Title: Using a different WP user list
Last modified: June 20, 2019

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# Using a different WP user list

 *  Resolved [blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/)
 * (@blctech)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/)
 * Is it possible to uses another “user” list to send notification from, other than
   the User list in a WP setup? We want to set up notifications so they come from
   a separate list that we generate once and hour. Using the WP user list presents
   numerous problems

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 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11669802)
 * Hi [@blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/),
    Thanks for your
   message.
 * You can use the [Send to Any Email add-on](https://betternotificationsforwp.com/downloads/send-to-any-email/)
   to send to non-WordPress users.
 * Does this help?
 *  Thread Starter [blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/)
 * (@blctech)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11670842)
 * Hi
 * Thanks
 * Not send to other users, but use another file to store and send notifications
   to instead of using the WP user (subscriber list). Reason: we recreate the DB
   every hour
 * Is this possible?
 * Hope you had a good vacation!!
 * Thanks
    Brian
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11673113)
 * Hi [@blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/),
    If they’re assigned
   the same user role each time then you can use a user role instead of individual
   users. That way, when you wipe the site and a new user registers, you can still
   trigger the notification to that user role.
 * Does this help?
 *  Thread Starter [blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/)
 * (@blctech)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11674152)
 * Hi
 * We have a list of 500 members. That list is generated every hour _by first emptying
   the list_ and going through our large member list and selecting users that met
   a certain criteria and rebuild the list (a sql WP list). We want to use only 
   that list to send to when a post is published or a post is republished. We do
   not use the WP user list for membership as our membership list are all held in
   our invoicing and billing program
 * The WP user list has only three names in it (administrators who publish). If 
   we use that WP user list to add the 500 users to, I believe it would become a
   pain to try and delete all the users every hour because of the 3 administrators
   in it. That’s why we use a separate list. That’s why I asked if your plug in 
   allows us to use a seperate list other than the WP user list.
 * If we assign the newly added users to the WP user list using a certain role, 
   could they be deleted easily with a SQL call and not cause WP a problem? Then
   I guess we could use the WP user list?
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11677232)
 * Hi [@blctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blctech/),
    I don’t see any
   issues with that, no. You could use a script that’s run by a cron in your hosting
   account or use WP-CLI to help automate this too.
 * Providing that the users are user accounts within WordPress, BNFW shoulnd’t have
   any issues working with it.
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-different-wp-user-list/#post-11718501)
 * Closing due to inactivity. If you need further help with this, please feel free
   to re-open this thread.

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