Title: I am missing something really simple…
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# I am missing something really simple…

 *  Resolved [davedfi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davedfi/)
 * (@davedfi)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-am-missing-something-really-simple/)
 * I am testing with a sandbox account. IPN is configured properly, as I see the
   transactions captured by your plugin in the admin panel.
 * Now I’d like to use your sample code to kick off some emails, add a few fields
   to a database, etc.
 * I’ve got your sample code pasted into my theme’s functions.php file. I added 
   known working code to fire off an email at the appropriate point in the function.
 * What I don’t understand is how this function gets triggered. Do I need to reference
   the hook name somewhere so this code is run whenever paypal talks to the IPN 
   link?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-ipn/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-ipn/)

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 *  Thread Starter [davedfi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davedfi/)
 * (@davedfi)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-am-missing-something-really-simple/#post-7336234)
 * Of course after hours of messing with it, I found my stupid mistake 5 minutes
   after posting a support request! Awesome plugin, will be sure to leave a 5 star
   review.
 *  Plugin Contributor [angelleye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelleye/)
 * (@angelleye)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-am-missing-something-really-simple/#post-7336239)
 * I call it the [Power of the Post](https://www.angelleye.com/power-of-the-post/).
   🙂
 * Glad you got it worked out, and thanks for the review!

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 * [ipn](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ipn/)
 * [paypal](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/paypal/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [angelleye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelleye/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-am-missing-something-really-simple/#post-7336239)
 * Status: resolved