wp_notify_postauthor() WordPress Function

The wp_notify_postauthor() function is used to notify a post author about a comment that has been made on their post. This function is typically used in conjunction with the comment_notification_text filter.

wp_notify_postauthor( int|WP_Comment $comment_id, string $deprecated = null ) #

Notify an author (and/or others) of a comment/trackback/pingback on a post.


Parameters

$comment_id

(int|WP_Comment)(Required)Comment ID or WP_Comment object.

$deprecated

(string)(Optional)Not used

Default value: null


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Return

(bool) True on completion. False if no email addresses were specified.


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More Information

  • This function can be replaced via plugins. If plugins do not redefine these functions, then this will be used instead.
  • This function is pluggable using the following filters:
    • comment_notification_text
    • comment_notification_subject
    • comment_notification_headers

    If the plugins do not redefine the functions using filters, then the default functionality will be used.

    To modify the content of the email that is sent when a reader leaves a comment, you may provide filters for each of the above functions in your plugin.

    This function also sanitizes a URL for use in a redirect.


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Source

File: wp-includes/pluggable.php

	function wp_notify_postauthor( $comment_id, $deprecated = null ) {
		if ( null !== $deprecated ) {
			_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.8.0' );
		}

		$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
		if ( empty( $comment ) || empty( $comment->comment_post_ID ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		$post   = get_post( $comment->comment_post_ID );
		$author = get_userdata( $post->post_author );

		// Who to notify? By default, just the post author, but others can be added.
		$emails = array();
		if ( $author ) {
			$emails[] = $author->user_email;
		}

		/**
		 * Filters the list of email addresses to receive a comment notification.
		 *
		 * By default, only post authors are notified of comments. This filter allows
		 * others to be added.
		 *
		 * @since 3.7.0
		 *
		 * @param string[] $emails     An array of email addresses to receive a comment notification.
		 * @param string   $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
		 */
		$emails = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_recipients', $emails, $comment->comment_ID );
		$emails = array_filter( $emails );

		// If there are no addresses to send the comment to, bail.
		if ( ! count( $emails ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		// Facilitate unsetting below without knowing the keys.
		$emails = array_flip( $emails );

		/**
		 * Filters whether to notify comment authors of their comments on their own posts.
		 *
		 * By default, comment authors aren't notified of their comments on their own
		 * posts. This filter allows you to override that.
		 *
		 * @since 3.8.0
		 *
		 * @param bool   $notify     Whether to notify the post author of their own comment.
		 *                           Default false.
		 * @param string $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
		 */
		$notify_author = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_notify_author', false, $comment->comment_ID );

		// The comment was left by the author.
		if ( $author && ! $notify_author && $comment->user_id == $post->post_author ) {
			unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
		}

		// The author moderated a comment on their own post.
		if ( $author && ! $notify_author && get_current_user_id() == $post->post_author ) {
			unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
		}

		// The post author is no longer a member of the blog.
		if ( $author && ! $notify_author && ! user_can( $post->post_author, 'read_post', $post->ID ) ) {
			unset( $emails[ $author->user_email ] );
		}

		// If there's no email to send the comment to, bail, otherwise flip array back around for use below.
		if ( ! count( $emails ) ) {
			return false;
		} else {
			$emails = array_flip( $emails );
		}

		$switched_locale = switch_to_locale( get_locale() );

		$comment_author_domain = '';
		if ( WP_Http::is_ip_address( $comment->comment_author_IP ) ) {
			$comment_author_domain = gethostbyaddr( $comment->comment_author_IP );
		}

		// The blogname option is escaped with esc_html() on the way into the database in sanitize_option().
		// We want to reverse this for the plain text arena of emails.
		$blogname        = wp_specialchars_decode( get_option( 'blogname' ), ENT_QUOTES );
		$comment_content = wp_specialchars_decode( $comment->comment_content );

		switch ( $comment->comment_type ) {
			case 'trackback':
				/* translators: %s: Post title. */
				$notify_message = sprintf( __( 'New trackback on your post "%s"' ), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: 1: Trackback/pingback website name, 2: Website IP address, 3: Website hostname. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP address: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Trackback/pingback/comment author URL. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Comment text. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
				$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all trackbacks on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: Trackback notification email subject. 1: Site title, 2: Post title. */
				$subject = sprintf( __( '[%1$s] Trackback: "%2$s"' ), $blogname, $post->post_title );
				break;

