Title: Automatic Notifications Last modified: March 3, 2017 --- # Automatic Notifications * Resolved [rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/) * (@rockinpreacher) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/) * I emailed earlier regarding automatic notifications, if there were a setting I needed to place in order for new posts to trigger a subsequent notification to my users. I was told “No, you don’t have to do anything. Once you’ve set-up a New Post Published notification you don’t have to set it up again and will send an email each time you publish a new post.” * I have registered on my site an alternate email and username for myself, as a“ subscriber”, to see if I would get these updated notifications — I have not received any. So, I question if I have the plug-in set up properly, or not. * Thank you! * RP Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8878192) * Hi RP, Thanks for your message. * Can you provide some more detail about your set-up, such as which notification you’re using, how you’re triggering notifications (are you posting via the front or back-end), are you using an email delivery services / plugin or checking the emails are definitely being sent, etc.? * If you can provide screenshots, that would be most helpful. * Thanks, Jack * Thread Starter [rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/) * (@rockinpreacher) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8881966) * I apologize for my lack of details. I am a nominal WP user who simply posts articles to my site and desire for my users to receive notification when something new has been posted. * I created a user login using my gmail address to verify that those notifications are being sent. However, I have not received anything yet. This tells me that my other users are not receiving anything either. I thought by installing your plug-in that would be fixed, but I have not seen the results I was hoping for. * Here is the screenshot you asked for that shows how I have my notifications set: * ** I further apologize, it seems I cannot figure out how to include my screenshot. I tried simply pasting it into this reply, but that’s not working… * RP * This is the best I could come up with (I simply “ctl+a; ctl+c; ctl+v”: * Notification For New Post Published Email Formatting HTML Formatting Plain Text Additional Email Fields Set “From” Name & Email, Reply To, CC, BCC Send this notification to the Author only Do not send this Notification to the User that triggered it Send To User Roles Administrator (2 Users)Editor (0 Users)Author( 0 Users)Contributor (0 Users)Subscriber (931 Users) Users ×Subscriber (931 Users) Subject CSPUB updates Message Body * Need some help? * Documentation * Shortcode Help * Add MediaVisualText Paragraph * p * Stop additional paragraph and line break HTML from being inserted into my notifications * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8883989) * Hi [@rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/), Thanks for clarifying. * At this point, without knowing more, I’d suggest installing and going through the set-up wizard for the [Postman SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/) plugin to ensure email delivery. * If that doesn’t work, we can revisit. * Let me know how you get on. * Thanks, Jack * [dvhirst865](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvhirst865/) * (@dvhirst865) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8891828) * [@rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/), I had the same problem. After installing postfix on my Ubuntu 14.04.5 server, the problem resolved and notifications now are sent. I’d second Jack’s suggestion. Good luck. * Don * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8907239) * Closing due to inactivity. If you need further help with this, please feel free to re-open this thread. * Thread Starter [rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/) * (@rockinpreacher) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8909144) * I appreciate your attention to this matter! I took a look at the plug-in you suggested and found myself drowning in a pool of instruction I was not comfortable performing. * I’m a simple man who has just enough knowledge of tech to navigate nominal things; but, when it comes to configuring and making changes that affect the overall functionality of my site, I don’t want to mess-up what I already have going. * My site is growing (for some reason) by leaps and bounds, and I don’t want to mess that up. By this weekend I will have over 1,000 registered users — worldwide— and it’s more important to continue in the direction we are going. I just thought if I had a ‘notification’ capability I could be of greater value to my users! * The following error message is now positioned at the top of my Dashboard: “Postman is not configured and is mimicking out-of-the-box WordPress email delivery.” I have not proceeded beyond the suggested actions “Email log | Settings.” * RP * Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8911169) * Hi [@rockinpreacher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockinpreacher/), Ok, no problem. * At this point, if you’re feeling overwhelmed but want the site to work properly, I’d probably recommend sourcing a WordPress developer (such as myself) to help. * If you contact me via the [BNFW website](https://betternotificationsforwp.com), we can discuss your requirements and costs. * Thanks, Jack Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Automatic Notifications’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/bnfw/assets/icon.svg?rev=2531573) * [Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts - Better Notifications for WP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bnfw/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bnfw/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bnfw/reviews/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-notifications/#post-8911169) * Status: resolved