Integrating An Email Management System Into WordPress

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WordPress is a flexible platform that works well for different types of websites. Whether you’re running a blog, news site, magazine, university, college, eCommerce store, or business website, WordPress can manage a variety of tasks efficiently. Its versatility makes it suitable for handling diverse website needs effectively. Email newsletters are a great way to increase […]

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What is an Email Footer? The Ultimate Guide with Examples

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What is Email Footer? The Ultimate Guide with Examples

What makes an email design transparent and intuitive for subscribers? What reinforces an overall impression with strong messaging? What allows companies to send regulation-compliant emails? The answer to these questions is the email footer. An email footer is often overlooked. …

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Email Subject Lines: Ultimate Guide of Examples and Ideas

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This post is originally published on Designmodo: Email Subject Lines: Ultimate Guide of Examples and Ideas

Email Subject Lines: The Ultimate Guide with Examples and Ideas

Do you know that a whopping number of emails sent daily go unopened and unnoticed? There are potentially millions of digital newsletters left unseen. While open rates are increasingly low, the spam rates are dangerously high. Almost 70% of recipients …

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How to Disable WordPress Admin Email Verification Notice

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Do you want to disable the admin email verification notice in WordPress?

By default, WordPress displays an admin email verification notice to the site administrators every few months to verify the email they use is still correct. It’s a pseudo-security measure that many site owners feel is unnecessary and annoying.

In this article, we will show you how to disable the admin email verification notice in WordPress.

How to Disable WordPress Admin Email Verification Notice

What is an Admin Email Verification Notice

The admin email verification notice feature was introduced in WordPress 5.3. The purpose of this feature is to show a screen to website administrators every few months that asks them to verify their site email address.

The admin email verification notice ensures that the email address provided by the administrator is accurate and still in use. Having a working email is important to site security and management.

Admin email verification notice

However, originally planned to appear every six months, sometimes the admin email verification notice can be displayed more frequently than necessary.

This can be annoying for users who’re just trying to log in to their WordPress website. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just turn off the admin email verification notice?

Let’s take a look at how to easily disable the admin email verification notice. You can click the links below to jump directly to the method you want to use.

You can easily disable the admin email verification notice by adding a code snippet to your WordPress files. If you haven’t done this before, then take a look at our beginner’s guide on pasting snippets from the web into WordPress.

Generally, you would need to manually add the code to your theme’s function.php file, but it can be a bit tricky since even a minor mistake can bring down your whole website.

This is why we recommend using a code snippet plugin like WPCode to add custom code in WordPress without having to edit your theme’s core files.

First, you need to install and activate the free WPCode plugin. For more instructions, please take a look at our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Once the plugin is activated, go to Code Snippets » Add New from your WordPress admin dashboard.

Go to Code Snippets and click Add New

This will take you to the ‘Add Snippet’ page.

As we have to add custom code, simply click on the ‘Use Snippet’ button below the ‘Add  Your Custom Code (New Snippet)’ option.

Click Use Snippet button

This will take you to the ‘Create Custom Snippet’ page where you can start by entering a title for your code snippet. It can be anything that helps you identify the code.

Next, select the ‘PHP Snippet’ as the ‘Code Type’ from the drop-down menu on the right.

Choose PHP as a Code Type

After that, all you have to do is copy and paste the following PHP code snippet in the ‘Code Preview’.

// Disable WordPress Administration Email verification Screen 
add_filter( 'admin_email_check_interval', '__return_false' );
Disable sdmin email verification PHP snippet

After that, scroll down to the ‘Insertion’ section and select an insert method.

Now, simply choose the ‘Auto Insert’ option to automatically execute code on your site upon saving the snippet. Make sure to select the location “Admin Only”.

WPCode Insert Snippet for Admin Only

Now, go to the top of the page and toggle the switch from ‘Inactive’ to ‘Active’ in the top right corner and then click the ‘Save Snippet’ button.

Once, you have saved and activated the code snippet, it will be automatically executed on your site.

Click on Save Snippet button

Now you will no longer see the admin email verification notice.

Method 2. Disable Admin Email Verification Notice Using a Plugin

If you prefer not to add code to your WordPress site, you can always use a plugin.

For this tutorial, we will be using the Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt plugin.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt plugin. For more instructions, you can check out our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Once the plugin is activated, simply go to Settings » General from your WordPress admin dashboard.

Go to Settings and then click on General

Now that you’re on the ‘General Settings’ page, scroll down to the bottom.

Here you will find the ‘Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt’ option. Now, simply make sure to check the box beside ‘Disable Admin Email Verification Screen.’

Check the disable admin email verification box

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.

That’s it! You and your team should not see the admin email verification notice anymore.

We hope this article helped you learn how to disable the admin email verification notice in WordPress. You may also want to see our tutorial on how to disable automatic update email notifications in WordPress, and our comparison of the best email marketing services to grow your website traffic and sales.

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How to Manage WordPress Comment Notification Emails

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Do you want to improve your WordPress comment notification emails?

