If comment notifications are enabled, the post author will receive an email when a new comment is left on a post they wrote. Comment notification emails are sent to the post author at their account’s email address.
You can choose to receive an email for every comment or just for comments that are held for moderation.
E-mail me whenever:
- Anyone posts a comment
- A comment is held for moderation
The comment notification email has all of the information about the comment including the title, author, email, URL, IP address, comment contents, and links to approve, delete, or mark the comment as spam.
Who receives comment notifications and can moderate comments?
- Contributors don’t receive comment notifications and can’t moderate any comments
- Authors receive comment notifications for, and can moderate comments on, only posts for which they’re the “author”
- Editors receive comment notifications only for posts for which they’re the “author”, but can moderate any comments
- Administrators receive comment notifications for all posts, and can moderate any comments
As an Administrator, you can add or edit users in Users → All Users in your dashboard.
Can I reply to comment notification emails?
If you turn on the comment reply by email feature on the Settings > Discussion page, you can reply directly to comments from the email notification messages. Make sure to include the quoted comment message or use the !END delimiter when you reply to comments by email.
What if the emails aren’t getting through?
If you’re not receiving comment notification emails:
- First check to make sure you are the author on the post where the comments are getting added.
- Check the Settings → Discussion page to make sure email notifications are turned on.
- Check the spam/junk folder in your email program to make sure the messages weren’t filed there by mistake.