40 Useful Tools to Manage and Grow Your WordPress Blog (Updated)

Readers often ask us what tools we use to manage and grow our WordPress blogs.

We have listed some of them in our WPBeginner Blueprint, but there are some more that we use on our different projects.

In this article, we’ll share our list of 40 useful blogging tools to manage and grow your blog.

Looking to Start a Blog?

Do you want to start your own WordPress blog? We know that it can be a daunting thought, especially if you’re not a techy expert. But you’re not alone.

At WPBeginner, we have helped over 370,000+ users start a blog. And you can too!

Simply work through our comprehensive step by step guide on how to start a WordPress blog. You don’t need any technical knowledge. We explain everything in plain English.

Once your blog is set up, go ahead and check out these powerful tools that will help you grow your blog.

1. All in One SEO

All in One SEO is the best SEO plugin for WordPress. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) helps you bring more free traffic to your website from search engines.

With All in One SEO, you get an instant score for all your posts, pages, and website. This helps you see how you’re doing and it gives you a checklist of exactly how to improve your SEO.

Its built-in tools let you easily create XML sitemap, markup your pages for rich schema, optimize for local SEO, WooCommerce SEO, and more.

2. SeedProd

SeedProd is the best landing page builder for WordPress.

By default, WordPress allows you to showcase blog posts on your website’s homepage. SeedProd helps you quickly create on-demand landing pages for every occasion. Whether you want to launch a product, run a seasonal sale, capture new leads, or grow your email list.

It comes with pre-built templates that you can quickly customize using an intuitive drag and drop interface. This allows you to create stunningly professional pages without writing any code.

SeedProd works with any WordPress theme and it comes with special blocks like countdowns and call to action buttons, optin forms, and more. It also integrates with all top email marketing services, WooCommerce, and other essential WordPress plugins.

3. MonsterInsights (Google Analytics)

MonsterInsights is the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. It allows you to easily install Google Analytics on your site and see where your users are coming from and what they do on your site.

MonsterInsights shows you the data you need right within your WordPress admin area. Over 2 million sites use it to see important stats about their website traffic.

You can create special reports in MonsterInsights to see things like which categories or authors are most popular on your blog. You can also track affiliate link clicks, see real-time traffic stats, and make Google Analytics compliant with GDPR.

4. ThirstyAffiliates

ThirstyAffiliates lets you easily manage affiliate links, which can become a time-consuming task. Many website owners use affiliate marketing to monetize their blogs as it’s easy to get started with.

ThirstyAffiliates is an affiliate link manager that allows you to easily add affiliate links, cloak links with pretty URLs, and auto-insert links for keywords. For more details, check out our guide on how to add affiliate links in WordPress with ThirstyAffiliates.

Alternative: Pretty Links

5. Shared Counts

Shared Counts is a useful social media plugin for WordPress. It lets you show the number of times your posts have been shared on social media. This is a useful form of social proof.

Shared Counts gives you multiple button styles, and you can choose where to show the buttons (before or after the content or manually). You can also enable Shared Counts for custom post types.

6. SEMRush

SEMRush helps you find competitive search data, so your blog can rank high for the right keywords. You can get insights into your competitors’ strategies in display advertising, organic and paid search, as well as link building.

Using all these tools from SEMRush can dramatically increase your website traffic. This means you will get more leads and more customers.

Alternative: Ahrefs

7. OptinMonster

OptinMonster is the best WordPress lead generation tool. It allows you to add beautiful optin forms to your WordPress site and helps you get more subscribers. You can use it to create popups, slide-ins, floating bars, coupon wheels, and more.

OptinMonster comes with page level targeting, split testing, analytics, and Exit-Intent® technology which allows you to display a lightbox popup when a user is about to leave your website.

See how to build your email list in WordPress with OptinMonster.

8. WPForms

WPForms is the most beginner friendly contact form plugin for WordPress. This drag and drop online form builder allows you to easily create contact forms, email subscription forms, order forms, payment forms, and other types of online forms with just a few clicks.

We use WPForms on WPBeginner and all of our other sites. There’s a free WPForms Lite version available for those who are looking for a simple solution.

The full version of WPForms lets you create surveys and polls, payment forms, file upload forms, user registration forms, conversational forms, and much more.

9. Constant Contact

Constant Contact is one of the best email service providers. It allows you to build your email list, design emails, and send them to your users.

It is very beginner-friendly and at the same time powerful enough for experienced users.

