Accepting guest post on a blog is a great way to get more traffic, popularity and having constant flow of content, thus keep your blog alive with fresh content. And any good blog that gets dozens of guest articles on monthly basis, it’s necessary to notify each authors about their article status. And sending an email to each author seems to be more time consuming.

While there are many WordPress plugins available that can automatically send email to the authors if their article is published or rejected. But In this post I will show you, how you can do this without any plugin.

Auto Send an Email When a Post is Published

Copy Paste the following code in function.php

/* POST PUBLISHED EMAIL NOTIFICATION */
function authorNotification($post_id) {
global $wpdb;
$post = get_post($post_id);
$author = get_userdata($post->post_author);
$message = "
Hi ".$author->display_name.",

Well done! Your post, ".$post->post_title." has been reviewed and just been published.
";
wp_mail($author->user_email, "Your article status", $message);
}
add_action('publish_post', 'authorNotification');

Once saved, the author will automatically receive an email when the post has been approved and published. You can customize the message as you need.

Auto Send an Email When a Post is Rejected

Copy Paste the following code in function.php

/* POST TRASHED EMAIL NOTIFICATION */
function authorNotification2($post_id) {
global $wpdb;
$post = get_post($post_id);
$author = get_userdata($post->post_author);
$message = "
Hi ".$author->display_name.",
We are sorry to inform you that your article, ".$post->post_title." has been declined. We strongly recommend you to go through the guest posting guidelines before you submit an article again.
";
wp_mail($author->user_email, "Your article status", $message);
}
add_action('trash_post', 'authorNotification2');

Once saved, the author will automatically receive an email that the post has been trashed. You can customize the message as you need.

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