Dan Collis-Puro

<p>This plugin allows users of subscriber- or greater access to subscribe to categories of posts on your wordpress blog. It is probably most appropriate for small to medium sites.</p>
<p>Users can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose whether they prefer HTML or text-only email,</li>
<li>Control on a category-by-category basis whether or not they get messages immediately or in a daily or weekly digest.</li>
<li>Control which categories they subscribe to.</li>
</ul>
<p>Site administrators can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Modify reply-to, from, and BCC addresses.</li>
<li>Modify user subscriptions on a users profile page.</li>
<li>Set basic parameters for delivery – how many messages to send at once to avoid usage complaints on shared hosting, for instance.</li>
<li>Bulk edit category subscriptions from the users list.</li>
<li>Exercise complete control over text and HTML templates.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other notes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Scheduled posts are only sent out after the wordpress backend actually publishes them. Put more simply, they work as expected. Be sure wp-cron is running correctly.</li>
<li>Admins can set a “send delay” parameter to allow last-minute edits before sending out a message.</li>
<li>If a message is unpublished after being published, message sending will be aborted. Messages sent already are – well – sent already. We can’t travel back in time (though that’d be a great 2.0 feature). This ensures that old posts needing minor edits don’t get sent out again as updates.</li>
<li>Only messages published after the date of installation are sent out.</li>
<li>Category hierarchy has no effect on subscriptions. If you subscribe to a parent category, you ARE NOT automatically subscribed to its children. This may be integrated into future releases. We may also allow for the subscription to tags or custom taxonomies in future releases.</li>
<li>Bounces ARE NOT handled by this plugin. You can, however, set the “reply-to” and “from” addresses to allow you to collect them in a logical place.</li>
</ul>
<p>Speaking of cron, if you have a low-traffic site (say, for an intranet), you may find that your messages aren’t delivered in the time frame you’re expecting. This is because wordpress scheduled tasks are fired off by visitors to your website – so if you don’t get a lot of traffic, your scheduled tasks won’t run frequently. You can manually create a cron job to hit your wp-cron.php file, something like:</p>
<p>*/15 * * * * wget -q –post-data=”foo” http://www.example.com/yoursite -O – > /dev/null</p>
<p>Remove the “-q” switch above when you test this manually to ensure the request returns a “200 OK” response.</p>
<p>TODO:</p>
<ul>
<li>More template tags.</li>
<li>Better bulk editing features.</li>
<li>Queue management / statistics.</li>
<li>A better template editing interface.</li>
<li>Better debugging – e.g. the ability to send example messages.</li>
<li>More flexible task scheduling.</li>
</ul>
<h3>More Documentation</h3>
<p>See the “Category Subscriptions” options page under your Settings menu. Template tag documentation lives there.</p>
<h3>Other</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the same terms as WordPress itself.</p>
<p>Copyright 2011, The President and Fellows of Harvard College</p>


Category Subscriptions

Allow registered users to subscribe to categories giving them control over delivery times (e.g. daily or weekly digests) and format (html or text).