Alternatives: Sendinblue, ConvertKit, and Drip

10. MemberPress

MemberPress is the best membership site plugin for WordPress. It lets you lock content on your site so that members can only access it by paying either a one-off fee or a subscription.

You can create different levels of membership with MemberPress, with each level having different access permissions. You can even use MemberPress to run an online course.

11. PushEngage

PushEngage is a powerful push notification plugin for WordPress. It helps you to get more website traffic, boost user engagement, and ultimately make more money.

With push notifications, you can quickly and easily send out alerts to your site’s users. For instance, you could let them know that you’re running a sale. Here on WPBeginner, we find that push notifications get a higher click rate, engagement, and opt-in rate compared with our email newsletter.

12. RafflePress

RafflePress is the best giveaway and raffle plugin for WordPress. It lets you grow your traffic, engagement, email list, and social media following by running a fun giveaway on your site.

By using RafflePress, you can incentivize actions like visiting your social media profiles, sharing posts, watching videos, and much more. Each time a user takes one of the actions you specify, they will get an entry into your prize draw.

13. Canva

Canva allows you to create beautiful graphic designs, edit images, and create posters, with a simple and intuitive drag and drop interface.

It is extremely easy to use to create things like featured images for your blog. Even beginners can create professional-looking graphics with Canva.

Alternative: Visage

14. Buffer

Buffer provides a better way to share your content across social media. It allows you to schedule and share your content across Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin from a single dashboard. You could plan your whole day’s tweets and status updates in one go.

See our guide on how to schedule WordPress posts for social media with BufferApp.

15. Smash Balloon

Smash Balloon has a set of social media feed plugins that let you easily bring your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube updates onto your website. This is a great way to keep your site fresh with new content.

Using Smash Balloon’s plugins lets you embed your actual social media posts on your site so users can interact with them. You can even create an Instagram shoppable feed to boost your eCommerce sales.

16. Grammarly

Grammarly is a powerful AI (artificial intelligence) editor for your website posts and pages. You can copy and paste content into the Grammarly website app. However, the easiest way to use Grammarly is to install the Grammarly Chrome extension.

As well as pointing out spelling mistakes, Grammarly will let you know about grammatical errors and stylistic mistakes. The basic version is free, but you may prefer the pro version for help with tone, formality level, and word choices.

17. Headline Analyzer by MonsterInsights

The MonsterInsights Headline Analyzer lets you optimize the headline for your blog post or landing page. It will give you a score out of 100 along with specific suggestions for improving your headline.

The headline analyzer also includes several helpful lists, such as the list of Power Words and Emotion Words. These can help you make your headlines extra compelling.

18. Formidable Forms

Formidable Forms is a powerful forms plugin for experienced WordPress users. It offers advanced functionality like the ability to create calculators on your site to help you gather more leads.

For instance, you could create a BMI calculator on a health or fitness site. If you run a real estate website, you could use Formidable Forms to make a mortgage calculator.

19. UpdraftPlus

UpdraftPlus is the most popular free WordPress backup plugin. It lets you easily create a full backup of your site, which you can then store in the cloud or on your own computer.

You can even set up scheduled backups, so your site will be backed up on a regular basis without you needing to do anything. The premium version of UpdraftPlus supports multisite installations of WordPress, lets you clone your website, and more.

Alternatives: BackupBuddy, Jetpack

20. Sucuri

Sucuri is a website monitoring and security service. It provides real time alerts for any suspicious activity on your website. It prevents malware from infecting your site. If your site is already infected, Sucuri can detect and remove malware.

Take a look at how Sucuri helped us block 450,000 WordPress attacks in 3 months.

Alternative: CloudFlare.

21. WP Rocket

WP Rocket is the best caching plugin for WordPress. It speeds up your site by storing copies of your website pages. These can be quickly shown to people who visit your site.

There are lots of useful features in WP Rocket, such as built-in lazy loading of images. This helps speed up your site even further, which is better for users and for your Google ranking.

Alternative: WP Super Cache

22. Uncanny Automator

Uncanny Automator is a clever automation plugin that lets WordPress plugins and even different WordPress sites ‘talk’ to one another. For instance, you could use it to sell products on one site but create user accounts on another.

It works like Zapier, but for WordPress. Uncanny Automator is a fantastic way to automate repetitive tasks that would otherwise take a lot of time to handle.

23. Insert Headers and Footers

Insert Headers and Footers is a simple but very useful plugin. It lets you add code to the header, footer, and body sections for your site.

