Better Notifications for WP is a simple but powerful plugin for beginners to advanced users that allows you to customise the email notifications that WordPress sends using the WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. All of the default WordPress email notifications are available to customise as well as lots of new ones. You can choose to send notifications to individual users, multiple users, all users in a user role, multiple roles – you name it! You can also power-up your notifications with Premium Add-ons. Emails are sent out via your WordPress website (using wp_mail) but can be sent via SMTP using an appropriate 3rd party plugin should you wish. Here’s a quick walkthrough of the plugin in action: An Example: You want all the users in the Editor role to be notified via email when a new post is published and you’d like to customise it to include your logo along with the author’s name and date / time it was published – with this plugin, that’s easy. A handy list of shortcodes you can use is available here. Premium Add-ons Power-up your notifications using add-ons: Subscriptions (GDPR Compliancy) – Allow users to manage their subscriptions for BNFW notifications. Conditional Notifications – Limit certain notifications depending on which categories, tags, post formats, or terms you choose. Custom Fields – Provides a number...
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Tests done by WP Hive test scriptResults
Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found no PHP error while activating this plugin on our server
No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
Latest PHP 7.4.8 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
Latest WordPress 5.9 compatible The latest version of the plugin is compatible with the latest PHP version
Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
Frequently updated The plugin was updated at least once in the last 90 days
No problems were detected during tests.
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The test sites are hosted on Google Cloud VM instances, one site/plugin per instance. The machine type is n1-standard-1. The server is a 8 core CPU with 8GB of RAM.
The test sites are hosted on Apache/2 server and they are tested on PHP 7.4.8 & WordPress 5.9.
The database server is MySQL 8.0.21 and the default PHP memory limit is 256M.
Better Notifications for WP is a simple but powerful plugin for beginners to advanced users that allows you to customise the email notifications that WordPress sends using the WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. All of the default WordPress email notifications are available to customise as well as lots of new ones. You can choose to send notifications to individual users, multiple....
Better Notifications for WP is a simple but powerful plugin for beginners to advanced users that allows you to customise the email notifications that WordPress sends using the WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. All of the default WordPress email notifications are available to customise as well as lots of new ones. You can choose to send notifications to individual users, multiple users, all users in a user role, multiple roles – you name it! You can also power-up your notifications with Premium Add-ons. Emails are sent out via your WordPress website (using wp_mail) but can be sent via SMTP using an appropriate 3rd party plugin should you wish.
Here’s a quick walkthrough of the plugin in action:
An Example:
You want all the users in the Editor role to be notified via email when a new post is published and you’d like to customise it to include your logo along with the author’s name and date / time it was published – with this plugin, that’s easy.
A handy list of shortcodes you can use is available here.
Digest – Group multiple notifications into a single digest notification.
Global Override – Override some of the settings of notifications directly when editing a post, page, or custom post type.
Reminders – Send a reminder to your users and/or user roles when a post, page, or custom post type hasn’t been updated after a set amount of time. Also send a notification when a user hasn’t logged in for a set amount of time.
Multisite – Adds new notifications and shortcodes for WordPress Multisite to Better Notifications for WP.
Profile Builder – Adds compatibility and new notifications and shortcodes for Profile Builder Free, Hobbyist, and Pro plugins to Better Notifications for WP.
…and more coming soon!
Notifications
The notifications that are currently available to use are:
Admin
New User Registration – For Admin
User Lost Password – For Admin
Password Changed – For Admin
User Email Changed – For Admin
User Role Changed – For Admin
WordPress Core Automatic Background Updates
Privacy – Confirm Action: Export Data Request – For Admin
Privacy – Confirm Action: Erase Data Request – For Admin
Transactional
New User Registration – For User
New User – Post-registration Email
User Lost Password – For User
Password Changed – For User
User Email Changed Confirmation – For User
User Email Changed – For User
User Role Changed – For User
Comment Reply
Privacy – Confirm Action: Export Data Request – For User
Privacy – Confirm Action: Erase Data Request – For User
Network Admin Email Change Attempted – For New Network Admin
Network Admin Email Changed – For Old Network Admin
New Site Activated or Created – For Site Admin
Site Deleted – For Site Admin
Site Admin Email Change Attempted – For New Site Admin
Site Admin Email Changed – For Old Site Admin
New Site Activated – For User
New User Created – For User
New User Invited to Site – For User
If you’d like to see a notification in the list above, please drop me a line in the forum and I’ll see what I can do to add it.
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DISCLAIMER This is an incredibly useful and highly rated plugin however, it’s possible that overuse or abuse of this plugin could upset your users by sending them too many notifications. By downloading / installing / using this plugin, you take full responsibility of the management / quantity / types of notifications that are sent out from it including abiding by any SPAM laws in your country / operating areas, dealing with / responding to subscription / unsubscription requests, complaints, and so on. I accept no liability or responsibility for SPAM or abuse of this plugin from the user(s) of or anyone that may receive notifications as a result of the use of this plugin. I’m trusting you, please don’t abuse your users.
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Performance
Memory Usage
Average memory usage is 203.86 KB
This is less than 99% plugins
Page Speed
Average page loading time is increased by 0.02 s
This is faster than 99% plugins
Speed Test Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data
Before plugin activation
After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
- 0.02s
/(front page)
- 0.06s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
- 0.1s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.03s
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.02s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.1s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.02s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 0.08s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 0.09s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
- 0.06s
/wp-admin/upload.php
- 0.09s
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Memory Usage Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data
Before plugin activation
After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
+ 203.86KB
/ (front page)
+ 17.53KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 27.23KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 28.45KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 27.6KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 28.02KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 28.25KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 28.21KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 26.13KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 20.6KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 20.05KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 28.23KB
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User Rating of Better Notifications for WP from WP Hive Users
Pros & Cons: This is a review from the Editorial staff of WP Hive for test purposes. We are sure the plugin made it with good heart for WordPress users and we want to encourage his/her efforts by the first review.
Overall:The plugin should be working great. Even if it does not, we respect the time and effort. If you are using this plugin - leave a review with more information.
Stina Gunnarsdottir
Overall
Easy of Use
Features
Quality of Support
Value for Money
Pros & Cons: This is a review from the Editorial staff of WP Hive for test purposes. We are sure the plugin made it with good heart for WordPress users and we want to encourage his/her efforts by the first review.
Overall:The plugin should be working great. Even if it does not, we respect the time and effort. If you are using this plugin - leave a review with more information.