Title: Replacing a function in pluggable.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Replacing a function in pluggable.php

 *  [Alex Cragg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicalex/)
 * (@epicalex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-a-function-in-pluggablephp/)
 * Hello,
 * im trying to replace a function in pluggable.php, where i can define some options
   to use instead of the predefined text.
 * It is the wp_new_user_notification function, and i know a lot of people ask on
   here about changing the text etc, and i know there is already the custom log 
   in plugin that can change this, but i know people have had problems with it, 
   so i thought i’d have a go at writing my first plugin.
 * i keep getting a fatal error though, and i know that the offending code is this
   bit, as without it, the rest of the plugin functions fine.
 *     ```
       function wp_new_user_notification($user_id, $plaintext_pass = '') {
       	$user = new WP_User($user_id);
   
       	$user_login = stripslashes($user->user_login);
       	$user_email = stripslashes($user->user_email);
   
       	$message  = sprintf(__('New user registration on your blog %s:'), get_option('blogname')) . "\r\n\r\n";
       	$message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n\r\n";
       	$message .= sprintf(__('E-mail: %s'), $user_email) . "\r\n";
   
       	@wp_mail(get_option('admin_email'), sprintf(__('[%s] New User Registration'), get_option('blogname')), $message);
   
       	if ( empty($plaintext_pass) )
       		return;
   
       	$message  = sprintf(__('Hi %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n";
       	$message .= $emailOptions('newuseremailtext') . "\r\n";
       	$message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n";
       	$message .= sprintf(__('Password: %s'), $plaintext_pass) . "\r\n";
   
       	wp_mail($user_email, $emailOptions('newuseremailsubject'), get_option('blogname')), $message);
   
       }
       ```
   
 * I have $emailOptions defined to be get_option, this is after following the [devlounge plugin series](http://www.devlounge.net/articles/wordpress-plugins-and-database-interaction).
 * as it is my first plugin, i cant see what is wrong, and this function hasnt really
   had much changed, so its annoying that i cant sort it!!
 * thanks in advance

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 *  Thread Starter [Alex Cragg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicalex/)
 * (@epicalex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-a-function-in-pluggablephp/#post-617258)
 * an update, i have narrowed down the error to this line –
    `wp_mail($user_email,
   $emailOptions('newuseremailsubject'), get_option('blogname')), $message);`
 * and so i replaced it with the default
 * `wp_mail($user_email, sprintf(__('[%s] Welcome to my test blog'), get_option('
   blogname')), $message);`
 * this allowed the plugin to be enabled, but when i register a new user, the new
   text i defined isnt being used, but it is in the options database.
 * is there something else i need to do to get this function to work? can it not
   be independent?
 *  Thread Starter [Alex Cragg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicalex/)
 * (@epicalex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-a-function-in-pluggablephp/#post-617271)
 * ok, so the text i am defining just isnt being used at all, can someone tell me
   what i need to hook into to get this to be used, i have tried the following in
   add_action; user_register, register_post, register_form and wp_mail, none of 
   which worked.
 * Can someone please point me in the right direction? maybe i am not explaining
   well, or people just dont know what i am asking, so please say if you need more
   info to help.
 * thanks
 *  [ringostar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ringostar/)
 * (@ringostar)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-a-function-in-pluggablephp/#post-617557)
 * any solution found yet ? I had this working prior to 2.3 by adding a message 
   to pluggable.php but now its not working which is strange, they must have did
   something to the core
 *  Thread Starter [Alex Cragg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicalex/)
 * (@epicalex)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-a-function-in-pluggablephp/#post-617559)
 * Hey, yeah it’s all sorted, head to [New User Email Setup](http://webdev.mysoutham.com/new-user-email-set-up/)
   for the download.

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