This is something you will often need to do when verifying your site with third-party tools. Many people use Insert Headers and Footers to add their Google Analytics code. However, we recommend using MonsterInsights for this instead as it gives you extra tracking features.

24. ChatBot

ChatBot lets you create an automated chatbot on your website. This means users can get instant answers to their questions at any time, 24/7. It’s a much cheaper option than hiring extra support team members.

ChatBot is powered by AI (artificial intelligence). It integrates with your WordPress site and with live chat software so that the conversation can be easily transferred to a live person if needed.

25. LiveChat

LiveChat is the best live chat software on the market. It works seamlessly with your WordPress site. Your support team members can access the live chat through apps on their computer, tablet, or mobile device.

We use LiveChat on our eCommerce website. It’s very fast, works on all devices, and offers a great user experience. Make sure you use our LiveChat coupon to get 30% off your first payment.

26. Tailwind

Tailwind is a social media automation tool for Pinterest and Instagram. It lets you schedule 10 pins with a single click.

You also get Tailwind’s analytic tools to help you figure out what’s working best. That way, you can schedule your content for times when you will get more engagement.

27. Better Click to Tweet

Better Click to Tweet is a simple WordPress plugin that lets you insert ‘click to tweet’ buttons into your posts and pages. This means readers can quickly and easily tweet a key quote from your content.

It’s a free plugin that comes with a special Gutenberg block, making it very easy to use. Alternatively, you can use a shortcode to put the ‘click to tweet’ button into your posts.

28. Feedly

Feedly is a modern news/RSS feed reader. It allows you to view and read content from all your favorite sites in one place.

Feedly is available on the web, as a browser extension, and as a mobile app on Android and iOS devices.

29. Shutterstock

Shutterstock is a huge stock photography library that lets you buy high-quality images to use on your website. It’s cheaper per image if you get a monthly subscription.

We use Shutterstock’s images here on WPBeginner. They have a wide range of vector graphics, photos, and much more.

30. Google Workspace (G Suite)

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is Google’s set of connected tools. It includes Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and more.

Many companies use Google Workspace as a key part of their systems. It’s suitable for even small companies as it’s priced per user.

Alternative: Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

31. Asana

Asana is a project and task management tool that helps teams to organize their workflow. You can use it to create lists of tasks, see your tasks on a calendar, assign tasks to others, and much more.

The basic version of Asana is free and can be used by up to 15 teammates. This is a good option for individuals or small startups.

Alternative: Trello

32. Camtasia

Camtasia is screen recording software available for Windows and Mac. It’s extremely useful for sites where you need to walk users through a process step by step.

With Camtasia, you can easily edit your videos, add graphics, animations, arrows, sounds, subtitles, and more.

Alternatives: Screenflow, CamStudio

33. LastPass

LastPass is a password manager that stores all your passwords in a single secure vault. This means you can easily avoid the temptation to use insecure passwords, or to use the same password for multiple sites.

After installing LastPass, you can use it to autogenerate strong passwords and save them in just one click. Check out our guide on securely managing passwords for more details.

Alternatives: 1Password, Dashlane

34. Google Trends

Google Trends is a free tool that lets you see what topics are popular on Google. You can compare different keywords to see the interest in them over time.

The ‘Trending Searches’ option gives you a real-time view of what people are most commonly searching for. This lets you create content that’s likely to get traffic. You can filter Google Trends by country, too.

35. Quora

Quora is a huge questions and answers website, and is a form of social network. Anyone can post a question and anyone can answer it.

You can drive traffic to your website by looking for relevant questions on Quora to answer. This helps you position yourself as an expert. Plus, if you see a question coming up frequently, that could make a good topic for a blog post.

36. Twitter Search

Twitter Search is a useful way to find out the latest news, reactions, and what’s on people’s minds.

You can use Twitter search to find content ideas. You could also see what users are talking about topics related to your website topic and then reach out to those users to engage them.

37. Google Search Console

Google Search Console was previously known as Google Webmaster Tools. It allows website owners to check how Google sees their website. You can see the most commonly used queries where your site appears.

It offers a comprehensive set of tools that show reports on duplicate titles, crawl errors, search queries, indexed content, and more. Take a look at our guide on adding your WordPress site to Google Search Console for help getting started.

38. BuzzSumo

BuzzSumo helps you analyze what content performs best for any topic or even for your competitors. You can find key influencers to promote your content, monitor your brand mentions, and so much more.

This tool is a must have for all serious bloggers. You can search for topics by region, language, time period, and more.

