9 Reasons Why We Switched from Yoast to All in SEO

Many of our users have asked us about the reasons we switched from Yoast SEO to All in One SEO for WordPress.

At WPBeginner, we decided to finally move to the All in One SEO for WordPress. It has improved our SEO workflow and given us the tools we needed to manage our website.

In this article, we’ll share our top reasons for switching to All in One SEO for WordPress and why we believe it is the best WordPress SEO toolkit on the market.

Why All in One SEO for WordPress?

If you are making a website, then installing an SEO plugin is one of the first things you should do in order to start getting traffic.

When we first started WPBeginner in 2009, we were using All in One SEO Pack because it was the original WordPress SEO plugin. After a couple of years, we switched to Yoast SEO because it was a newer plugin, and they had added new innovations.

Over the next several years, our website grew a lot. However, we felt that Yoast SEO stopped innovating and no longer had the features we needed. For instance, we needed better control over XML sitemaps, powerful schema.org tools, and more.

In 2020, our parent company Awesome Motive acquired the All in One SEO plugin.

The All in One SEO team did a fantastic job of completely overhauling the plugin, adding all the latest SEO features, and truly made it best in class. After numerous rounds of testing, we decided to make the move from Yoast SEO to AIOSEO in November 2021 because our team was convinced that AIOSEO had simply surpassed Yoast in terms of SEO features.

Since then, we have noticed a significant improvement in our editorial workflow and day-to-day SEO tasks.

That being said, here are the top reasons we switched from Yoast SEO to All in One SEO.

1. Better On-Page SEO Tools

On-page SEO is the term used for optimizing blog posts for SEO. This is one of the biggest day-to-day SEO tasks for most users as they add content to their websites.

All in One SEO offers the best on-page SEO experience with helpful features and tools at your fingertips.

You’ll see two prominent buttons in the top-right corner of your screen while writing content.

First, there is The Headline Analyzer tool, which gives a score for your post title with suggestions to improve it.

You can also try different headlines without changing the post tile and pick the best one. See our article on how to use the headline analyzer to write better SEO titles.

Under the General settings, you can add a focus keyphrase. This will give you an SEO score for your focus keyphrase with tips to improve it.

Plus, you can optimize your content for more than one focus keyphrase.

The snippet editor allows you to easily add SEO title, meta description, and focus keyphrases.

You’ll also see a live preview of how the page would look in search engines.

All in One SEO allows you to use dynamic tags in your SEO title and description. This way, you can automatically change the title and description.

For instance, you can use current month and year tags to always display the current year in the post title without editing them manually each year.

Best of all, the tags are searchable and you can easily add them from the drop-down menus, so you don’t need to know all the tags or look up any documentation.

The Social tab under SEO settings will show a preview of how your article would appear on Facebook and Twitter.

From here, you can set the title, description, and thumbnail that you want to use.

All in One SEO allows you to choose from a bunch of options for your social media thumbnails.

You can also just use the custom image option, and manually upload an image to use as a social media thumbnail for each article.

Need to redirect an article to a different post or page? No worries.

The Redirects feature lets you easily set up redirects for any post or page on your website without harming your site’s SEO.

Other on-page SEO tools include a Schema generator and Link Assistant. We will talk about them individually later in this article.

Overall, we believe that All in One SEO offers a much easier yet incredibly powerful on-page SEO experience than any other tool on the market.

2. Powerful XML Sitemaps

WordPress itself comes with built-in XML sitemaps and almost all other SEO plugins include some kind of XML sitemap functionality.

However, All in One SEO lets you take your XML sitemaps to the next level.

The plugin will automatically generate sitemaps for all your content types, including posts, pages, custom post types, products, and more.

You can easily exclude any post or page that you don’t want to include in your sitemaps.

Plus, you can also exclude any content types or taxonomies from your sitemaps.

Some users want to include their standalone landing pages to their sitemaps.

All in One SEO lets you include any page not generated by WordPress to your sitemaps.

The plugin also generates an RSS sitemap.

This includes the latest updates to your content and helps your newer content get indexed much more quickly.

If you run a news website, then you can generate a news sitemap to appear in the Google News carousel.

Additionally, you can generate a video sitemap. This helps your videos appear in Video search results.

This is the most extensive XML sitemap tool currently available to WordPress users, and it is still incredibly easy to use even for absolute beginners.

