Title: Notification trigger
Last modified: February 13, 2020

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# Notification trigger

 *  Resolved [odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/)
 * (@odonnry)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/)
 * Hello,
 * I am looking to trigger a notification to all registered users when a new document
   is uploaded or existing document is updated. The uploads would only come from
   admins and not user generated. I am using WP Download Manager to handle the documents
   internally. How can I go about triggering a notification when these action takes
   place?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12435274)
 * Hi [@odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/),
    Thanks for your
   message.
 * Providing that the custom post type in the WP Download Manager plugin is set 
   to ‘public’ then you should be able to see notifications for it in the ‘Notification
   Type’ dropdown in BNFW.
    If it isn’t set to public, you may be able to use the`
   register_post_type_args` filter in order to change this.
 * Let me know how you get on.
 *  Thread Starter [odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/)
 * (@odonnry)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12436371)
 * Hi Thank you for the reply. The documents being added through WP Download Manager
   are set to public but I see no option in BNFW for this type of trigger. I dont
   even see a field called “Notification Type”. When I select to add a new notification
   the only field close is called “Notification For”, assuming that is the right
   field to select the notification type, I dont see anything referencing WPDM or
   documents in general. Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12436599)
 * Hi [@odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/),
    Yes – Notification
   For is what I actually meant.
 * Is the WP Download Manager custom post type accessible by other plugins or only
   by itself? Wonder if it’s function is set to private or something.
 * BNFW is pretty simple in this regard – if the post type is available, it shows
   it in the list. So I figure something in WP Download Manager is preventing it
   from showing.
 *  Thread Starter [odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/)
 * (@odonnry)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12436637)
 * Under the attributes for a specific document that is uploaded in WP DM, in the
   Add Custom Field section, there are BNFW options listed. Might this be a way 
   to make this work? Im not sure how to use the Custom Field option, but for BNFW
   there are options such as:
 * BNFW_Notification
    BNFW_Message BNFW_Subject BNFW_Users BNFW_email_formatting
   etc…
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12436674)
 * Hi [@odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/),
    Unfortunately not.
   It needs to be the other way around – needs to show in BNFW for it to work.
 * Perhaps it’s worth getting in touch with the plugin authors of WPDM?
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12476913)
 * Hi [@odonnry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odonnry/),
    Out of interest,
   are you using any WPDM add-ons at all?
 *  Plugin Author [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/)
 * (@voltronik)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/notification-trigger/#post-12621393)
 * Closing due to inactivity. If you need further help with this, please feel free
   to re-open this thread.

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