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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP icon

Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP

Supercharge your WordPress email notifications using a WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. Default and new notifications available. Add-ons available.

By Jack - BNFW·Alert·Free + Premium
4.8(184 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 6 months ago
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As of April 2026, Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts is a WordPress alert plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 184 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 67%. Top alternative: VK Blocks.

4.8/5184 reviews
30K+active installs
67%resolved
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Better Notifications for WP is a simple but powerful plugin for that allows you to customise the email notifications that WordPress sends using a WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. All of the default WordPress email notifications are available to customise as well as lots of new ones. You can choose to send notifications to individual users, multiple users, all users in a user role, multiple roles – you name it! You can also power-up your notifications with Premium Add-ons. Emails are sent out via your WordPress website (using wp_mail) but can be sent via SMTP using a 3rd party plugin should you wish.
If you want to let users create their own email notifications/subscriptions/alerts, check out my other plugin: Content Notify.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.8184 reviews
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170
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Recent Reviews

Best for notifications
by comunicacionabierta·1 month ago

It does what it says. What else can you ask to a plugin.

Highly recommended

Best notifications for WordPress
by Weiching·10 months ago

Simple and easy to operate, great support.

Works like a charm
by eagleworx·1 year ago

Excellent Plugin and fast Support!
Highly recommended!

Simplest and the best
by marcin1333·1 year ago

Simplest and the best

Small but mighty!
by ozoemena·1 year ago

I don’t usually do this, but this plugin has been wonderful. The plugin authors know their onions well, very fast and experienced.

Good job, keep it up!

Download Trends

Today: 117Yesterday: 133This week: 717Period total: 75K

Compatibility

WordPress4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v1.9
90.0%
v1.8
7.2%
Other
2.8%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.9.9.1 – 31st August 2025

  • Fixed: User shortcodes in the last update weren’t using the correct data.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Jack - BNFWJack - BNFW
Plugin Info
Version
1.9.9.1
Last Updated
Sep 8, 2025
WP Requires
4.8+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
30K+
Downloads
1.0M+
Added
Mar 16, 2013
Business
Commercial

Tags

alertemailnotifymessagenotification

Developer

J
Jack - BNFW
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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