			case 'pingback':
				/* translators: %s: Post title. */
				$notify_message = sprintf( __( 'New pingback on your post "%s"' ), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: 1: Trackback/pingback website name, 2: Website IP address, 3: Website hostname. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Website: %1$s (IP address: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Trackback/pingback/comment author URL. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Comment text. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
				$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all pingbacks on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: Pingback notification email subject. 1: Site title, 2: Post title. */
				$subject = sprintf( __( '[%1$s] Pingback: "%2$s"' ), $blogname, $post->post_title );
				break;

			default: // Comments.
				/* translators: %s: Post title. */
				$notify_message = sprintf( __( 'New comment on your post "%s"' ), $post->post_title ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: 1: Comment author's name, 2: Comment author's IP address, 3: Comment author's hostname. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Author: %1$s (IP address: %2$s, %3$s)' ), $comment->comment_author, $comment->comment_author_IP, $comment_author_domain ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Comment author email. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Email: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_email ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: %s: Trackback/pingback/comment author URL. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'URL: %s' ), $comment->comment_author_url ) . "\r\n";

				if ( $comment->comment_parent && user_can( $post->post_author, 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_parent ) ) {
					/* translators: Comment moderation. %s: Parent comment edit URL. */
					$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'In reply to: %s' ), admin_url( "comment.php?action=editcomment&c={$comment->comment_parent}#wpbody-content" ) ) . "\r\n";
				}

				/* translators: %s: Comment text. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Comment: %s' ), "\r\n" . $comment_content ) . "\r\n\r\n";
				$notify_message .= __( 'You can see all comments on this post here:' ) . "\r\n";
				/* translators: Comment notification email subject. 1: Site title, 2: Post title. */
				$subject = sprintf( __( '[%1$s] Comment: "%2$s"' ), $blogname, $post->post_title );
				break;
		}

		$notify_message .= get_permalink( $comment->comment_post_ID ) . "#comments\r\n\r\n";
		/* translators: %s: Comment URL. */
		$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Permalink: %s' ), get_comment_link( $comment ) ) . "\r\n";

		if ( user_can( $post->post_author, 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_ID ) ) {
			if ( EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS ) {
				/* translators: Comment moderation. %s: Comment action URL. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Trash it: %s' ), admin_url( "comment.php?action=trash&c={$comment->comment_ID}#wpbody-content" ) ) . "\r\n";
			} else {
				/* translators: Comment moderation. %s: Comment action URL. */
				$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Delete it: %s' ), admin_url( "comment.php?action=delete&c={$comment->comment_ID}#wpbody-content" ) ) . "\r\n";
			}
			/* translators: Comment moderation. %s: Comment action URL. */
			$notify_message .= sprintf( __( 'Spam it: %s' ), admin_url( "comment.php?action=spam&c={$comment->comment_ID}#wpbody-content" ) ) . "\r\n";
		}

		$wp_email = 'wordpress@' . preg_replace( '#^www\.#', '', wp_parse_url( network_home_url(), PHP_URL_HOST ) );

		if ( '' === $comment->comment_author ) {
			$from = "From: \"$blogname\" <$wp_email>";
			if ( '' !== $comment->comment_author_email ) {
				$reply_to = "Reply-To: $comment->comment_author_email";
			}
		} else {
			$from = "From: \"$comment->comment_author\" <$wp_email>";
			if ( '' !== $comment->comment_author_email ) {
				$reply_to = "Reply-To: \"$comment->comment_author_email\" <$comment->comment_author_email>";
			}
		}

		$message_headers = "$from\n"
		. 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset="' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ) . "\"\n";

		if ( isset( $reply_to ) ) {
			$message_headers .= $reply_to . "\n";
		}

		/**
		 * Filters the comment notification email text.
		 *
		 * @since 1.5.2
		 *
		 * @param string $notify_message The comment notification email text.
		 * @param string $comment_id     Comment ID as a numeric string.
		 */
		$notify_message = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_text', $notify_message, $comment->comment_ID );

		/**
		 * Filters the comment notification email subject.
		 *
		 * @since 1.5.2
		 *
		 * @param string $subject    The comment notification email subject.
		 * @param string $comment_id Comment ID as a numeric string.
		 */
		$subject = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_subject', $subject, $comment->comment_ID );

		/**
		 * Filters the comment notification email headers.
		 *
		 * @since 1.5.2
		 *
		 * @param string $message_headers Headers for the comment notification email.
		 * @param string $comment_id      Comment ID as a numeric string.
		 */
		$message_headers = apply_filters( 'comment_notification_headers', $message_headers, $comment->comment_ID );

		foreach ( $emails as $email ) {
			wp_mail( $email, wp_specialchars_decode( $subject ), $notify_message, $message_headers );
		}

		if ( $switched_locale ) {
			restore_previous_locale();
		}

		return true;
	}


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