39. TubeBuddy

TubeBuddy is a free browser extension and mobile app that helps you run your YouTube channel. It has lots of useful features, like a keyword explorer so you can come up with the perfect titles and tags for your videos.

You can use TubeBuddy to speed up your publishing process and run A/B tests, too.

40. Nextiva

Nextiva is the best business phone service on the market. You can use it for customer calls and conference calls, as it has excellent audio quality.

With Nextiva, you get lots of useful extras like a free local or toll-free number, call forwarding, custom greetings, text messages, online faxes, and much more.

We hope these tools help you manage and grow your WordPress blog. You might also like our article on how to start an online store.

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January 22, 2021 at 04:08PM

How to Add a Request to Callback Form in WordPress

Do you want to add a request to callback form on your WordPress site?

A request to callback form allows users to provide you with their phone number, so you can call them at their convenience. This helps you capture more leads, improve conversions, and grow your business.

In this article, we’ll show you how to easily add a request to callback form in WordPress with bonus tips on managing the calls like a pro.

Why Add a Callback Request Form in WordPress

When visitors are interested in your product or service, they may want to connect with you to get more information. While some people prefer live chat or email, others prefer talking over the phone.

Normally, you would add a ‘Click to call‘ button that allows users to dial your business phone number.

However, not all businesses can afford a 24/7 phone service with sales or support staff answering all the calls. Request to callback form helps you fix this problem.

Instead of talking to a representative right away, customers can leave their phone numbers with other information including the best time to call them. After that, you can call them during office hours.

This allows you to offer better customer support, capture more leads, and convert more visitors into customers.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily add a callback request form in WordPress.

How to Add a Request to Callback Form in WordPress

The simplest way to add a callback request form to your WordPress site is by using WPForms.

It is the best WordPress form builder plugin on the market and allows you to easily add any kind of form to your WordPress website. Over 4 million websites are using WPForms to create better forms.

First, you need to install and activate WPForms plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit WPForms » Settings page to enter your license key. You can find this information under your account on the WPForms website.

After that, you can go to the WPForms » Add New page to create your first form.

First you need to provide a title for your form and then select Simple Contact Form template.

This will load the form editor where you will see form fields on the left-hand and a live preview of your form to the right. Simply click on any field from the right column to add it to your form.

We suggest using Name, Email, Phone, and Date/Time fields in your callback request form.

You can edit any form field by clicking on it, and WPForms will automatically switch the tab to Field Options.

From here, you can change the field label and description. You can also change the format, field size, and placeholder text.

Once you’re happy with the form, click on the Save button to store your changes.

Next, you need to add the callback request form to your website.

WPForms makes it super easy to add forms to any post or page on your website.

Simply edit the post or page where you want to display the form. On the post edit screen, click on the add a new block button (+) and then add WPForms block to your content area.

Next, you need to select the form you created earlier from the dropdown menu. WPForms will automatically load a preview of your form in the content area.

You can now Save or Publish your changes and preview your post / page to see the callback request form in action.

Note: If you are using the old classic editor on your WordPress site, then you can add the form by clicking on the ‘Add Form’ button above the post editor.

Customizing Your Callback Request Form Settings

Now that you’ve added a callback request form to your site, you can edit it at any time and customize it to your preferences.

Simply go to the WPForms » All Forms page and click on the form you created earlier. This opens the form builder interface where you can edit your form, add or remove fields, change labels, and more.

You can now switch to the Settings tab from the left column. From here you can change your form settings like form name, description, button label, notifications, and more.

Configure Notifications for Request to Callback Form

By default, WPForms uses your site’s administrator email to notify you when a user submits the form.

You can send notifications to any other email address if you want or set up confirmation notification emails for the users as well.

Simply switch to the Notifications tab under form settings and you will see the default notification settings. You can change them to add a different email address to notify or change the notification message.

You can also click on the ‘Add New Notification’ button to create your own custom notifications. This comes in handy when you also want to notify the user that you have received their callback request.

WPForms will ask you to provide a name for the new notification and then show you the notification settings. You can click on the smart tags to enter the value submitted by the user in the form fields, e.g. Name or Email.

Once you are finished, don’t forget to click on the ‘Save’ button to store your form settings.

We have written a detailed guide on how to send notification to multiple recipients in WPForms.

Customize the Form Submission Message for Visitors

When visitors enter their details and submit the form, a default message is displayed. You can change this to show a custom success message or redirect users to any post or page on your website.

Simply switch to the Confirmations tab under form settings.

Under confirmation type, you can choose what happens when a user submits the form. You can edit the success message or redirect them to any page on your website.