Comments drive discussion and user engagement on many blogs. However, WordPress doesn’t do such a great job when it comes to notifying users about comment activity.

In this article, we will show you how to better manage WordPress comment notification emails to boost user activity on your website.

How to manage WordPress comment notification emails

Why Improve WordPress Comment Notification Emails

Comments are an important element of many WordPress websites, particularly on news sites and WordPress blogs. More comment activity means a more engaged audience which results in more page views and ultimately more revenue.

However, the comment system that comes with every WordPress website is fairly limited. It sends comment notifications only to site administrators and article authors. Apart from that, there isn’t a default option for other site users to be notified of new comments.

Wouldn’t it be nice if users were able to get comment notifications for the posts they like or when someone replies to a comment they left?

That said, let’s see how you can enhance the default WordPress comment system and notification emails for a more engaging user experience on your website.

The Default Comment Notification Options in WordPress

By default, WordPress does not have an option to send notifications to commenters.

However, it does have an option to send email notifications to site administrators when a new comment is published and when a comment is held for moderation.

You can view these options by going to Settings » Discussion from your WordPress dashboard and navigating to the ‘Email me whenever’ section.

Email me whenever settings

Both these notifications are only sent to the site administrators. However, WordPress also sends an email notification to the post author about new comments.

If you get a lot of comments on your website, you might not want to receive email notifications for all comments held for moderation. You can simply uncheck the box here to disable those.

How to Let Users Know When Their Comment is Approved

If a user’s comment is held for moderation, they will see a message telling them so. However, they will have no idea whether you approve it or not without returning to your site.

Unfortunately, many of these users never return to your website to check, so they won’t ever know that you approved their comments.

You can fix this by using the Comment Approved Notifier Extended plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Comment Approved Notifier Extended will notify users when their comment is approved. It works right out of the box, and there are no additional settings you need to configure.

You can also see our list of best plugins to improve WordPress comments.

How to Allow Users to Subscribe to Comments in WordPress

In addition to not knowing if their comment was approved, commenters will not be notified about replies, either.

Once they leave a comment, they will have to manually visit your website again to see if someone has replied.

To solve this, you need to install and activate Subscribe to Comments Reloaded plugin. For more details, see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

It allows your users to subscribe to comments on any article with or without leaving comments. Users can also easily unsubscribe at any time.

StCr settings in WordPress

For detailed step-by-step instructions, see our article on how to allow users to subscribe to comments in WordPress.

How to Allow Users to Subscribe to Just their Own Comments in WordPress

Many users may not want to receive notifications for all comments on an article. However, they may want to know if someone replied only to their own comments.

You can add this feature as well using the same Subscribe to Comments Reloaded plugin. First, you’ll need to install and activate the plugin. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Next, simply visit the StCR » Comment Form in your WordPress dashboard. From here, click on ‘Yes’ next to the ‘Advanced Subscription’ option.

StCr settings in WordPress

Users will now see a new option under the comment box whether they’d like to subscribe to all comments or just their own comments.

For more details, see our article on how to notify users of replies to their own comments in WordPress.

How to Allow Authors to Subscribe to Other Author’s Posts

If you run a multi-author blog, then other authors may want to keep up with discussions across your website. If you already have comment subscriptions enabled, then each author can manually go and subscribe to comments.

However, if you want certain users to receive all comment notifications, then you can do this with Better Notifications for WordPress plugin. For more details, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Once the plugin is active, you can head to Notifications » Add New from your WordPress dashboard and can enter a title for your notification at the top.

Next, you can select ‘New Comment’ from the ‘Notification for’ dropdown menu. After that, simply add the user roles that will receive these notifications in the ‘Send To’ field.

Comment notifications for certain user roles

The plugin also offers an option to send notifications to the post’s author and even exclude user roles from receiving email notifications for new comments.

How to Create Custom Comment Notification in WordPress

Want to create your own custom comment notifications in WordPress? Custom notifications can allow you to replace the default WordPress notification with your own.

First, you will need to install and activate the Better Notifications for WordPress plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit the Notifications » Add New page from your WordPress admin panel to create your custom comment notifications.

Create a custom notification

You can edit the notifications for new comments, comments awaiting moderation, and comment replies. Additionally, you can send notifications to any user role or to individual users.

The plugin also lets you add email addresses manually that are not even connected to a user on the site.

You have the option to completely customize the comment notification sent by WordPress and use shortcodes inside the email text to add custom tags.

For more details, see our article on how to add better custom notifications in WordPress.

How to Improve Deliverability of WordPress Email Notifications

All the above tips will fail if your WordPress site fails to send email notifications or if those emails are marked spam by email providers.

To fix WordPress email issues and improve email deliverability, you need to install and activate the WP Mail SMTP plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, visit the Settings » WP Mail SMTP page to configure plugin settings.

WP Mail SMTP settings

This plugin allows you to use SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to send emails. SMTP is a much better and more reliable method than the default mail function used by WordPress.

