Comment Approved Notifier Extended is a lightweight WordPress plugin with a single focus: automatically notify comment authors when their comments are approved.

🎯 Single Purpose, Zero Bloat

This plugin does ONE thing and does it well:
* Sends customizable email notifications when comments are approved
* No unnecessary features, no performance overhead
* Clean, efficient code following WordPress best practices

✨ Key Features

Automatic Email Notifications – Instantly notifies users when their comment is approved
Customizable Templates – Personalize email subject and body with shortcodes
Professional Email Design – Beautiful, responsive HTML email template
Dark Mode Support – Email template adapts to user preferences
Secure – Built with WordPress security standards (nonce verification, data sanitization, validation)
Translation Ready – Fully translatable with .pot file included
Lightweight – Minimal database queries, no bloat
Developer Friendly – Clean, well-documented code

🎨 Available Shortcodes

Personalize your emails with these shortcodes:

[commentauthor] – Comment author’s name
[commentedposttitle] – Title of the post
[commentaddress] – Direct link to the comment
[commentcontent] – The comment text
[blogname] – Your site name
[blogurl] – Your site URL

🔒 Security First

Email validation with is_email()
Nonce verification for form submissions
Data sanitization with sanitize_text_field() and wp_kses_post()
Output escaping for security
ABSPATH checks
Error logging for debugging

💡 Use Cases

Improve user engagement by notifying commenters
Build community by acknowledging contributions
Increase return visits to your blog
Professional communication with your audience

🌍 Translation Ready

The plugin is fully translatable and includes:
* Text domain: comment-approved-notifier-extended
* .pot file for translations
* RTL support

Privacy Policy

This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data beyond what WordPress already stores for comments. It uses existing comment author email addresses to send notifications.

💝 Support This Plugin

If Comment Approved Notifier Extended has saved you time and frustration, please consider:

⭐ Leave a 5-star review – Help others discover this solution
🐛 Report bugs or request features – We value your feedback
☕ Buy me a coffee – Support continued development
📢 Share with others – Help fellow WordPress users avoid the “Missed Schedule” nightmare

Support

For support, feature requests, or bug reports:
* Visit the WordPress.org support forum
* Check the plugin website

Credits

Original author: yakuphan
Current maintainer: UfukArt
Email template design: Responsive HTML email best practices

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Comment Approved Notifier Extended