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#57639: Remove admin email address from password and email change notification emails #12027

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remove admin_email for privacy reasons
masteradhoc May 31, 2026
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Merge branch 'trunk' into 57639-dont-reveal-admin-email-address
t-hamano Jul 12, 2026
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14 changes: 4 additions & 10 deletions src/wp-includes/user.php
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Expand Up @@ -2815,14 +2815,13 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
}

if ( ! empty( $send_password_change_email ) ) {
/* translators: Do not translate USERNAME, ADMIN_EMAIL, EMAIL, SITENAME, SITEURL: those are placeholders. */
/* translators: Do not translate USERNAME, EMAIL, SITENAME, SITEURL: those are placeholders. */
$pass_change_text = __(
'Hi ###USERNAME###,

This notice confirms that your password was changed on ###SITENAME###.

If you did not change your password, please contact the Site Administrator at
###ADMIN_EMAIL###
If you did not change your password, please contact the Site Administrator.

This email has been sent to ###EMAIL###

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2852,7 +2851,6 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
* @type string $message The content of the email.
* The following strings have a special meaning and will get replaced dynamically:
* - `###USERNAME###` The current user's username.
* - `###ADMIN_EMAIL###` The admin email in case this was unexpected.
* - `###EMAIL###` The user's email address.
* - `###SITENAME###` The name of the site.
* - `###SITEURL###` The URL to the site.
Expand All @@ -2864,7 +2862,6 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
$pass_change_email = apply_filters( 'password_change_email', $pass_change_email, $user, $userdata );

$pass_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###USERNAME###', $user['user_login'], $pass_change_email['message'] );
$pass_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###ADMIN_EMAIL###', get_option( 'admin_email' ), $pass_change_email['message'] );
$pass_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###EMAIL###', $user['user_email'], $pass_change_email['message'] );
$pass_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###SITENAME###', $blog_name, $pass_change_email['message'] );
$pass_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###SITEURL###', home_url(), $pass_change_email['message'] );
Expand All @@ -2873,14 +2870,13 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
}

if ( ! empty( $send_email_change_email ) ) {
/* translators: Do not translate USERNAME, ADMIN_EMAIL, NEW_EMAIL, EMAIL, SITENAME, SITEURL: those are placeholders. */
/* translators: Do not translate USERNAME, NEW_EMAIL, EMAIL, SITENAME, SITEURL: those are placeholders. */
$email_change_text = __(
'Hi ###USERNAME###,

This notice confirms that your email address on ###SITENAME### was changed to ###NEW_EMAIL###.

If you did not change your email, please contact the Site Administrator at
###ADMIN_EMAIL###
If you did not change your email, please contact the Site Administrator.

This email has been sent to ###EMAIL###

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2910,7 +2906,6 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
* @type string $message The content of the email.
* The following strings have a special meaning and will get replaced dynamically:
* - `###USERNAME###` The current user's username.
* - `###ADMIN_EMAIL###` The admin email in case this was unexpected.
* - `###NEW_EMAIL###` The new email address.
* - `###EMAIL###` The old email address.
* - `###SITENAME###` The name of the site.
Expand All @@ -2923,7 +2918,6 @@ function wp_update_user( $userdata ) {
$email_change_email = apply_filters( 'email_change_email', $email_change_email, $user, $userdata );

$email_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###USERNAME###', $user['user_login'], $email_change_email['message'] );
$email_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###ADMIN_EMAIL###', get_option( 'admin_email' ), $email_change_email['message'] );
$email_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###NEW_EMAIL###', $userdata['user_email'], $email_change_email['message'] );
$email_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###EMAIL###', $user['user_email'], $email_change_email['message'] );
$email_change_email['message'] = str_replace( '###SITENAME###', $blog_name, $email_change_email['message'] );
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