Comment Reply Email Notification
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
4.8(32 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Comment Reply Email Notification is a WordPress email plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 32 reviews. It has been downloaded 107K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
4.8/532 reviews
3.0K+active installs
107K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
Warning
This plugin uses the “wp_insert_comment” hook, therefore, everytime a comment is created, a notification is likely to be sent. If you are importing comments into your blog, it’s a good idea to disable this plugin.
Sending e-mails does not work?
The plugin uses the standard WordPress e-mail function. If you have problems getting e-mails sent, you might try using plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ to improve sending e-mails from your site.
Customizing the layout of the checkboxes
The label next to the checkboxes don’t contain a whitespace. Depending on your theme you might want to add a custom style like this to get a space between the checkbox and the…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very useful plugin, totally free!
by Qilin·8 months ago
Great plugin, very easy to customize if you can code a bit. The author is also very communicative and quick to make changes, he deserves a 5 star rating!
Works Great for me! Thanks.
by mattenser14·1 year ago
I just wanted a simply solution to allow people to get email notifications. This works great. I tested the one with more downloaded and like this one better. It just works. I wish it was easier to edit the email template and design, but that isn’t a big deal. Using it on DIVI blog and it works great for me. Takes a few minutes to send but maybe that is my email server not the plugin. Check it out in action here: mattenser.me/blog/is-belief-in-god-reasonable/
Thanks for the great plugin!
Works perfectly
by Jeffinho2016·2 years ago
Excellent little plugin for a feature that should actually be native to WP.
This plugin is gold!
by Lucas·2 years ago
Thanks a lot, it works like a charm!
Not Working with WordPress 6.3
by feralreason·2 years ago·1 reply
Not sure if this works with previous WP version but it does not work with WP 6.3. If you set your WP discussion settings to “email me whenever anyone posts a comment” — that should send an email to the author. If this plugin is then installed, the email will go to the site admin address and no email will be sent to the post author. When I removed the plugin, the WordPress Settings worked as expected and notifications went to the post author.
Download Trends
Today: 19Yesterday: 28This week: 148Period total: 16K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.39
59.7%
Other
32.3%
v1.37
7.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.39.0
- Fix compatibility issues with WordPress 6.6 or earlier.
Contributors
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