3. Most Comprehensive Schema Markup Support

Schema markup is a special type of HTML code that you can add to your WordPress website to tell search engines more about your content.

For instance, you can tell the search engines that a particular page is a blog post, a recipe, a FAQ, a news article, or a product page in your online store. Search engines can then use this data to display rich results.

All in One SEO comes with the most comprehensive support for schema markup for your WordPress website.

Starting with the Knowledge Graph data that helps search engines like Google get additional information about your website or business.

After that, you can set the default schema type to use for each post type.

You can also generate schema markup for individual posts or pages.

For instance, you can differentiate your regular articles from recipes, FAQs, online courses, and more.

If you run a local small business, then All in One SEO lets you easily add local SEO schema markup.

With local SEO markup, your site gets more exposure in local search results and Google Maps.

You can add multiple locations, display business hours, provide contact information, and more.

This extensive Schema.org support allows you to easily optimize your content for rich results in Google.

AIOSEO also lets you generate custom schema markup for recipes, videos, products, FAQ schema, and more. You can use their next-gen Schema templates to get rich snippets.

For power users, you can even write your own custom schema and save it as reusable templates, and it even has built-in schema validation.

4. Beginner-Friendly User Experience

Not all WordPress users are SEO experts, and even those with SEO expertise can benefit from a smooth user experience.

All in One SEO for WordPress makes SEO simpler for both beginner and advanced users.

It comes with a much cleaner and simpler onboarding experience than other SEO plugins, and a simple setup wizard walks you through the basic SEO setup.

It uses a modern user interface that is easy on the eyes and fast.

It saves you from unnecessary page loads when making changes to SEO settings.

The plugin also gets out of your way when you just want to write content or work on your website.

Once properly set up, beginner users can focus on creating content and growing their business instead of reviewing SEO settings.

At the same time, all the advanced features are easily accessible when you need them.

We believe this polished user experience makes a big difference when working on your website and performing day-to-day SEO tasks.

5. The Link Assistant Tool

Links play a crucial role in SEO. They not only help your users and search engines discover new content, but they also help search engine rankings.

However, tools that allow you to analyze your website’s internal and external links are usually very expensive.

All in One SEO brings that same functionality to your WordPress website.

The Link Assistant tool helps you analyze internal and external links added to each article.

The plugin will also make smart link suggestions. You can click on a post to review a suggestion and add the link without editing a post.

This comes in particularly handy for promoting newer articles by adding links to your older articles.

You can also click on the edit button and change the anchor text or surrounding text without editing the entire article.

We feel that the link assistant tool alone is a strong reason for switching to All in One SEO for WordPress.

6. Redirection Manager

Broken links cause 404 errors in WordPress, which may affect your site’s SEO.

All in One SEO comes with a powerful redirects manager tool that allows you to easily set up redirects on your website.

It keeps a log of 404 errors on your WordPress site so that you can easily find posts that may need to be redirected.

Also, if you change a post or page’s permalink, AIOSEO will immediately ask if you want to redirect the old URL to the new one.

Plus, if you ever plan to move your WordPress site to a new domain name, All in One SEO comes with a full site redirect that automatically redirects users to your new domain name.

7. Social Media Integration

Social media platforms play an important role in promoting your website beyond organic search traffic.

All in One SEO provides deep integrations to social media platforms with open graph metadata integration.

You can add links to all your social media profiles associated with your website and help search engines discover them.

Each author on your website can also add links to their individual social media profiles.

This allows search engines to discover social media accounts for authors on your website.

Finally, you can easily set open graph metadata and thumbnails for each article.

This allows you to override default settings and get more control over how each article appears when shared on social media.

8. Enhanced Image SEO for WordPress

Image search is an important source of traffic for many websites. All in One SEO allows you to easily optimize your images to get more search traffic.

Simply go to All in One SEO » Search Appearance and switch to the Image SEO tab.

From here, the plugin can automatically use the filename to generate an image title and alt tags.

You can also tell it to replace dashes and underscores with spaces and change letter casing.

With Image SEO, You can also disable WordPress attachment pages and redirect them to the original post or page where the image is embedded.

Lastly, you can optimize filenames by not stripping dashes, changing letter casing, and stripping common stop words.

