Hi @wasanajones,
Short answer is: yes, this is by design.
The API key is carried over automatically to all subsites that don’t have any wpMandrill settings. The “From Name” and “From Email” are not carried over – the “Site Title” and “E-mail Address” settings of the subsite are used for these settings.
The reason for this is that for a network you often have different admins (owners) of certain subsites. And often the main site and the subsite are totally separate. And it makes sense the email to be sent from the email/name of that certain subsite, and not from the main site.
If you want to customize this behavior, there are filters that you can use with your own custom code. They are documented in the GitHub repo README, which you can access here: https://github.com/tyxla/wpMandrill-multisite
Please, let me know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Marin
thanks for prompt response.
unfortunately the developer customization is well beyond my reach.
something to think about is that from the perspective of many multisite owners, a lot of the subsites are the same owner. to use mandrill I have to go into 200+ sites and update them…
where it would be a lot easier to change the settings on a site the owner wants to control, one by one as needed
I’m hoping going through the database will solve this, but I encourage rethinking the default settings that would not require action, rather than forcing action on a whole bunch of sites in order to use it
Does this plugin do anything more than just copy the API?
if that is all then I don’t need it and will deactivate (browser autofill)
Sorry, bit hasty with that last question. I can see how it does save a little time, but would save a heck of a lot more being able to set default user/email.
thanks
Hi @wasanajones,
This is a good idea and I’ll definitely consider implementing it in a future version. You can track the development of that feature in the GitHub issue: https://github.com/tyxla/wpMandrill-multisite/issues/10
Thanks for the idea!
Regards,
Marin
