Email Mentioned is a lightweight customizable -no coding needed- plugin to send an email to each user mentioned in comments.
As of April 2026, Email Mentioned is a WordPress email plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
This ultra light-weight plugin send a customizable notification email to each user/author mentioned in a comment.
Mentions: A mention is an username preceded by the mention qualifier.
Username: This plugin will look for the username in display_names and logins. Multiple authors could be mentioned in a comment.
Qualifier: Can be a character but also a string.
The default qualifier is ‘@’ to work as in Twitter, but it could be changed via admin menu to be ‘#’ or even an string like ‘Mention:’ .
Email:
The email can be customized to include or not the whole comment in wich the mention is.
The email can be customized to add a reference to the mentioner profile at the site.
It is also possible to define email header and footer.
The email can include the URl…
| WordPress | 4.1.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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