WordPress Multisite Skip Confirmation Email

When creating a new user on WordPress multisite there is a Skip Confirmation Email checkbox that is unchecked by default. This unchecked box results in a user being added to a temporary “signups list” when they are added to the site. The user is not fully added to the site until they complete the confirmation steps in the email they receive. For many sites, it is preferable to check this Skip Confirmation Email when adding a user.

Check “Skip Confirmation Email” by Default

This plugin, when activated on a multisite WordPress installation, will make this checkbox checked by default.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/skip-confirmation-on/

Note: This plugin also changes “Send User Notifiction” to unselected by default on WordPress single site.

In standard WordPress, the tickbox “Send User Notifiction” is ticked by default (so a message is sent). The plugin changes this to unticked by default (so a message is NOT sent).

Code Solution

Before I came upon the above plugin, I was playing around with code and found the following will deliver the same checked by default behavior for Skip Confirmation Email on the Add User page.

add_action(
    'admin_enqueue_scripts',
    function() {
        if (
            ! is_multisite() ||
            'user' !== (get_current_screen())->id
        ) {
            return;
        }
        wp_add_inline_script(
            'wp-ajax-response',
            'document.querySelectorAll(\'input[name="noconfirmation"]\').forEach((checkbox) => checkbox.checked = true);'
        );
    }
);

Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)

Sal is a PHP developer with a focus on the WordPress platform. He is a conference speaker with a background including Piano Player, Radio DJ, Magician/Juggler, Beach Photographer, and High School Math Teacher. Sal can be found professionally at WebDevStudios, where he works as a senior backend engineer.