Email Header and Footer

You can update the header and footer content of all member communications via the Email Templates page or by adding two template files to your active theme. PMPro emails are sent as HTML and the plain text version is automatically generated.

How to Edit the Email Header and Footer via WordPress Admin

1. Navigate to Memberships > Settings > Email Templates.
2. Select “Email Header” or “Email Footer” from the “Email Template” dropdown.
3. Add any introductory content, including full HTML if desired, in the “Body” field. We have a guide on generating some basic HTML for this field here.
4. Click “Save Template“.

How to Load an Email Header and Footer via Your Active WordPress Theme

Developers that would prefer to work with these templates in their code editor can alternately use the method below to customize the header and footer content of your emails.

1. Create two files named ’email_header.html’ and ’email_footer.html’ in your active theme directory.
2. Edit the files to add your custom header HTML and custom footer HTML.
3. Be sure to upload the updated files to your active theme directory.