9. Sitewide SEO Audit

For many beginners and small businesses, purchasing an expensive SEO tool for a site-wide SEO audit or competitor analysis is not a viable option.

All in One SEO comes with a built-in sitewide SEO audit and competitor analysis tool.

With an SEO audit, you can see an overall SEO health score for your website.

It will also give you a detailed report with practical suggestions to improve your SEO score.

You can also see how your competitors are doing and get an SEO score check for any website.

Bonus SEO Tools included with AIOSEO

Aside from the above reasons, AIOSEO also gives us dozens of other powerful SEO features that we simply didn’t have previously.

For example, they were the first ones to add IndexNow support in WordPress to speed up search indexing for Bing.

Recently, they added a powerful table of content block that not only helps improve user experience, but it also helps you get multiple links in your Google search results.

You can add a table of content block right inside your WordPress editor, and the best part is that AIOSEO automatically generates the markup while letting you fully customize the content (including hiding certain headings).

Also if you’re using headless WordPress site, then they also have a full REST API support to improve your SEO rankings.

How to Switch From Any WordPress SEO Plugin to All in One SEO?

Switching to All in One SEO for WordPress is quite simple.

First, you’ll need to install and activate the All in One SEO for WordPress plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Note: There is also a free version of All in One SEO that you can use. However, it may not have all the features we mentioned above.

Upon activation, you will be asked to run the setup wizard. During the setup, the plugin will automatically detect your other SEO plugin and will offer to import SEO data.

Simply check the box next to the old SEO plugin and click on the Import Data and Continue button.

All in One SEO will automatically import all your SEO data, including post titles, meta descriptions, keywords, and more.

You can also manually run the importer by visiting the All in One SEO » Tools page and switching to the Import/Export tab.

Simply select the SEO plugin you were using before and hit the Import button.

We hope this article helped explain the reasons why we switched from Yoast to All in One SEO for WordPress. You may also want to see our complete WordPress SEO guide for beginners or take a look at our detailed side-by-side comparison of Yoast SEO vs All in One SEO.

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October 04, 2022 at 04:24PM

How to Create a Child Page in WordPress

Do you want to create a child page in WordPress?

WordPress pages can be standalone or hierarchical, which means the page has its own sub-pages known as child pages. For instance, you may want to create a Case Studies parent page and then create child pages for each of your separate case studies.

In this article, we will show how to organize your pages by creating a child page in WordPress.

What is a Child Page in WordPress?

WordPress comes with two default post types called posts and pages.

Posts are blog content, and are shown in reverse chronological order so the people who visit your WordPress blog will see the newest posts first.

Posts are normally organized with categories and tags, which is a great way to help visitors find related content.

Pages are one-off or standalone content that is not part of a blog. For example, many websites have an About Us and a Contact Us page. These pages can be hierarchical, which means you can organize them with parent and child pages.

Typically, business websites use pages to build a website without necessarily creating a blog. Businesses who want to add a blog to their content marketing strategy can still do so by simply creating a separate blog page, but this isn’t mandatory.

If you have too many pages, then it becomes difficult to organize them. This is where child pages come in.

You can create a parent page and then add child pages to better organize your navigation menus and your website as a whole. For example, the MonsterInsights website has a ‘Features’ parent page with a separate child page for each feature. This makes it easier for customers to find the feature they want to read about.

Many online stores also use child and parent pages to help visitors explore their eCommerce site and find products to buy.

Any child page can also have its own child pages. In this way, you can build relationships between your pages and create a logical structure that’s easier for visitors to navigate.

When pages are organized into parent and child categories, they also tend to be easier to manage in the WordPress admin area. This is particularly true as your WordPress website continues to grow.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create a child page in WordPress.

How to Create a Child Page in WordPress?

To create a child page, you first need a parent page. You can use any page as a parent, or create a new page.

Once you have a parent page, you’re ready to add some child pages. Again, you can turn any existing page into a child, or create an entirely new page which will become your child page.

Then, simply open the child page for editing.

In the right-hand menu, click on the ‘Page’ tab. Then, find the ‘Page Attributes’ section and give it a click to expand.

If you look at the ‘Parent Page’ field then this is blank by default. This means the page is currently a parent page.

To turn this parent into a child page, simply open the ‘Parent’ dropdown. You can then select the page that you want to use as the parent page.

