WordPress Notification Plugin Default Triggers Reference

WordPress notification default triggers provide comprehensive coverage for all major WordPress events and actions. This reference guide lists all available trigger names, slugs, and examples for posts, users, comments, plugins, themes, and more to help developers implement automated notifications.

Comment

This covers all the comment types. Use comment, pingback, trackback, another_comment_type instead of the {comment_type_slug}.

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Comment added	comment/{comment_type_slug}/added
Comment approved	comment/{comment_type_slug}/approved
Comment replied	comment/{comment_type_slug}/replied
Comment spammed	comment/{comment_type_slug}/spammed
Comment trashed	comment/{comment_type_slug}/trashed
Comment unapproved	comment/{comment_type_slug}/unapproved
Comment published	comment/{comment_type_slug}/published

Media

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Media added	media/added
Media trashed	media/trashed
Media updated	media/updated

Plugin

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Plugin activated	plugin/activated
Plugin deactivated	plugin/deactivated
Plugin installed	plugin/installed
Plugin removed	plugin/removed
Plugin updated	plugin/updated

Post

This covers all the custom post types, as well. Use post, page, product, another_post_type instead of the {post_type_slug}.

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Post added	post/{post_type_slug}/added
Post saved as a draft	post/{post_type_slug}/drafted
Post sent for review	post/{post_type_slug}/pending
Post approved	post/{post_type_slug}/approved
Post published	post/{post_type_slug}/published
Post published privately	post/{post_type_slug}/published-privately
Post trashed	post/{post_type_slug}/trashed
Post updated	post/{post_type_slug}/updated
Post scheduled	post/{post_type_slug}/scheduled

Taxonomy

This covers all the taxonomies. Use category, post_tag, another_taxonomy instead of the {taxonomy_slug}.

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Taxonomy term created	taxonomy/{taxonomy_slug}/created
Taxonomy term deleted	taxonomy/{taxonomy_slug}/deleted
Taxonomy term updated	taxonomy/{taxonomy_slug}/updated

Theme

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Theme installed	theme/installed
Theme switched	theme/switched
Theme updated	theme/updated

User

Trigger name	Trigger slug
User deleted	user/deleted
User login	user/login
User login failed	user/login_failed
User logout	user/logout
User password changed	user/password_changed
User password reset request	user/password_reset_request
User profile updated	user/profile_updated
User registered	user/registered
User role changed	user/role_changed
User email change request	user/email_change_request
User email changed	user/email_changed

WordPress

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Available updates	wordpress/updates_available
Site email change request	wordpress/email_change_request
Site email changed	wordpress/email_changed
WordPress updated	wordpress/updated

Privacy

Trigger name	Trigger slug
Personal Data erased	privacy/data-erased
Personal Data erase request	privacy/data-erase-request
Personal Data exported	privacy/data-exported
Personal Data export request	privacy/data-export-request