Configuring Email Notifications
Email is the default notification channel in Fatal Error Notify Pro. It works out of the box with no additional setup required.
Recipient Email
Enter the email address where you’d like to receive notifications. You can enter multiple email addresses separated by commas — useful if you want notifications going to both yourself and a team member.
From Email
This sets the “from” address on notification emails. Leave it blank to use your site’s default admin email. If you’re using an SMTP plugin, the from address may be overridden by that plugin’s settings.
Disabling Email Notifications
If you’re using Slack or Twilio as your primary notification channel and don’t need emails, check the Disable Notifications checkbox in the email settings section. Your other channels will continue to send normally.
Per-Channel Error Levels
You can configure which PHP error levels and plugin error types trigger email notifications independently from your other channels. For example, you might only want fatal errors (E_ERROR) via email, but send warnings and notices to Slack for more detailed monitoring.
See Error Levels and Types for more on configuring these.
Email Delivery
By default, Fatal Error Notify uses PHP’s built-in mail() function to send notifications. This ensures notifications are sent even when WordPress’s wp_mail() function is unavailable (which can happen during a fatal error).
If you’d prefer to use wp_mail() (for example, to route notifications through an SMTP plugin), you can enable it with the fen_use_wp_mail filter. See the developer documentation for details.