After that, go ahead and save your changes by clicking on the Update or Publish button.

To create more child pages, simply repeat the process described above.

To see all of your child pages, head over to Pages » All Pages. WordPress will show all of your child pages listed under their parent page with a — prefix.

In the following image, you can see that ‘Google Analytics dashboard’ and ‘WooCommerce Analytics’ are child pages of ‘MonsterInsight Features.’

After creating some child pages, you may want to add a list of child pages for a parent page to your WordPress website.

We hope this article helped you learn how to create a child page in WordPress. You may also want to see our complete guide on how to create a landing page in WordPress and the best drag and drop WordPress page builders.

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October 04, 2022

How to Redirect Users After Form Submission in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to redirect users after they’ve submitted a form on your WordPress site?

You can lead users to your top-performing blog posts, display the latest deals, or show a thank you page to build a relationship with your audience.

In this article, we’ll show you how to redirect users after form submission in WordPress.

Why Redirect Users After Form Submission?

When a user submits a form on your WordPress site, many business owners might think that’s the end of the process. However, you can use forms to increase user engagement on your website and get even more conversions.

For instance, you can direct users to a thank you page after form submission and list your high-converting articles. This way, you can get more pageviews to your best content and drive more sales.

On an online store, you can upsell products and offer incentives like discounts and free shipping when a visitor submits a form.

You could even redirect users to a page where they can download a free resource after submitting the form. For example, you can create a lead magnet where people can fill out a form in exchange for a free resource like an eBook, podcast, media file, or PDF.

That said, let’s see 4 different ways you can easily redirect users after form submission in WordPress. Simply click the links below to jump ahead to your preferred section:

• Redirect Users After Form Submission in WordPress
• Redirect Users Based on Their Responses After Form Submission
• Redirect Users After Comment Submission in WordPress
• Redirect Users After Registration Form Submission

Redirect Users After Form Submission in WordPress

The easiest way of redirecting users after they’ve filled out a form is by using WPForms. It’s the best contact form plugin for WordPress, and over 5 million professionals use it to create different types of forms for their websites.

WPForms comes with a built-in setting to let you choose if you’d like to show a thank you message, show a specific page, or redirect users to another URL altogether. Plus, you get a drag-and-drop form builder to easily customize your form.

For this tutorial, we’ll use the WPForms Lite version because it is free to use, and you can redirect users after form submission in just a few clicks. There is also a WPForms Pro version which offers more pre-built form templates, customization options, and powerful addons.

First, you’ll need to install and activate the WPForms plugin. For more details, please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you will see the WPForms welcome page in your WordPress dashboard. Go ahead and click the ‘Create Your First Form’ button.

After that, WPForms will have you choose from multiple, free form templates. You can select any template and quickly customize it according to your needs.

Let’s start by entering a name for our form at the top and then selecting the ‘Simple Contact Form’ template.

After selecting a template, the WPForms form builder will launch.

Here, you can customize your form and add new fields from the menu on your left. Simply drag and drop the fields you’d like to add. You can then rearrange their order to your liking.

If you want to add fancy fields like a website URL, phone number, address, file upload option, and more, then we recommend upgrading to the WPForms Pro license.

You can also further customize existing fields on the template. For more details, please see our guide on how to create a contact form in WordPress.

Set Up the Redirect URL after Form Submission

Once you’ve customized your contact form, simply go to Settings » Confirmations in the form builder.

Under the Confirmation Type setting, click the dropdown menu and select the ‘Go to URL (Redirect)’ option.

After that, simply enter a link in the ‘Confirmation Redirect URL’ field and specify where you’d like to redirect users after they’ve submitted a form.

How to Embed Your Form in WordPress

Once you’ve added a redirect URL, the next step is to embed the form on your website.

Go ahead and click the ‘Save’ button at the top to store your form settings and then click the ‘Embed’ button beside it.

WPForms will now ask if you’d like to embed the form on an existing page or on a new page.

We’ll choose the ‘Create New Page’ option for this tutorial.

Next, you’ll need to enter a name for your new page.

After entering the name, simply click the ‘Let’s Go’ button.

The plugin will now automatically add your form to the WordPress content editor inside the WPForms block.

When you’re ready, simply click the ‘Publish’ button at the top.

