Title: Sending Notifications Last modified: August 30, 2018 --- # Sending Notifications * Resolved [sanchell2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchell2/) * (@sanchell2) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/) * I am so totally confused with this plugin. I have watched the video at least 5 times. I have created a New Post Published. Created a message in the notification. I have saved it. I have installed, and successfully used, Post SMTP to send a test email to me. In the All Notifications box it says it is published. How the heck do I send it? I see no “send” button. The video shows creating a New Post in Add Post and sending it – but how is that linked to the notification I just created. * I have searched the user forum for variations of send new notificaton. The written documentation tells how to create a new notification, how to send a test email, and something about creating a New Post to send to the Author, but not how to send the new notification to the selected users. * Can you please help me to use what seems to be a fine plug-in? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsending-notifications-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/#post-10642752) * Hi [@sanchell2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchell2/), THanks for your message. * The plugin sends notifications for when certain events occur on your site. To do this, you have to create a notification for them. E.g. You can publish a new post within WordPress but WordPress doesn’t feature a way to send an email about this new post to users on your site. This plugin allows you to do that. * Once you’ve created your ‘New Post Published’ notification in the Notifications screen, you can then publish a new post and it will send an email as per the settings in your notification. * Does this help? * Thread Starter [sanchell2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchell2/) * (@sanchell2) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/#post-10644526) * Thank you for your response. * The answer is … almost yes. * If I understand you correctly, any post that is already online will not be sent. But if, let’s say, I create a new post today it will be sent? * Let me see if I can explain what I have done and perhaps you can guide me a bit further. I created a new notification. Under Notification For I chose “New Post Published,” as you already know. Under “Subject” I gave it the name of a new Post I had just published earlier that day “Nikon Z-Series Camera.” In the Message Body I wrote a message to the recipients telling them to have a look at the new post, Nikon Z-Series Camera. I sent a test e-mail using Post SMTP . Worked fine. I then saved the post. It says it is published and enabled – but it’s not sending. What have I done wrong (clearly it’s me)? * Perhaps I am using the wrong Notification For. Which designation should I use to simply send an email to communicate with my subscribers, telling them to have a look at an already published post, or a special offer on my site? * BTW, I really like this program from what I can see so far. If I can only get it to work! Is there a “pro” or paid version of this? I don’t mind paying for what I receive, but I don’t need any of the add-ons. - This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [sanchell2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchell2/). * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/#post-10649783) * Hi [@sanchell2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sanchell2/), Thanks for clarifying. Sounds like you’re on the right track. * So firstly, it’s worth noting that the plugin can’t send out notifications retrospectively– it can only send out notifications for events, such as when a new post is published, but only after a notification has been set-up. * If you publish a post, then set up a notification for it, it can’t send an email about that post. If you set up the notification (which you only need to do once), then publish a post, it will send the notification for that post. * Does this make sense? * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/#post-10688409) * Closing due to inactivity. If you need further help with this, please feel free to re-open this thread. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Sending Notifications’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/bnfw/assets/icon.svg?rev=2531573) * [Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts - Better Notifications for WP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bnfw/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bnfw/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/reviews/) ## Tags * [new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/new-post/) * [send](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/send/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-notifications-2/#post-10688409) * Status: resolved