Supercharge your WordPress email notifications using a WYSIWYG editor and shortcodes. Default and new notifications available. Add-ons available.
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.
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.
Here’s a quick walkthrough of the plugin in action:
It does what it says. What else can you ask to a plugin.
Highly recommended
Simple and easy to operate, great support.
Excellent Plugin and fast Support!
Highly recommended!
Simplest and the best
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!
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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