Title: Comment Reply Email Notification
Author: Arno Welzel
Published: <strong>25 januari 2016</strong>
Last modified: 27 mei 2026

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# Comment Reply Email Notification

 Door [Arno Welzel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/awelzel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comment-reply-email-notification.1.40.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/#description)
 * [Beoordelingen](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/#reviews)
 *  [Installatie](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-reply-email-notification/)

## Beschrijving

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.

### Modifiying HTML output

Using the filters `cren_gdpr_checkbox_html` and `cren_comment_subscribe_html` you
can modify the HTML output of the checkboxes if needed.

Example:

    ```
    add_filter('cren_gdpr_checkbox_html', function(string $html_output, string $label_text, string $privacy_policy_url): string {
        $html_output = '<div class="comment-form-gdpr-consent form-check mb-3"><input id="cren_gdpr" class="form-check-input" name="cren_gdpr" type="checkbox" value="yes" required checked><label for="cren_gdpr" class="form-check-label">' . $label_text . '<span class="text-danger fw-bold">*</span> (<a href="' . $privacy_policy_url . '" title="Privacy Policy" target="_blank" rel="internal">Privacy Policy</a>)</label></div>';

        return $html_output;
    }, 10, 3);

    add_filter('cren_comment_subscribe_html', function(string $html_output, string $label_text, bool $checked_default): string {
        $checked = $checked_default ? 'checked' : '';
        $html_output = '<div class="comment-form-email-consent form-check mb-3"><input id="cren_subscribe_to_comment" class="form-check-input" name="cren_subscribe_to_comment" type="checkbox" value="on" ' . $checked . '><label for="cren_subscribe_to_comment" class="form-check-label">' . $label_text . '</label></div>';

        return $html_output;
    }, 10, 3);
    ```

## Installatie

How to install the plugin:

 1. Extract the contents of the package to the `/wp-content/plugins/comment-reply-email-
    notification` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. For better results, setup a plugin to send emails using SMTP.

## Beoordelingen

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 [ben_muab](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ben_muab/) 12 juni 2026

Thanks for this amazing plugin. Used to have it as a standard feature years ago!
Appreciated, Much Appreciated, if you can make the sentence: Notify me if someone…………..,
as a replaceable phrase from the Plugin Settings, so I can write in my language 
instead of touching the code. Thanks a lot,Osama Habashneh

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 [acekin26](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acekin26/) 19 april 2026

I have been using your plugin for years now. It has worked like a charm. I wish 
there were a way to easily change the email template as a friend clicked on “Click
here to stop receiving these messages” instead of “Click here to reply”. I told 
him to add a new comment and check the box once more on this post, as I could not
find a way to add him to this post’s comments. Thank you for creating such a useful
plugin that sits in the background and works!

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 [Qilin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/qilin2000/) 19 juli 2025

Great plugin, very easy to customize if you can code a bit. The author is also very
communicative and quick to make changes, he deserves a 5 star rating!

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 [mattenser14](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattenser14/) 21 juni 2024

I just wanted a simply solution to allow people to get email notifications. This
works great. I tested the one with more downloaded and like this one better. It 
just works. I wish it was easier to edit the email template and design, but that
isn’t a big deal. Using it on DIVI blog and it works great for me. Takes a few minutes
to send but maybe that is my email server not the plugin. Check it out in action
here: mattenser.me/blog/is-belief-in-god-reasonable/ Thanks for the great plugin!

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 [Jeffinho2016](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffinho2016/) 3 oktober 2023

Excellent little plugin for a feature that should actually be native to WP.

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 [Lucas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luquerias/) 5 september 2023

Thanks a lot, it works like a charm!

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## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Comment Reply Email Notification” is open source software. De volgende personen
hebben bijgedragen aan deze plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ Arno Welzel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/awelzel/)
 *   [ guhemama ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guhemama/)

“Comment Reply Email Notification” is vertaald in 12 localen. Dank voor [de vertalers](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/contributors)
voor hun bijdragen.

[Vertaal “Comment Reply Email Notification” in je eigen taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-reply-email-notification)

### Interesse in ontwikkeling?

[Bekijk de code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-reply-email-notification/),
haal de [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-reply-email-notification/)
op, of abonneer je op het [ontwikkellog](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-reply-email-notification/)
via [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-reply-email-notification/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.40.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.39.0

 * Fix compatibility issues with WordPress 6.6 or earlier.

#### 1.38.0

 * Fix double subscribe checkboxes when logged in for WordPress 6.9 or newer.

