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title: Email Settings Guide for WooCommerce Email Verification
description: "The WooCommerce Email Verification plugin sends three emails you can configure: the activation email with the verification link (%verification_url%), the confirmation email sent after successful verification, and the admin email sent when a user verifies. For each one you set…"
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/placeholders-in-emails/"
updated: "2026-09-27"
category: How to
tags:
  - Email Verification for WooCommerce
---

# Email Settings Guide for WooCommerce Email Verification

The WooCommerce Email Verification plugin sends three emails you can configure: the activation email with the verification link (%verification_url%), the confirmation email sent after successful verification, and the admin email sent when a user verifies. For each one you set when it is sent and its subject, heading and content, and the activation and confirmation emails can be delayed.

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This article delves into the various email settings offered by the **[WooCommerce Email Verification plugin](https://wpfactory.com/item/email-verification-for-woocommerce/),** empowering you to customize the communication flow throughout the account verification process.

### **Activation Email**

- **Sent to users:** Contains an activation link for account verification.
- **Additional placeholders: %verification_url%****:** Replaced with the unique verification link for each user.
- Send as a separate email.

- **Enabled:** Sends the activation email independently.
- **Disabled:** Appends the activation content to the standard WooCommerce**"Customer new account"** email.

- **Email sending trigger:** Choose when the activation email is sent.

- **On "user register":** Upon user registration.
- **On "WooCommerce created customer":**** **When a customer is created through WooCommerce.

- **Activation email delay:**** **Optionally delay sending the activation email, potentially helpful if emails are reaching authenticated users. Requires**"Send as a separate email"** to be enabled

### **Email customization**

- **Email subject:** Define the subject line of the activation email.
- **Email content:** Craft the message body of the activation email.
- **Email heading:** Set the heading displayed within the email content.
- **Fine-tune placement (applicable only if disabled)**: Specify the exact location within the **"Customer new account"** email where the activation content should be inserted.
- Requires adding specific code to the **"Customer new account"** email template.

### **Confirmation Email**

- **Sent to users:** Informs them of successful account verification.
- Trigger options.

- Send confirmation email to users who have just verified their accounts.
- Send confirmation email to the user manually verified by admin.
- Requires enabling**"Verified column"** and **"Actions"** options

### **Email customization**

- **Email subject**: Define the subject line of the confirmation email.
- **Email heading:** Set the heading displayed within the email content.
- **Email content:** Craft the message body of the confirmation email.
- **Delay:** Optionally delay sending the confirmation email for a specified duration **(hours or days).**

### **Admin Email**

- **Sent to admin**: Notifies them upon user account verification.
- **Trigger options.**

- Send email to the admin when a user verifies his email.
- Send admin email when a user has been manually verified by admin.
- Requires enabling**"Verified column" and "Actions" options.**

### **Email customization**

- **Recipient:** Specify the email address where admin notifications should be sent.
- **Subject:** Define the subject line of the admin email.
- **Heading:** Set the heading displayed within the email content.
- **Content:**** **Craft the message body of the admin email.

### **Accessing and Configuring Settings**

- Navigate to** ****WooCommerce > Settings > Email Verification**.
- Click on the **"****Emails"** sub-tab.
- Locate the desired email settings section **(e.g., Activation Email).**
- Configure the options as per your requirements and customize the email content using the available placeholders.
- Click **"****Save changes"** to apply your modifications.

Related articles

- [General Settings in the Email Verification Plugin](https://wpfactory.com/docs/general-settings-plugin/)
- [Block Email Verification for Specific Addresses or Domains](https://wpfactory.com/docs/exclude-specific-users/)
- [Configuring Email Delivery for Customer Verification](https://wpfactory.com/docs/setup-verification-emails/)
- [Customizing the Verification Emails in WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/docs/configure-email-settings/)
- [Email Verification: Advanced Settings Reference](https://wpfactory.com/docs/email-verification-advanced-settings-reference/)

 

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