About This Plugin
4WP Notifications delivers a unified in-app notification inbox for logged-in WordPress users: a header bell with unread badge, a full notifications page, optional WooCommerce order alerts, and tools for developers to fire notifications from custom code.
A plugin by 4wp.dev. 4WP is our project brand; the letters “WP” appear only as part of that brand name, not as a reference to WordPress. This plugin is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by WordPress.
Source code: github.com/4wpdev/4wp-notifications
Key features
- Notifications Bell block — dropdown with unread count; add inside a Navigation block (header menu)
- Notifications List block — full inbox page with mark read/unread and live polling
- Shortcodes —
[forwp_notifications_bell]and[forwp_notifications]for classic themes - Direct notifications — admins broadcast to roles and/or individual users
- WooCommerce — optional alerts for new orders and status changes
- Developer hooks —
forwp_notification_event/4wp_notification_eventfrom PHP - REST API — list, unread count, mark read/unread, and send notifications (authenticated)
Privacy
Notifications are stored in your WordPress database and shown only to the logged-in recipient. Read endpoints require an authenticated user session. Send endpoints require administrator capability (default: manage_options). No data is sent to 4wp.dev.
Development
Human-readable PHP source is in the public GitHub repository above. No npm build step — block editor scripts ship as plain JS in assets/blocks/.
Run tests: composer install && composer test && composer run lint
Blocks
This plugin provides 2 blocks.
- 4WP Notifications Bell (
forwp/notifications-bell) — bell icon and recent notifications dropdown (Navigation child block). - 4WP Notifications List (
forwp/notifications) — full notification list for a page.