Kuba Mikita

BracketSpace

Mateusz Gbiorczyk

notification

Piotr Konicki

tomaszadamowicz

<p><strong>WordPress sends emails you can’t customize.</strong> You can’t change who receives them, what they say, or how they look. And if you need to notify your team about content changes, user activity, or security events — WordPress simply doesn’t do that.</p>
<p><strong>Notification fixes this.</strong> It gives you complete control over what WordPress sends, to whom, and through which channel. Replace rigid default emails with fully customizable messages, or create entirely new notifications triggered by any WordPress event. No coding required — set up your first notification in under 5 minutes.</p>
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<h4>WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE FREE VERSION</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Replace default WordPress emails</strong> — Disable any built-in email (new user, password reset, comments, etc.) and replace it with your own version using the built-in Wizard</li>
<li><strong>Create custom notifications</strong> — Get notified when posts are published, users register, comments arrive, plugins update, and 50+ other WordPress events</li>
<li><strong>Use dynamic content</strong> — Insert Merge Tags like <code>{post_title}</code>, <code>{user_email}</code>, or <code>{comment_content}</code> to personalize every message</li>
<li><strong>Send to anyone</strong> — Route notifications to specific email addresses, users, or entire roles</li>
<li><strong>Send via email or webhook</strong> — Email is built-in; webhooks let you connect to any external service or automation tool</li>
<li><strong>Control with precision</strong> — Enable or disable individual triggers, configure carriers, and set up multiple notifications per event</li>
</ul>
<h4>REPLACE DEFAULT WORDPRESS EMAILS</h4>
<p>The built-in Wizard walks you through disabling WordPress default emails and replacing them with your own. You keep full control over the content, recipients, and formatting — no more generic messages you can’t edit.</p>
<h4>BUILT-IN TRIGGERS</h4>
<p>Over 50 triggers are ready to use out of the box. Enable or disable them in Settings.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Posts & Custom Post Types</strong> — published, drafted, updated, pending review, approved, trashed (works with any CPT)</li>
<li><strong>Taxonomy terms</strong> — created, updated, deleted (works with any taxonomy)</li>
<li><strong>Comments, Pingbacks & Trackbacks</strong> — new, replied, approved, unapproved, spam, trashed</li>
<li><strong>Users</strong> — registered, profile updated, logged in, failed login, logged out, password reset/changed, deleted</li>
<li><strong>Media</strong> — added, updated, deleted</li>
<li><strong>Plugins</strong> — activated, deactivated, installed, removed, updated</li>
<li><strong>Themes</strong> — installed, switched, updated</li>
<li><strong>WordPress</strong> — available updates (on a schedule you define)</li>
<li><strong>Privacy</strong> — personal data erased, erase request, exported, export request</li>
</ul>
<p>Each trigger comes with its own set of Merge Tags, plus you can use Global Merge Tags (<code>{site_title}</code>, <code>{admin_email}</code>, <code>{home_url}</code>, etc.) anywhere.</p>
<h4>EXTENSIONS</h4>
<p>Extend the plugin with additional carriers, triggers, and features:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-webhooks/" rel="nofollow ugc">Webhooks</a> – send and receive Webhooks</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-conditionals/" rel="nofollow ugc">Conditionals</a> – send Notifications only when specific conditions are met</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-custom-fields/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Fields</a> – use any meta value in your Notifications</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-slack/" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack</a> – post messages to Slack channel</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-push/" rel="nofollow ugc">Push</a> – send push notifications via browser’s native system</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-discord/" rel="nofollow ugc">Discord</a> – post messages to Discord channel</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-twilio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Twilio</a> – send bulk SMS messages from your Twilio registered phone number</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-scheduled-triggers/" rel="nofollow ugc">Scheduled Triggers</a> – schedule your notifications based on events time</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-review-queue/" rel="nofollow ugc">Review Queue</a> – catch your Notifications into a queue for manual review</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce</a> – triggers specific to WooCommerce</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-pushbullet/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pushbullet</a> – send Push and SMS Notifications via your phone</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-pushover/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pushover</a> – send Push messages to devices registered in Pushover</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-sendgrid/" rel="nofollow ugc">SendGrid</a> – send emails using SendGrid service</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-mailgun/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailgun</a> – send emails using Mailgun service</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-file-log/" rel="nofollow ugc">File Log</a> – save Notifications as file logs on the server</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/notification-bbpress/" rel="ugc">bbPress</a> – bbPress triggers</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/notification-buddypress/" rel="ugc">BuddyPress</a> – BuddyPress triggers and integration with their notification system</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/signature-notification/" rel="ugc">Signature</a> – add a signature to all your emails automatically</li>
<li><a href="https://bracketspace.com/downloads/notification-email-attachments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Email Attachments</a> – attach files to your notification</li>
</ul>
<h4>DEVELOPER-FRIENDLY</h4>
<p>Notification is designed to be extended. Create custom Triggers from any <code>do_action()</code> call, add Merge Tags in a single line of code, or build entirely new Carriers. The plugin can be bundled with your theme or plugin and white-labeled with one function call.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.bracketspace.com/notification/developer/general" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/BracketSpace/Notification-Extension-Boilerplate/" rel="nofollow ugc">Extension Boilerplate</a> to start building your own add-on</li>
</ul>
<h4>USE CASES</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Editorial workflows</strong> — Notify editors when a post is submitted for review, and authors when it’s approved or scheduled</li>
<li><strong>Security monitoring</strong> — Get alerts on failed login attempts, user role changes, or plugin activations</li>
<li><strong>Client sites</strong> — Replace confusing default WordPress emails with branded, clear messages for your clients</li>
<li><strong>Team coordination</strong> — Send Slack or webhook notifications when content is updated, users register, or comments need moderation</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce stores</strong> — Trigger custom alerts for orders, stock changes, and customer activity (with the WooCommerce extension)</li>
</ul>
<p>Here are some of the most popular specific setups. See the FAQ section for step-by-step details on each.</p>
<ul>
<li>Notify authors when their post is published</li>
<li>Email editors when a post is submitted for review</li>
<li>Replace the default new user welcome email with a branded version</li>
<li>Alert admins on failed login attempts with IP address details</li>
<li>Get notified when someone edits a published post</li>
<li>Send Slack/webhook alerts when plugins are activated or updated</li>
<li>Notify users when their role changes</li>
<li>Disable default WordPress emails and replace them with custom ones</li>
<li>Monitor user registrations, password resets, and account deletions</li>
<li>Set up comment moderation notifications for post authors</li>
</ul>
<h4>USEFUL LINKS</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.bracketspace.com/notification/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/BracketSpace/Notification" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/BracketSpace/Notification/issues/new" rel="nofollow ugc">Report a bug</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT</h4>
<p>BracketSpace – the company behind this plugin provides <a href="https://bracketspace.com/custom-development/" rel="nofollow ugc">custom WordPress plugin development services</a>. We can create any custom plugin for you.</p>


Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress


This is a great plugin and well worth every star they get. 



It has a lot of features straight out of the box and will cover a LOT of use-cases, however the Pro plugins that are available take it even further.



This was exactly the solution we were looking for 👍 Highly recommend.


Great Plugin. Worth Every Star

Take full control of WordPress emails and notifications. Replace default messages, add custom triggers, and send alerts via email, webhook, Slack, and …

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