https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/shared-solution-customizing-activation-email Gravity Support Forums Topic: Shared Solution: Customizing Activation Email en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:52:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/shared-solution-customizing-activation-email#post-102354 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:24:26 +0000 Chris Hajer 102354@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thank you for sharing your solution. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/shared-solution-customizing-activation-email#post-102352 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:23:32 +0000 ktrusak 102352@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Just wanted to share my solution to this topic <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/customizing-activation-pageoutput?replies=8#post-102243" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/customizing-activation-pageoutput?replies=8#post-102243</a></p> <p><strong>This code goes into your theme's functions.php file.</strong></p> <p>Changing the subject was the straightforward part:<br /> <pre><code>add_filter( &#39;wpmu_signup_user_notification_subject&#39;, &#39;filter_subject_and_content&#39;, 10, 4 ); function filter_subject_and_content( $text ) { return &#39;Welcome to the site!&#39;; }</code></pre> <p>To change the message I essentially combined the gf user registration filter with the core code so I could change the message without disrupting the process:</p> <pre><code>add_filter(&#39;wpmu_signup_user_notification_email&#39;, &#39;modify_signup_user_notification_message_again&#39;, 10, 4); function modify_signup_user_notification_message_again($message, $user, $user_email, $key) { $message = sprintf(__(( &quot;To activate your new account, please click the following link:\n\n%s\n\n After you activate, you can change your password to something you can actually remember.\n\n&quot; ), $user, $user_email, $key, $meta),site_url( &quot;?page=gf_activation&amp;key=$key&quot; )); return sprintf($message); }</code></pre> <p>You can change that text to anything you want instead of the vanilla wp text/email. </p>