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Comment Reply Email Notification
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 33
- Active installs
- 3k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Added
- Jan 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1
- Downloads
- 115,043
Our analysis
AI-assistedComment Reply Email Notification is a WordPress plugin that enables visitors to subscribe to email notifications for replies to their comments. It uses the 'wp_insert_comment' hook to send notifications whenever a comment is created. This plugin is suitable for websites that encourage user engagement through comments and want to keep users informed about responses.
Best for: Websites that have a commenting system and want to enhance user interaction.
What it does well
- ✓Allows visitors to subscribe for email replies to comments
- ✓Customisable email templates and checkbox labels
- ✓Compatible with WordPress standard email function
Where it falls short
- •May send notifications for imported comments if not disabled
- •Requires additional plugins for improved email sending
Verdict
This plugin provides a straightforward solution for managing comment notifications via email. It is particularly useful for sites looking to foster community engagement.
From the developer
Arno Welzel's own description of Comment Reply Email Notification, lightly tidied.
This plugin allows visitors to subscribe to get answers to their comments via e-mail.
Warning
This plugin uses the “wp_insert_comment” hook, therefore, everytime a comment is created, a notification is likely to be sent. If you are importing comments into your blog, it’s a good idea to disable this plugin.
Sending e-mails does not work?
The plugin uses the standard WordPress e-mail function. If you have problems getting e-mails sent, you might try using plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ to improve sending e-mails from your site.
Customizing the layout of the checkboxes
The label next to the checkboxes don’t contain a whitespace. Depending on your theme you might want to add a custom style like this to get a space between the checkbox and the label:
input#cren_subscribe_to_comment, input#cren_gdpr {
margin-right: 0.5em;
}
The plugin does not add this style be default as it depends on your theme if this is neccessary.
Customizing the email template
To customize the email template, copy the “templates” folder to your theme folder (a child theme should be used to avoid losing the custom templates when the theme is updated). The plugin will look for templates on the “/wp-content/themes/[THEME]/templates/cren/” folder; if a custom template is not found, then it will fallback to the default template.
Templates folder on GitHub: https://github.com/arnowelzel/worpdress-comment-reply-email-notification/tree/master/templates
Changing the subscription checkbox label
The checkbox label can be changed with the cren_comment_checkbox_label filter. This way you can update the text to your taste and keep the plugin updated.
Changing the GDPR checkbox label
The GDPR checkbox label can be changed with the cren_gdpr_checkbox_label filter. This way you can update the text to your taste and keep the plugin updated.
Tagged as
purpose
GDPR, Cookies & Compliance
feature
Email Notifications
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