Once you are finished, don’t forget to click on the ‘Save’ button to store your settings.

You can now go ahead and test your form by filling it out. Based on your confirmation settings, WPForms will then show you the success message or redirect you.

How to View ‘Request to callback’ Form Submissions in WPForms

The best thing about using WPForms is that it will automatically saves all form submissions to your WordPress database. This means you can easily view form entries even if you don’t receive email notifications.

Simply go to WPForms » Entries page inside WordPress admin area and click on the form you created earlier.

On the next page, you’ll see a list of entries submitted by your users along with their details. To organize your entries, use the star to highlight the entries that are important. Use the green circle to mark the entry as ‘Read’.

Next, you can view, edit, and delete details of each entry. You can also Add Note to individual form entries, which helps you keep track of leads and create notes for follow-up requests.

Promoting The Callback Request Form on Your Website

Now that you have created a callback request form for your website, you may want to promote it so that users can easily find and take advantage of this service.

This is where OptinMonster comes in. It is the best lead generation tool on the market and allows you to easily convert website visitors into leads and paying customers.

It works really well with WPForms and you can embed your forms into popups, slide-ins, fullscreen popups, and more. See our tutorial on how to create a contact form popup in WordPress.

OptinMonster comes with powerful display rules, which allows you to display the callback form to users when it is most effective.

For example, you can only show callback form to users in a specific region or country or when users are viewing a specific page on your site.

Finding a Reliable Business Phone Service

Many businesses use their landline or mobile numbers to conduct business and answer customer calls. However, this is not the most effective solution.

Conventional phone services lack advanced call management features, which are essential for businesses to offer better customer experience.

This is why we use Nextiva in our business. They are the best business phone service provider on the market and allow you to manage your business calls using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

You can use it with any device including your mobile phone, a desk phone, laptop, or tablet. You can choose the number from any region and share it with different team members. It also includes smart features such as call forwarding, voice messages, automated responses, ringtones, and more.

The voice quality is better too and it is way cheaper than traditional phone services.

We hope this article helped you learn how to easily add a request to callback form in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on how to track user journey on lead forms, and our ultimate WordPress conversion tracking guide to grow your business.

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January 21, 2021 at 06:00PM

How to Get Email Notification for Post Changes in WordPress

Do you want to get email notifications for post changes in WordPress?

By default, WordPress does not send any notifications when posts are changed by any user. If you run a multi-author WordPress site, then you may want to stay informed about post changes on your website.

In this article, we will show how to get email notifications for post changes in WordPress.

Why Set up Email Notifications for Post Changes in WordPress?

If you are the only one working on your own WordPress website, then it is easier to keep an eye on everything that is happening on your website.

However, if you have other authors writing blog posts, or SEO specialists optimizing blog posts for SEO, then you may want to keep an eye on the changes they make.

For instance, you may want to be alerted when a new post is published or if changes were made to an older article.

This also helps all team members accountable. If they make a mistake, then it can be easily caught and remedied quickly.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily set up email notifications for post changes in WordPress.

We’ll be showing you two methods to do that, you can choose one that works best for you. We’ll also show you how to undo changes and improve the deliverability of WordPress notification emails.

• Set up email notifications for post changes using WP Activity Log
• Set up email notifications for post changes using Better Notifications for WP
• Revise and undo post changes in WordPress
• Troubleshoot email notification issues in WordPress

Method 1. Set up Post Changes Notifications in WordPress using WP Activity Log

This method is recommended for all users as it is easier, powerful, and flexible.

First thing you need to do is install and activate the WP Activity Log plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you’ll be asked to enter your license key. You can find this information under your account on the WP Activity Log website.

Next, you’ll be given the option to run the set up wizard . You can answer a few quick questions to set up important monitoring and logging features. All these things can be changed later in plugin settings too.

After that, you need to visit WP Activity Log » Notifications page and switch to the Content Changes tab.

From here, you need to select the events that will trigger notifications. The plugin comes with three default notifications covering most content changes.

Next to each event, you need to enter the email address you want to send notifications to. Optionally, you can also add a mobile phone number to get SMS notifications for post changes (we will show you how to set it up later in this article).

Finally, click on the Save notifications button to store your changes.

Setting up SMS Notifications for Post Changes in WordPress

WP Activity Log allows you to easily receive SMS notifications for post changes and other WordPress activities. To do that, you’ll need a Twilio account and a phone number.

Twillio is a paid service with a pay as you go pricing model for SMS starting at $0.0075 per SMS. You’ll also need to purchase a virtual phone number which will be used to send messages.