Redirect Users Based on Their Responses After Form Submission

WPForms also lets you set up conditional logic, which automatically redirects users to different pages based on their responses when submitting a form.

For example, let’s say you have different teams that handle questions sent by users, like billing, technical support, and general inquiries. Based on the choice a user selects in the form, you can redirect them to a specific URL that relates to their needs.

Note that you’ll need a WPForms Pro license to use the conditional logic feature. You also get more form fields to add to the template, and you can use addons like User Journey to see how people interact with your forms.

First, you can add a multiple choice, checkbox, or any other field that allows users to select different options. We’ll add a ‘Multiple Choice’ field in our tutorial.

Next, you can edit the options in the ‘Multiple Choice’ form field by simply clicking on the fields in the template to the right.

For instance, you can see in the image below that we renamed the options to different departments that would handle specific questions.

After that, you can head to Settings » Confirmations in the form builder.

Now click the ‘Add New Confirmation’ button to set up conditional logic.

Next, you will have to enter a name for your new redirect. Be specific so you are able to track it easily.

Simply click the ‘OK’ button when you’re done.

For this tutorial, we want to direct users to specific pages based on the department they select in the form.

First, you can select ‘Go to URL (Redirect)’ from the Confirmation Type dropdown menu and then enter a link to the respective page in the ‘Confirmation Redirect URL’ field.

Next, you will need to click the ‘Enable Conditional Logic’ toggle. Once you do that, more options will appear.

Go ahead and select ‘Use’ this confirmation if ‘Multiple Choice’ is ‘Billing’ in the conditional logic settings. This will redirect users to a URL that holds more information about billing when they submit a form.

That’s all! Simply save the form and the WPForms block you added earlier will automatically redirect users to different the URL you set based on their responses.

Next, you can just repeat this step for other multiple choice options in the form and create new confirmation notifications with conditional logic.

Redirect Users After Comment Submission in WordPress

Did you know that you can redirect users to different pages if you have first-time commenters on your WordPress site?

For example, you can show a simple thank you page with an email signup form and get users to subscribe to your newsletter after commenting. Similarly, you can redirect people to a page with your social media links and increase followers.

Redirecting users after comment submission can also help boost pageviews and conversions. You can redirect commenters to your top blog posts, show a special offer or coupon page, or display a lead magnet page to get more conversions.

The easiest way of setting comment redirects is by using the Yoast Comment Hacks plugin. For more information, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

It lets you choose which page to display after a first-time user leaves a comment.

All you have to do is navigate to Settings » Comments Hacks in your WordPress admin dashboard. Then just select the specific page you want to send them with the ‘Redirect to’ dropdown.

Be sure to save the page to store your settings when you’re finished.

For more details, please see our guide on how to redirect your user’s attention with a comment redirect.

Redirect Users After Registration Form Submission

If you allow user registration on your website, then redirecting people can come in handy.

For instance, if you run membership website or sell online courses, you can redirect users to their account area or dashboard upon submitting a registration form. This way, users can access their download files, license keys, course materials, curriculums, and more.

With MemberPress, you can easily restrict access to different sections of your website. It’s the best membership plugin for WordPress and allows you to set up multiple membership levels.

Using MemberPress, you can also create a pricing page using one of the plugin’s built-in templates. If an unregistered user tries to access restricted content, then you can redirect them to a pricing page.

Once you’ve created a custom pricing page, simply enter the URL in the ‘Unauthorized Access’ section of MemeberPress to redirect unregisted users to your pricing page or registration page.

If you want even more options, we recommend using a page builder like SeedProd. SeedProd is a drag-and-drop page builder that makes it super easy to customize the layout and design of any page.

You can add elements like a ‘Pricing Table’ to the page you redirect users to. For more details, please see our guide on how to add a beautiful pricing table in WordPress.

The default WordPress registration page is plain and only contains the WordPress logo and branding.

You can make it more engaging by using a SeedProd template and then adding a ‘Pricing Table’ block to create a custom login and registration page.

If you need help, then please see our guide on how to create a custom user registration form in WordPress.

We hope this article helped you learn how to redirect users after form submission in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on how to choose the best design software and a comparison between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org.

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October 03, 2022 at 03:52PM

How to Manage WordPress Comment Notification Emails

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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October 02, 2022 at 12:04AM