Block All Outgoing Email on Staging Sites
Stops WordPress from sending any email on development, local and staging environments, so test orders and imports never reach real people.
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Code
add_filter( 'pre_wp_mail', function ( $return ) {
if ( 'production' !== wp_get_environment_type() ) {
return false;
}
return $return;
} );Notes
Set WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE in wp-config.php. Emails are silently dropped and wp_mail() returns false.
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