Title: Comment Approved
Author: nielsvanrenselaar
Published: <strong>août 26, 2014</strong>
Last modified: novembre 20, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Comment Approved

 By [nielsvanrenselaar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nielsvanrenselaar/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comment-approved.zip)

 * [Details](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-approved/)

## Description

This WordPress plugin will sent out a customizable notification to a user that has
left an comment on your site after approval of the comment.

It’s a tiny plugin which I hope to expand in the near future. Let me know if you
miss something.

Icon by Max Steenbergen / maxsteenbergen.com

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The settings screen
 * [[
 * Checkbox at the comment form

## Installation

#### Installation

 1. In your WordPress Dashboard go to « Plugins » -> « Add Plugin ».
 2. Search for « Comment Approved ».
 3. Install the plugin by pressing the « Install » button.
 4. Activate the plugin by pressing the « Activate » button.
 5. The settings are accessible trough the settings menu in the sidebar.

#### Minimum Requirements

 * WordPress version 3.0 or greater.
 * PHP version 5.2.4 or greater.
 * MySQL version 5.0 or greater.

#### Recommended Requirements

 * The latest WordPress version.
 * PHP version 5.6 or greater.
 * MySQL version 5.6 or greater.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Needs Update!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needs-update-26/)󠁿

 [Soul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/soulkitchen/) décembre 6, 2022

It’s not working anymore. I believe after an update it will work again. Still 5 
stars. Good plugin.

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### 󠀁[Still Working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-96/)󠁿

 [fatmatan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fatmatan/) décembre 6, 2022

Hi to all. This plugin does still work. tested to day. 11.07.2020 You have to install
a SMTP plugin to deliver your mails to your commenters. The setup is easy. Thanks
to the author of the plugin.

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### 󠀁[Doesn’t work for me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-for-me-156/)󠁿

 [m_james](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m_james/) mars 4, 2019

Seems simple enough but doesn’t work for me.

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### 󠀁[Nice feature for moderated blogs](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-feature-for-moderated-blogs/)󠁿

 [brit77](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brit77/) février 7, 2019

This plugin does what it claims to do, a simple feature but nice to have for commenters
on a moderated blog. Also, the plugin author has been responsive to fixing a minor
issue. Thanks!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[really works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-works-35/)󠁿

 [withlovenregards](https://profiles.wordpress.org/withlovenregards/) juillet 24,
2017

really works

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-1279/)󠁿

 [nielsvanrenselaar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nielsvanrenselaar/) juin 26,
2017

Works as expected

 [ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-approved/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Comment Approved” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ nielsvanrenselaar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nielsvanrenselaar/)

“Comment Approved” has been translated into 9 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-approved/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Comment Approved” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-approved)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-approved/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-approved/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-approved/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-approved/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.6.1

 * [NEW] Added support for [the_title] to display the post title in the notification
   mail.
 * [NEW] Use [the_title] and [name] in the subject of the notification mail.
 * [MISC] Removed support for %shortcode% shortcodes, use the [shortcode] syntax
   instead.

#### 1.6

 * [NEW] Added support for HTML mails. If you experience any issue, please report
   through the plugin forum.
 * [FIX] Moved position of checkbox from comment_form to comment_form_after_fields
 * Tested up to WordPress 4.9.8

#### 1.5.2.3

 * [FIX] Issue where string could not be translated.

#### 1.5.2.2

 * Added .pot file for custom translations

#### 1.5.2.1

 * Tested up to WordPress 4.7

#### 1.5.2

 * Added quick link to the options page on the plugin screen

#### 1.5.1

 * Add phpDocs
 * Tested up to WordPress 4.5

#### 1.5

 * Security: Prevent direct access to php files
 * Security: Prevent direct access to directories
 * Fix global translations support
 * Delete unused css and js files
 * Add missing i18n function
 * Update plugin readme file

#### 1.4.3

 * Better translation handling

#### 1.4.2.1

 * Using a more reliable action hook

#### 1.4.2

 * Updated the translations to support the upcoming translation packs for plugins
 * Added a .pot file for custom translations

#### 1.4.1

 * Fixed an translation issue, sorry!

#### 1.4

 * Simplify the codebase thanks to kasparsd
 * Enable notifications if Jetpack Comments are detected since they don’t support
   the opt-in checkbox

#### 1.3.2.1

 * Typo fix
 * Tested up to WordPress 4.2.2

#### 1.3.2

 * Added option to change the e-mail from headers
 * Added option for the default state of the checkbox
 * Better translation support
 * WordPress 4.2 support
 * Minor bugfixes

#### 1.3.1

 * Option added for users to opt-in on notifications

#### 1.3

 * Added option to change the subject (thanks Karl)

#### 1.2.1

 * Added plugin icons. Credits for Max Steenbergen / maxsteenbergen.com

#### 1.2

 * This is a security fix. Please update

#### 1.1

 * Translation error fixed

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.1**
 *  Last updated **7 années ago**
 *  Active installations **500+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Languages
 * [Arabic](https://ar.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/), [Croatian](https://hr.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/),
   [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/),
   [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/), [Hebrew](https://he.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/),
   [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/), [Slovenian](https://sl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/),
   [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-approved)
 * Tags
 * [approval](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/approval/)[approved](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/approved/)
   [comment](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comment/)[message](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/message/)
   [notification](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/notification/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-approved/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.6 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  12 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-approved/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-approved/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-approved/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ nielsvanrenselaar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nielsvanrenselaar/)

## Support

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