Title: Contributor Notifications Author: Web Guy Published: fevriye 4, 2020 Last modified: Janvye 21, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/contributor-notifications/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2238259) ![](https://ps.w.org/contributor-notifications/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2238259) # Contributor Notifications By [Web Guy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/contributor-notifications.zip) * [Details](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/#description) * [Reviews](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/#reviews) * [Installation](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/#installation) * [Development](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/) ## Description [šŸ’¬ Ask Question](https://github.com/webguyio/support) | [šŸ“§ Email Me](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/webguywork@gmail.com?output_format=md) An incredibly simple and lightweight solution for alerting you of new pending posts from contributors and alerting contributors when their submissions are either approved or declined. ### Features * Sends email to admin if new post pending * Sends email to author if pending post approved * Sends email to author if pending post declined ## Installation **Automatic** * From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: **Plugins** > **Add New** * Search for: **Contributor Notifications** * Install it * Activate it **Manual** * Download * Unzip * Upload to **/plugins/** folder * Activate Thatā€™s it. There are no settings to adjust. ## FAQ ### Text Customization & Translation The email text is fully customizable and translation-ready. You can change the wording, the language, and add custom HTML and CSS. Use whatever string swap/translation method you like, but I recommend the [Say what? plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/say-what/) because itā€™s the easiest way to change the text with no coding required. To use Say what?, you need to add three pieces of info, the exact text string youā€™d like to alter, the text domain, and the replacement string youā€™d like to use. Strings: ``` New Pending Post Your Post Has Been Approved Your Post Has Been Declined Sorry, your post has been declined. | ``` Text Domain: ``` contributor-notifications ``` (see [example screenshot](https://ps.w.org/contributor-notifications/assets/say-what-screenshot.jpg)) ### Why arenā€™t emails being sent? Iā€™m using the built-in `wp_mail` function. Most hosting environments (even shared hosts like Bluehost and GoDaddy) can handle email, but not very well out-of-the- box and require being optimized. It actually takes a bit of work to make sure your emails are deliverable. Some recommendations: * Check that your SPF, DKIM, and other email records are set up correctly ([mail-tester.com](https://www.mail-tester.com/) is a great all-around tool for checking and fixing common email deliverability issues) * Even on shared hosts, you should be able to add a dedicated IP to your account for very cheap (which allows you to get away from shared IPs that have a bad reputation because your neighbors are spamming) * If all else fails, you can abandon using your own server for mail altogether, and host offsite with a free or paid third-party service like Gmail (check out the [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/) plugin to go that route) ### This plugin only works for the Pending post status. Some examples of when this plugin might be useful include when you allow registration on your site and by default, new users are granted the Contributor role, or when using a plugin like [User Submitted Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8de6c3cc4c2009d2bc8fda4122c6f06a43791abdcd3639834b48353012d2c5d9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good start](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-start-60/)ó æ [truden](https://profiles.wordpress.org/truden/) Mas 11, 2021 4 replies Very neat, light and works out of the box. No settings provided, but it would be nice if there is an option for message composing. Iā€™ve changed the message in the code, but not all users can do it, by editing the file. Good start though. Thank you! [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers ā€œContributor Notificationsā€ is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/) ā€œContributor Notificationsā€ has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contributor-notifications/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate ā€œContributor Notificationsā€ into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contributor-notifications) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contributor-notifications/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/contributor-notifications/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/contributor-notifications/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/contributor-notifications/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.5 * Minor code cleanup #### 0.4 * Set the admin/editor notification to a custom email address #### 0.3 * Email text can now be customized/translated #### 0.2 * Fixed error ā€œCall to undefined function wp_get_current_user()ā€ #### 0.1 * New ## Meta * Version **0.5** * Last updated **3 months ago** * Active installations **70+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/) and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contributor-notifications) * Tags * [contributors](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contributors/)[emails](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/emails/) [Notifications](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notifications/)[pending](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pending/) [posts](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/contributor-notifications/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contributor-notifications/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/) ## Support Got something to say? 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