Simply go to the Twillio website and signup for a free trial account.

After setting up your account, you’ll reach the Twillio dashboard where you can copy your Account SID, Auth Token, and get a trial phone number.

Copy and paste these values to a text editor or leave this browser tab open.

Next, switch back to your WordPress website admin area and visit the WP Activitiy Log » Settings page. From here, switch to the SMS Provider tab and enter your Twilio credentials.

Don’t forget to click on the save changes button to store your settings.

Testing Your Post Changes Notifications with WP Activity Log

WP Activity Log allows you to easily test your post change notifications. Simply go back to the WP Activity Log » Notifications page and switch to the ‘Content Changes’ tab.

Scroll down and click on the ‘Test Notifications’ button. This will bring up a popup window where you can enter an email address and a mobile phone number to send notifications.

WP Activity Log will then send test notifications. If you do not receive an email notification right away, then you can jump to the fixing email notifications in the WordPress section.

If you fail to receive SMS notifications, then check your Twilio credentials to make sure they are correct.

Method 2. Sending Email Notifications for Post Changes with Better WordPress Notifications

This method is easy to use, but it doesn’t come with ready-made template. While this method allows you to send an email notification when a post is changed, you would have to write the email yourself and investigate the activity on your own.

First, you 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 Notifications » Add New page to create your first custom notification.

First, you need to provide a title for the notification. After that, choose the ‘Notification for’ option, which is the event that will trigger this notification.

For instance, we have chosen ‘Post Updated’ as the event for this notification.

Next, you can set email options like from, cc, sender email. You can skip them and the plugin will use your default WordPress email settings.

Next, you need to select the users or user roles that will receive this notification under the ‘Send to’ option. Below that you can write the email subject and the message itself.

Better Notifications for WP doesn’t come with a template for post changes. This means you’ll need to write your own email message.

The plugin comes with a bunch of shortcodes that you can use. You can view all of them by clicking on the ‘Find shortcodes’ button.

Lastly, you need to click on the Save button to store your email notification. After that, you’ll be able to click on the ‘Send Me a Test Email’ button to see if it is working.

Better Notification for WordPress is not an activity monitoring plugin. This means you’ll need to set up multiple notifications to cover different types of content changes in WordPress.

For instance, you may want to set up a ‘Notification for’ when a new ‘Post Published’ or another one for when a category or tag is changed, and more.

It also allows you to create custom notifications or modify default WordPress notifications as well. For more details, see our article on how to create better custom notifications in WordPress.

Revise and Undo Post Changes in WordPress

Once you have received an email notification for post changes, you may want to see what changes were made, who made them, and when.

WordPress comes with a built-in revision management system that keeps track of all changes made to an article.

Simply edit the post or page that you want to review and then click on the ‘Revisions’ tab under the ‘Post’ settings from the right-column.

This will bring you to the post revisions screen where you can check the ‘Compare two revisions’ box and then move the slider below to compare the changes.

Scroll down and you will see the changes between the two revisions highlighted in red and green colors.

If you don’t like the changes, then you can simply click on the ‘Restore revision’ button to undo them and return to the previous version.

Troubleshooting Email Notifications in WordPress

By default, WordPress uses the PHP mail() function to send emails.

This method does not use proper authentication (login or password) which means it can be easily misused. This is why most spam filters mark such emails as spam or block them altogether.

To fix this, you need to use a proper SMTP service provider to send out WordPress emails. There are even free SMTP servers like Gmail, Sendinblue, Sendgrid, and more that you can use with WordPress.

To set up SMTP, 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.

WP Mail SMTP allows you to connect your WordPress site to your SMTP service provider and send all your WordPress emails with much higher deliverability.

Upon activation, you need to go to the WP Mail SMTP » Settings page in your WordPress admin area to set up the plugin.

First, you need to enter your license key. You can find this information under your account on the WP Mail SMTP website.

After that, scroll down to the ‘Mailer’ section to select your SMTP service provider. WP Mail SMTP will show all top SMTP service providers. You can click on your provider and then enter the required information below (usually an API key).

If your mailer is not listed, then you can simply choose ‘Other SMTP’ option and enter the required information.

For more detailed instructions, see our tutorial on how to fix WordPress not sending email issue.

We hope this article helped you set up email notifications for post changes in WordPress. You may also want to see our tips on getting more traffic to your blog and the best WordPress SEO plugins and tools to grow your website.

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January 20, 2021 at 04:00PM