It works with any email service that supports SMTP. This includes your free Gmail account as well as Google Workspace, Mailgun, and Sendgrid.

Choose Other SMTP as mailer

For details, see our article on how to use SMTP server to send WordPress emails.

We hope this article helped you learn how to manage WordPress comment notification emails. You may also want to see our ultimate step-by-step guide on improving WordPress speed and performance for beginners and how to start an online store.

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How to Resend New User Welcome Emails in WordPress

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Do you want to resend welcome emails to your WordPress users?

A welcome email helps build trust with new users and ensures that people remember your website and business.

However, your welcome emails can sometimes end up in the spam folder, or users don’t receive the messages. That’s why it’s important to resend welcome emails.

In this article, we will show you how to resend new user welcome emails in WordPress.

How to Resend Welcome Emails to New Users in WordPress

Why Resend Welcome Emails to New Users in WordPress?

Creating welcome emails is a great way to customize the emails that new users receive when they register on your website. This helps build your brand and makes your site memorable for customers, members, and subscribers.

However, the welcome emails that you send might not make it to your users’ inboxes. Plus, email providers like Gmail can also flag your emails as spam.

One of the reasons for this issue is that WordPress hosting services don’t configure the mail function properly. As a result, your welcome emails fail to reach your users or land in the spam folder.

To overcome this issue, you can use an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) service. It allows you to use an SMTP server to send WordPress emails and ensure that they reach your users.

An SMTP service also allows you to log any emails that don’t get delivered so that you can easily resend them.

That said, let’s look at how you can log welcome emails that didn’t reach new users in WordPress.

How to Set Up Email Logs in WordPress

WP Mail SMTP is the best SMTP service for WordPress. It’s super easy to use and connects with popular email services like SendLayer, SMTP.com, Brevo (Previously Sendinblue), Gmail, Office 365, and more.

With WP Mail SMTP, you can track email deliverability in WordPress. The plugin keeps a record of every email sent from your website and lets you resend emails that haven’t been delivered.

Note: You will need the WP Mail SMTP Pro version to use the Email Log feature and resend welcome emails to new users. There is also a free version of WP Mail SMTP that you can use to get started.

First, you will need to install and activate the WP Mail SMTP plugin on your website. For more details, please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you can head over to WP Mail SMTP » Settings from your WordPress dashboard and then enter the license key.

You can find the key in your WP Mail SMTP account area.

WP Mail SMTP license key

After entering the license key, go ahead and click the ‘Verify Key’ button.

Next, you can scroll down to the Mailer section and choose how you would like to send your WordPress emails.

Select SMTP mailer

All you have to do is select your preferred mailer. The PHP mail will be selected by default, but we don’t recommend using this method as it’s unreliable.

For more information, you can follow our detailed guide on how to use a free SMTP server to send WordPress emails.

After that, you need to go to the Email Log tab in the WP Mail SMTP settings and check the box for the ‘Enable Log’ option.

This way, you will be able to track email deliverability in WordPress.

Turn on email logs

When you enable the option, you will see additional email tracking settings under the Email Log tab.

Go ahead and check the boxes for Log Email Content, Save Attachments, Open Email Tracking, and Click Link Tracking so that you will get more data about email deliverability.

Additional email log settings

Next, you can select the time period for keeping the email logs.

Simply choose an option from the dropdown menu for ‘Log Retention Period’ and then click the ‘Save Settings’ button.

Select log retention period

How to Resend New User Welcome Emails

After setting up email logs, you can now see which welcome emails didn’t reach your users and which ones need to be resent.

To start, simply navigate to WP Mail SMTP » Email Log from your WordPress admin area.

View email log opens and clicks

The plugin will show all your emails in this section. You can see the email subject, who it’s been sent to, the source, and whether users opened and clicked the email.

If you see a red dot for any email, it means it wasn’t delivered. On the other hand, a green dot shows the email has reached the user’s inbox.

To resend a welcome email that didn’t get delivered, go ahead and click the ‘View Log’ option.

View email logs for resend

Now, you will see logs for the individual email.

After that, navigate to the ‘Actions’ tab and click the ‘Resend’ button.

Click resend button

A popup window will now appear.

Simply enter the recipient’s email address and click the ‘Yes’ button to resend the email.

Click yes to resend email

Next, if you see multiple emails that failed to deliver, you can use the bulk resend feature from the email log screen.

Go ahead and check the box next to the emails you want to resend. After that, select the ‘Resend’ option from the Bulk Actions dropdown menu.

Resend multiple emails

When a popup window appears, you can click the ‘Yes’ button to resend multiple emails.

That’s it! WP Mail SMTP will resend welcome emails and any other email that fails to reach your new users.

Click yes to resend multiple emails

We hope this article helped you learn how to resend new user welcome emails in WordPress. You may also want to check out our guide on how to choose the best website builder and our expert picks for the best WooCommerce plugins.

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