. You could use the gform_pre_send_email filter for that. The code would look like this and apply to all forms on the site, no matter what was set in the notification configuration:

add_filter( 'gform_pre_send_email', 'before_email_sent', 10, 4 );
function before_email_sent( $email, $message_format, $notification, $entry ) {
    GFCommon::log_debug( __METHOD__ . '(): EMAIL BEFORE => ' . print_r( $email, true ) );
    $email['headers']['From'] = 'From: ' . 'Your Name <email@website.com>';
    GFCommon::log_debug( __METHOD__ . '(): EMAIL AFTER => ' . print_r( $email, true ) );
    return $email;
}
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Hi Chris

Thanks very much for the speedy response, that is really helpful. We can get that setup and tested on staging right away.

Tim

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Perfect - works like a dream.
Thanks again Chris.
Tim

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There is also https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_after_save_form/ that lets you customize the default form values including notification.

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Thanks @JamieO - how did I NOT know about that filter :man_facepalming: