Introduction #
Notification Master is a powerful WordPress plugin that enables you to create custom notifications for various events on your WordPress site. This guide will help you understand each type of trigger and how they can be used to keep you informed about important activities on your WordPress website.
Post Events #
Post Added This notification is triggered when a new post is inserted into the database on your WordPress site. It’s best used when posts are created via third-party tools or automated systems. This ensures that team members, editors, or subscribers are alerted immediately about new content as soon as it’s recorded in the database.
Post Approved This notification is sent out when a post is approved for publication on your WordPress site. Ideal for sites where posts need to be reviewed and approved before going live, helping to maintain quality control and ensure only approved content is published.
Post Drafted This notification is sent out when a post is saved as a draft. It’s useful for tracking content creation progress, allowing team members to see when new drafts are created and who is working on them.
Post Published This notification is sent out when a post is published on your WordPress site. Essential for keeping team members or subscribers updated about new live content, helping to promote newly published posts and drive traffic to your site.
Post Scheduled This notification is sent out when a post is scheduled for future publication. It keeps everyone informed about upcoming content, which is particularly useful for planning promotional activities around scheduled posts.
Post Sent for Review This notification is sent out when a post is sent for review. Useful for editorial workflows to alert reviewers, ensuring that posts awaiting approval are reviewed promptly.
Post Updated This notification is sent out when an existing post is updated. It helps keep track of content changes and updates on your WordPress site, ensuring that modifications are monitored and reviewed.
Post Published Privately This notification is sent out when a post is published as private on your WordPress site. Useful for internal content sharing within a team, allowing private posts to be used for drafts, internal notes, or content not meant for public viewing.
Post Trashed This notification is sent out when a post is moved to the trash. It helps monitor content deletions and manage the content lifecycle, ensuring that important content is not accidentally deleted without notice.
Comment Events #
New Comment This notification is sent out when a new comment is added to a post on your WordPress site. It helps engage with users by tracking new comments, fostering community interaction, and enabling prompt responses to feedback.
Comment Approved This notification is sent out when a comment is approved. It’s useful for moderated comment sections on your WordPress site, ensuring that approved comments are tracked and highlighted.
Comment Published This notification is sent out when a comment is published. It helps keep track of public comments on your WordPress site, monitoring the conversation and maintaining comment quality.
Comment Trashed This notification is sent out when a comment is moved to the trash. It helps monitor comment deletions, ensuring that comments are not deleted without proper review.
Comment Unapproved This notification is sent out when a comment is unapproved. It helps track changes in comment approval status, which is useful for managing spam or inappropriate comments on your WordPress site.
Comment Marked as Spam This notification is sent out when a comment is marked as spam. It helps manage spam comments effectively, ensuring that spam is quickly identified and dealt with.
Comment Replied This notification is sent out when a reply is made to a comment. It engages users by tracking comment interactions, helping maintain conversations and respond to users promptly.
Taxonomy Events #
Taxonomy Added This notification is sent out when a new taxonomy (like a category or tag) is added to your WordPress site. It helps keep track of changes in site categorization, useful for sites with frequently updated categories or tags.
Taxonomy Updated This notification is sent out when an existing taxonomy is updated. It helps monitor updates to categories or tags, ensuring taxonomy changes are tracked and reviewed on your WordPress site.
Taxonomy Deleted This notification is sent out when a taxonomy is deleted. It helps track deletions of categories or tags, ensuring that important taxonomies are not removed without notice.
User Events #
User Registered This notification is sent out when a new user registers on your WordPress site. It’s useful for managing new user sign-ups, tracking user growth, and ensuring new users are welcomed.
User Profile Updated This notification is sent out when a user updates their profile. It helps keep track of changes in user information, ensuring profiles are kept up-to-date on your WordPress site.
User Deleted This notification is sent out when a user is deleted. It helps monitor user account deletions, managing user accounts, and ensuring deletions are tracked on your WordPress site.
User Login This notification is sent out when a user logs in. It’s useful for tracking user activity, monitoring login patterns, and ensuring account security on your WordPress site.
User Logout This notification is sent out when a user logs out. It helps monitor user sessions, tracking when users leave your WordPress site.
Media Events #
Media Added This notification is sent out when a new media item is uploaded to your WordPress site. It helps keep track of new media uploads, managing media library growth.
Media Updated This notification is sent out when an existing media item is updated. It helps monitor changes to media items, ensuring updates are tracked and reviewed on your WordPress site.
Media Deleted This notification is sent out when a media item is deleted. It helps track deletions of media files, ensuring important media is not removed without notice.
Plugin Events #
Plugin Installed This notification is sent out when a new plugin is installed on your WordPress site. It helps keep track of new plugin installations, managing site functionality extensions.
Plugin Activated This notification is sent out when a plugin is activated. It helps monitor changes in active plugins, ensuring necessary plugins are running on your WordPress site.
Plugin Updated This notification is sent out when an existing plugin is updated. It helps track updates to installed plugins, ensuring plugins are kept up-to-date.
Plugin Deactivated This notification is sent out when a plugin is deactivated. It helps monitor deactivations of plugins, managing which plugins are currently in use on your WordPress site.
Theme Events #
Theme Installed This notification is sent out when a new theme is installed on your WordPress site. It helps track new theme installations, managing the visual design of the site.
Theme Switched This notification is sent out when the active theme is switched. It helps monitor changes to the active theme, ensuring consistent site appearance.
Theme Updated This notification is sent out when an existing theme is updated. It helps track updates to installed themes, ensuring the theme is kept up-to-date with the latest features and security patches.
Privacy Events #
Personal Data Exported This notification is sent out when a user’s personal data is exported. It ensures GDPR compliance by tracking data export requests, helping manage user data rights on your WordPress site.
Personal Data Erased This notification is sent out when a user’s personal data is erased. It helps monitor data deletion requests for GDPR compliance, ensuring user data is managed according to privacy laws on your WordPress site.
Conclusion #
By understanding and configuring these triggers in Notification Master, you can ensure that your WordPress site sends relevant notifications for various events. This helps you manage your site more effectively, keep your team informed, and enhance overall site management. For more detailed guides on using Notification Master plugin, refer to our comprehensive documentation or contact our support team.
