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Comment Reply Notification for WordPress



We’ve just added comment reply notification to our WordPress installation here at Computers Made Simple. Yes, we should have had it before but we thought it was already part of WordPress. Silly us, right?

Adding the plugin named ‘Comment Reply Notification’ was very simple, as was the one step set-up. You can either download the app then upload it to your site or, as we did, simply install it from the plug-in section of your WordPress Dashboard. That’s what we will do today. Follow our photo flowchart to get this important feature on your own site.

Here we go:

Step 1:

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Head to your Dashboard then hover over the word Plugins on the left then choose Add New.

 

Step 2.

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In the search box, type in ‘comment reply notification’

 

Step 3.

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1.4 is the latest version. Click on ‘Install Now’.
1.4 is the latest version. Click on ‘Install Now’.

 

Step 4.

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Accept the message from the webpage by clicking ‘OK’.

 

Step 5.

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Once the Plugin is installed, click on ‘Activate Plugin’. You’re not done yet but this will start the activation process.

 

Step 6.

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Hover over the word Settings on the left side and choose Comment Reply Notification.

 

Step 7.

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Select ‘Commenter choose to do so (default checked)’. Look at the other choices but that is the best one, in our opinion. Click on Update Options.

TIP: Don’t forget to click on Update Options or the plugin won’t work.

 

Step 8.

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Make sure that you see the words ‘Options Saved’ before you leave this page.

 

You’re done! Now, whenever someone makes a comment and you reply to it, they will be notified of your reply. They can then head back to the page, using the link in the email, and read your reply.

Tip:  This process is the same, pretty much, for all WordPress plugins. Some have more complicated set-up processes but the actual installation is the same. Be sure to check the settings page which applies to the plugin you choose to install.

 

Thanks for reading!