https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field Gravity Support Forums Topic: Send to an Email stored in a Custom Field en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:40:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-80455 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:31:08 +0000 Gavin Webb 80455@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris - thanks for your reply.</p> <p>Initially I was still confused, but here's what I did to make it work.</p> <p>1. Create an email field and name as required, e.g. Hidden Email<br /> 2. Under the 'Advanced' tab mark as visibility 'admin-only'<br /> 3. Set the default value under the 'Advanced' tab to {custom_field:wpcf-email}<br /> 4. Go to 'Notifications' at the top of the page<br /> 5. Select the 'Email' radio button under 'Send To Email'<br /> 6. Insert a merge tag for the Hidden Email field, in my case {Hidden Email:5}<br /> 7. Set the 'From Email' and 'Reply To' as required</p> <p>Now, I'm not sure if there is meant to be a dropdown on the 'Send To Email' field, but I haven't one, and this is certainly where some of the confusion was for me.</p> <p>Anyway, doing the above works great now.</p> <p>Thanks for your help Chris, all the best. Gavin. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-80093 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:45:06 +0000 Chris Hajer 80093@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I just configured a form to do this. Rather than use a hidden field, I added an email address field from the advanced settings, and marked the visibility "admin only". Then, I set the default value to {custom_field:wpcf-email}. Then after saving the form, I selected this admin only field as the "To" email address for the user notification.</p> <p>The big difference here is to use an email field and mark it "admin only" visibility, rather than a hidden field. Using an email field will enable it to show up in the drop down.</p> <p>Let me know if you have any trouble with this. Please note that this will not work from the form preview as there is no post and thus no custom field to hold the email address. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-79951 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:13:54 +0000 bchada 79951@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Same here.... </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-79862 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:16:50 +0000 Gavin Webb 79862@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Chris - thanks for the reply. I looked at this post on Sunday and have tried the suggestions, but can't get it to work. Here's what I'm doing:</p> <p>I have a custom field - wpcf-email.</p> <p>I create the tag in Gravity Forms, {custom_field:wpcf-email}, and put this into Default Value field under Advanced tab of a Hidden field.</p> <p>Now, in Notifications I select the Routing radio button - and this is where I'm getting lost. Please can you explain what I need to put into this area of the Notification to Administrator:</p> <p>Send to ________ if ________ ________ ________ </p> <p>Thanks. Gavin. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-79502 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:54:28 +0000 Chris Hajer 79502@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sorry, please see this topic by Rob describing how to work around the limitation for the email address being invalid when you insert the merge tag:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/routing-notifications-to-a-custom-field#post-68824" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/routing-notifications-to-a-custom-field#post-68824</a></p> <p>Also, this further explanation from another user:<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/routing-notifications-to-a-custom-field#post-68845" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/routing-notifications-to-a-custom-field#post-68845</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-79380 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:35:56 +0000 Gavin Webb 79380@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello - I'd like to add my request for this too. Thanks. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-78598 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:24:45 +0000 bchada 78598@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I see there are old posts about similar issues.</p> <p>Could there be some documentation on what we need to do, with some cut and paste code, etc?</p> <p>I think this is a very common request... send an email to the post author or to a custom field email </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-75860 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:41:11 +0000 abrightidea 75860@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am looking to do this as well. Is there a workaround for the email address validation? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-75837 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:10:31 +0000 Chris Hajer 75837@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I forgot there is validation for that field to be sure you enter a valid email address. Let me look around for the solution. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/send-to-an-email-stored-in-a-custom-field#post-75724 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:15:33 +0000 bchada 75724@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>When i try paste: {custom_field:email} into the Send to Email field under User Notifications - I get a validation error... "Please enter a valid email address"</p> <p>Maybe I'm doing something wrong? </p>