Title: HTML emails
Last modified: January 3, 2019
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# HTML emails
* Resolved [lbbjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbbjon/)
* (@lbbjon)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/)
* Hello,
* Does wp-members support html and css within the ‘Email’ notification sectio?.
I tried adding a template just to test, but only displayed code.
* Is only RichText allowed?
* Many thanks,
Jon.
- This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [lbbjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbbjon/).
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* Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
* (@cbutlerjr)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11049571)
* The plugin sends whatever WP is set to send. That’s plain text by default (WP
does not assume an HTML default email). You can change that a number of ways:
- Change all `wp_mail()` messages to HTML format with [`wp_mail_content_type`](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_mail_content_type).
- Change all `wp_mail()` messages to HTML format by filtering the content type
in the header using the [`wp_mail`](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_mail)
filter.
- Change only WP-Members’ messages going through `wp_mail()` by using the [`wpmem_email_headers` filter](https://rocketgeek.com/plugins/wp-members/docs/filter-hooks/wpmem_email_headers/)
to change the content type in the `wp_mail()` header (only fires when the
message is generated by WP-Members).
* Some practical examples:
[https://rocketgeek.com/filter-hooks/sending-html-emails-from-the-wp-members-plugin/](https://rocketgeek.com/filter-hooks/sending-html-emails-from-the-wp-members-plugin/)
- This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/).
* Thread Starter [lbbjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbbjon/)
* (@lbbjon)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11051573)
* Thanks for getting back to me Chad.
* I am not really familiar with php, but if I created a custom plugin and activate
it, would this override the core code or replace it? – If I were to use the php
filter that specifically targets the wp-members plugin:
* ```
add_filter( 'wpmem_email_headers', 'my_wpmem_html_email' );
function my_wpmem_html_email() {
return "Content-Type: text/html";
}
```
* Many thanks,
Jon.
* Thread Starter [lbbjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbbjon/)
* (@lbbjon)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11051732)
* Also, are there any risks associated with adding this php filter via a custom
plugin? I.e. would it affect other emailing/notification plugins or operations
I have set up.
* Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
* (@cbutlerjr)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11055064)
* > I am not really familiar with php, but if I created a custom plugin and activate
> it, would this override the core code or replace it?
* WP is loaded with “hooks” which can be either “filters” or “actions”. This is
what allows WordPress to be customized, and it is the premise upon which all
plugins are built.
* A filter hook allows you to change a value. There’s a value that WP generates,
and then the hook is there to allow you an opportunity to change that before
it gets used.
* In this particular case, the ‘wpmem_email_headers’ filter hook allows you to
change the email headers that are passed to wp_mail() when WP-Members generates
an email. In the example code, it’s just changing the content type so that it
is an html email.
* > Also, are there any risks associated with adding this php filter via a custom
> plugin? I.e. would it affect other emailing/notification plugins or operations
> I have set up.
* As I mentioned in the original answer – ‘wpmem_email_headers’ only affects emails
generated by WP-Members.
* Thread Starter [lbbjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbbjon/)
* (@lbbjon)
* [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11065019)
* Thanks for the explanation.
* I have added a custom plugin which included the php filter specific to wp-members,
following the guide on your site.
* I am glad to say this has worked and now all emails send in HTML, as well as
appear correctly.
* Thanks for the hand!
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* Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-emails-9/#post-11065019)
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