#### 1.37.0

 * Fixed PHP deprecation warning.

#### 1.35.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.34.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.33.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.32.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.31.0

 * Added option to set a custom from address for outgoing e-mails.

#### 1.30.0

 * Updated WordPress compatibility information.

#### 1.29.0

 * Changed loading of translations so the custom files provided by LOCO Translate
   also work.
 * Added option for custom e-mail subject for comment notifications.

#### 1.28.0

 * Added Farsi (Iran) translation (thanks to Mahdi for this contribution).

#### 1.27.0

 * Removed the option for comment approval as there is no real usecase for it and
   only causes confusion.

#### 1.26.0

 * Added option to send notification on comment approval (thanks to Saumya Majumder
   for this extension).
 * Added filters to modify HTML output (thanks to Saumya Majumder for this extension).
 * Added Japanese translation (thanks to Kaede Fujisaki for this).

#### 1.24.0

 * Update compatibility for WordPress 6.0

#### 1.23.0

 * Fixed a warning for wrong use of `add_submenu_page()`.

#### 1.22.0

 * Fixed a bug handling the template for the notification e-mail.

#### 1.21.0

 * Fixed sorting in subscription list.
 * Updated some translations.

#### 1.20.0

 * Updated compatibility information for WordPress 5.9.
 * Implemented subscriber list in WordPress backend comments menu.

#### 1.13.0

 * Updated compatibility information for WordPress 5.8.

#### 1.12.0

 * Reverted renaming of main plugin file to avoid potential update issues

#### 1.11.0

 * Major code refactoring (class based, better PSR compliance)

#### 1.10.1

 * Fixed localization domain (thanks to Arno Welzel!)

#### 1.10.0

 * Changed localization domain (thanks to Arno Welzel!)

#### 1.9.0

 * Added Greek translation (thanks to Chrysovalantis Chatzigeorgiou!)
 * Added Czech translation (thanks to Zbyněk Gilar!)

#### 1.8.0

 * Added Korean translation
 * Fixed cren_gdpr_checkbox_label filter bug

#### 1.7.1

 * Fixed blog title encoding

#### 1.7.0

 * Fixed bug where subscription checkbox was always checked
 * Added CN translation (thanks hsu1943)

#### 1.6.1

 * Fixed default settings not being set

#### 1.6.0

 * Added Turkish translation (thanks Bünyamin Yildirim!)
 * Added filters to the checkbox label
 * Added GDPR box
 * Added admin settings page
 * Added HTML entities decode to email title

#### 1.5.0

 * Added Italian translation (thanks Giacomo Bellisi!)
 * Added Hebrew translation (thanks Lea Cohen!)

#### 1.4.4

 * Fixed undefined variable
 * Updated French translation

#### 1.4.3

 * Updated Spanish translation
 * Added German translation

#### 1.4.2

 * Added french translation

#### 1.4.1

 * Fixed unsubscribe page template

#### 1.4.0

 * Added the ability to use a custom email template
 * Added plugin rendering options
 * Fixed unsubscribe link

#### 1.3.3

 * Updated translations and translation domain

#### 1.3.2

 * Fixed email content type filter interfering with other emails
 * Removed asterisk from comment form subscription checkbox

#### 1.3.1

 * Fixed missing variable on checkbox template
 * Fixed notification being sent to the comment author when he replies his own comment

#### 1.3.0

 * Fixed opt-in checkbox for logged in users
 * Added Russian and Ukrainian translations (thanks to Oleh Astappiev!)
 * Added unsubscribe link to email

#### 1.2.0

 * Added opt-in checkbox to comment form

#### 1.1.1

 * Fixed typo in hook

#### 1.1.0

 * Added ES and PT-BR translations
 * Added build script

#### 1.0.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Versie **1.40.0**
 *  Laatst geüpdatet **3 weken geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties **3.000+**
 *  WordPress versie ** 4.4.0 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **7.0**
 *  Talen
 * [Albanian](https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/),
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 *  [Vertaal in je eigen taal](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-reply-email-notification)
 * Tags
 * [comment](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comment/)[email](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)
   [notification](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notification/)[reply](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reply/)
 *  [Geavanceerde weergave](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-reply-email-notification/advanced/)

## Waarderingen

 4.8 van 5 sterren.

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## Bijdragers

 *   [ Arno Welzel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/awelzel/)
 *   [ guhemama ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guhemama/)

## Ondersteuning

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