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Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress

Take full control of WordPress emails and notifications. Replace default messages, add custom triggers, and send alerts via email, webhook, Slack, and …

By Kuba Mikita·Mail·Free + Premium
4.6(124 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Notification is a WordPress mail plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 124 reviews. It has been downloaded 404K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Flamingo.

4.6/5124 reviews
10K+active installs
100%resolved
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

WordPress sends emails you can’t customize. You can’t change who receives them, what they say, or how they look. And if you need to notify your team about content changes, user activity, or security events — WordPress simply doesn’t do that.

Notification fixes this. It gives you complete control over what WordPress sends, to whom, and through which channel. Replace rigid default emails with fully customizable messages, or create entirely new notifications triggered by any WordPress event. No coding required — set up your first notification in under 5 minutes.

WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE FREE VERSION

  • Replace default WordPress emails — Disable any built-in email (new user, password reset, comments, etc.) and replace it with your own version using the built-in Wizard
  • Create custom notificatio…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.6124 reviews
5 ★
109
4 ★
1
3 ★
3
2 ★
1
1 ★
10

Recent Reviews

Very good and so helpful support
by tondosusanto·4 months ago·1 reply

This plugin is working, it’s a big help for community news website and support is rock! so helpful! so happy

All great
by adeemon322·9 months ago

It just doesn’t work: review notification content is empty, sell notifications doesn’t appears at all. I’m asking the real human support but only chat bot helps me.

  • This topic was modified 9 months, 4 weeks ago by adeemon322. Reason: Change mind
Better than competitors
by persoonlijkvaardiger·10 months ago·1 reply

It took me only minutes to set up and add notifications. Admin settings are easily managed.
Much better than competition.

Happy to see that the support is back :-)
by olivierschaeffer75008·1 year ago

Happy to see that the support is back 🙂

  • This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by olivierschaeffer75008.
Webhook deprecation
by benhartwich·1 year ago·1 reply

All worked fine for years and now the plugin is completely useless: I can´t send any web hooks anymore. Also the announcement link at the update notes doesn´t work.

Download Trends

Today: 87Yesterday: 124This week: 732Period total: 63K

Compatibility

WordPress5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v9.0
68.6%
v8.0
25.3%
Other
6.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

9.0.10

  • [Fixed] Carrier recipient data lost during cron background processing, causing emails to receive user IDs instead of email addresses
  • [Fixed] Warning on activation when cron period setting is not yet initialized
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
9.0.10
Last Updated
Mar 11, 2026
WP Requires
5.8+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
404K+
Added
Dec 20, 2011
Business
Commercial

Tags

mailalertemailnotifynotification

Developer

K
Kuba Mikita
9 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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