Post Status Notifications

Description

The Post Status Notifications plugin by 99 Robots provides an easy way to notify Administrators when their Contributors submit a post for review.

Additionally, when an administrator publishes the post, the original author will be notified via email that they can see their post live on the site.

These email notifications ensure posts are not waiting for reviewers who otherwise would have to check WordPress admin manually for posts in the pending review status.

Features

Get a better editorial workflow by improving communication related to articles submitted for review and subsequently published by administrators.

  • Email notification to Admin or Editor when a post is submitted for review
  • Email notification to Contributor, All Users, Admins or Editors when a post is published on the site
  • Custom Email Headers
  • Custom Email Subject and Message
  • Support for custom post types
  • Email based on user role
  • Share Links

This is great plugin for every site that accepts user submitted content, has multiple authors, or site owners running content-heavy websites. Enhance your editorial workflow with proper communication.

For more details, visit the 99 Robots documentation.

Also please check out our other plugins 🙂

Screenshots

  • Sample Email by Post Status Notification Plugin

Installation

You can install the 99 Robots Post Status Notifications plugin from your WordPress Dashboard or manually via FTP.

From WordPress Dashboard

Similar to all other plugins, follow these instructions:

  • Navigate to ‘Plugins -> Add New’ from your WordPress dashboard.
  • Search for 99 Robots Post Status Notifications and install it.
  • Activate the plugin from Plugins menu.
  • Configure the plugin’s options from Post Status Notifications tab in your WP Admin.

Manual Installation

  • Download the plugin
  • Unzip the file
  • Upload the wpsite-post-status-notifications folder to your /wp-content/plugins directory (do not rename the folder)
  • Activate the plugin from Plugins menu.
  • Configure the plugin’s options from Post Status Notifications tab in your WP Admin.

Reviews

June 2, 2021 1 reply
Lousy. I am an admin and I needed it to receive notifications when someone leaves a "pending post", but instead he sends me horrible emails with very long links when I publish the note that was pending. In other words, it informs me about what I did. Completely useless.
February 7, 2024 1 reply
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p class="">Since I cannot create another review, I can only edit this one negatively. This plugin was great, however, I cannot get it to work with the Block editor. I turned off the two-step publishing process, but it still won't go out. No-one has answered either of my support requests, https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-block-editor-2/ or https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-with-block-editor-emails-not-sent/. It seems the support is severely lacking. Can't wait any longer. Going to change to another method.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->
July 4, 2017 3 replies
users do not receive any notification when post has been published. edit: after switching to sendgrid, mails where sent to almost all users.
December 7, 2016 1 reply
I have to say I have Easy WP SMTP installed and all emails from my WordPress are sent via a googlemail account. But I am sure it should work also with usual network mail.
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Contributors & Developers

“Post Status Notifications” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Post Status Notifications” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

3.2.0

2023-08-21
* Made compatible with WordPress 6.3
* Added: Ability to send notifications to both admins and editors when a contributor submits a post for review
* Removed: Removed Google+ as the sharing link

3.1.9

2022-08-05
* Made compatible with WordPress 6.0.1

3.1.8

2021-09-15
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.8.1

3.1.7

2021-05-14
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.7.2

3.1.6

2020-12-29
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.6

3.1.5

2020-09-14
* Updated: Email notifications for All Posts Published

3.1.4

2020-09-14
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.5.1

3.1.3

2020-05-05
* Added DraftPress as a Contributor

3.1.2

2020-05-05
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.4.1

3.1.1

2019-09-12
* Made compatible with WordPress 5.2.3

3.1.0

2018-06-14
* ADDED: From Name for notification emails. Previously the name was defaulted to use WordPress. Now it fetches the Site Name, and it can be changed as per the user’s choice.
* Made compatible with WordPress 4.9.6

3.0.4

2017-06-11
* FIXED: Improved code quality and checked for non set variables
* Made compatible with WordPress 4.8

3.0.3

2016-5-5
* FIXED: Improved code quality and checked for non set variables

3.0.2

2015-10-19
* FIXED: Fixed bug with the activation process

3.0.1

2015-10-16
* UPDATED: Readme description

3.0.0

2015-10-16
* ADDED: Dynamic fields are not included in the custom subjects and message of the emails
* NEW: Admin settings page is completely redone to have a more modern look and feel

2.0.5

  • REMOVED: draftpress.com link at the end of all email has been removed

2.0.4

  • Re-branded to 99 Robots

2.0.3

  • Minor Updates

2.0.2

  • Compatible with WordPress 4.1

2.0.1

  • Supports WordPress 4.0

2.0

  • Fixed Minor Bug
  • Changed settings page styling

1.1

  • Custom Email Headers
  • Custom Email Subject and Message
  • Support for custom post types
  • Email based on user role
  • Share Links

1.0

  • Initial Release