WordPress User Submitted Posts - Notifications
Notifications
There are several notification options available with the WordPress User Submitted Posts plugin. It is possible to show Admin Panel notifications as well as Email notifications. Admin can be notified upon Post submittal, modification or deletion. Users can also be notified about the status of their posts.
Admin Panel Notifications
Notifications for User Submitted Content can be displayed on the admin panel. These appear when a user logs in on the main screen of the WordPress dashboard.
To enable admin panel notifications, navigate to Admin Dashboard → CM User Submitted Posts → Settings → Notifications tab.
Find the option Admin panel notification and enable it.
The option Who can see notifications allows to select which site users will see the Admin Panel notifications when they log into WordPress.
When an article is submitted, modified or submitted for deletion a notification will appear on the homepage of the dashboard.
Clicking it will direct the admin to the Moderation view where they can browse articles that are pending moderation and decide on the course of action to take with each.
Admin Email Notification
You can also configure if the admin will receive email notifications when posts are added or edited.
- Admin email notification - Enable or disable this feature.
- Additional emails to send admin notification to - Optionally, include any email address that should also receive these messages (for instance, the blog editor). You can enter multiple emails separated by comma.
- Admin email notification subject / text - Customize subject and content of the email. The fields support the shortcodes:
[site_name]- To display the site title.[site_url]- To display the site URL.[post_title]- To display the post title.[post_author]- To display the author name of post.[post_url]- To display the post URL.[post_edit_url]- To display the link to edit the post on your site.[post_status]- To display the status (for example, "Published").
TIP
You can use these shortcodes inside HTML tags to create links. For instance:
- <a href="[post_url]">Access the post</a>
- <a href="[post_edit_url]">Edit post</a>
User Email Notifications
Note: user email notifications were renewed in version 2.5.7.
There are 3 user email notifications for different post statuses.
Post Publish Email Notification
This email notification is sent to the user once his post is published.
Post Submit Email Notification
This email notification is sent to the user once his post is submitted and waiting for admin moderation.
Post Delete Email Notification
This email notification is sent to the user if his post was removed.
For each user email notification you can configure the following:
- User email notification - Enable or disable this feature.
- User email notification subject / text - Customize subject and content of the email. The fields support the shortcodes:
[site_name]- To display the site title.[site_url]- To display the site URL.[post_title]- To display the post title.[post_author]- To display the author name of post.[post_url]- To display the post URL.[post_status]- To display the status (for example, "Published").
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