August 7, 2015 Fixed issue where anonymous functions were causing fatal errors for older versions of PHP.
May 8, 2015 Added support for notification conditional logic on "manual" notifications. Thanks, hannanstd.
| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * Gravity Wiz // Gravity Forms // Send Manual Notifications | |
| * | |
| * Provides a custom notification event that allows you to create notifications that can be sent | |
| * manually (via Gravity Forms "Resend Notifications" feature). | |
| * | |
| * @version 1.2 | |
| * @author David Smith <david@gravitywiz.com> | |
| * @license GPL-2.0+ | |
| * @link https://gravitywiz.com/send-manual-notifications-with-gravity-forms/ | |
| */ | |
| class GW_Manual_Notifications { | |
| private static $instance = null; | |
| public static function get_instance() { | |
| if( null == self::$instance ) | |
| self::$instance = new self; | |
| return self::$instance; | |
| } | |
| private function __construct() { | |
| add_filter( 'gform_notification_events', array( $this, 'add_manual_notification_event' ) ); | |
| add_filter( 'gform_before_resend_notifications', array( $this, 'add_notification_filter' ) ); | |
| } | |
| public function add_notification_filter( $form ) { | |
| add_filter( 'gform_notification', array( $this, 'evaluate_notification_conditional_logic' ), 10, 3 ); | |
| return $form; | |
| } | |
| public function add_manual_notification_event( $events ) { | |
| $events['manual'] = __( 'Send Manually' ); | |
| return $events; | |
| } | |
| public function evaluate_notification_conditional_logic( $notification, $form, $entry ) { | |
| // if it fails conditional logic, suppress it | |
| if( $notification['event'] == 'manual' && ! GFCommon::evaluate_conditional_logic( rgar( $notification, 'conditionalLogic' ), $form, $entry ) ) { | |
| add_filter( 'gform_pre_send_email', array( $this, 'abort_next_notification' ) ); | |
| } | |
| return $notification; | |
| } | |
| public function abort_next_notification( $args ) { | |
| remove_filter( 'gform_pre_send_email', array( $this, 'abort_next_notification' ) ); | |
| $args['abort_email'] = true; | |
| return $args; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function gw_manual_notifications() { | |
| return GW_Manual_Notifications::get_instance(); | |
| } | |
| gw_manual_notifications(); |
This simple snippet allows you to send notifications manually to users who have submitted your forms and provided an email.
- Email all users who submitted the form
Example: provide updates to users who signed up for your event - Email any user who selected a specific value
Example: notify users that the option they selected for a product is no longer available
Getting Started
1. Install Snippet
The snippet will add support for the “Send Manually” notification event. By default there is only one notification event so Gravity Forms does not show the setting on the Notification edit screen; however, if you have more than one Notification Event, Gravity Forms will display the “Event” setting.
- Make sure Gravity Forms is installed and active.
Need a license? Buy Gravity Forms - Copy and paste the entire snippet into your theme’s functions.php file.
Having trouble installing the snippet?. - No code configuration required.
2. Create a New Notification
- Select “Send Manually” from the list of Notification Events
- Configure the notification as you would any other notification
3. Send Manual Notification
We will use Gravity Forms’ Resend Notifications feature to send our manual notification.
- Go to the Entry List page.
- Check the checkbox next to each entry to which you would like to resend the notification.
- Select “Resend Notifications” from the Bulk Actions drop down.
- All of your notifications will appear; select your manual notification from the list.
- Click the “Resend Notifications” button to send your manual notification.
More Examples
Send notifications for specific entries
Follow the steps above.
Send notifications for all entries with a specific option selected
There are two ways to accomplish this. You can add the conditional logic to the notification itself – or – you can filter the entries displayed in the Entry List view and only send to the filtered list.
Which is better? I prefer filtering from the Entry List view. It’s more flexible and allows you to more easily reuse the same manual notifications (when it makes sense).
- Go to the Entry List page.
- Use the entry filter to narrow down the list of entries based on your criteria.
- Select all of the filtered entries.
- Follow the instructions above (starting from step #3) to send your manual notification to the selected entries.
With that said, if you find you need more complex filtering, the conditional logic setting on the notification will allow you to apply multiple filters which may be required for your use case.
Was this helpful?
We’d really love to hear how you use this functionality. Seriously, I’m not just saying that. Let us know in the comments!
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Christiaan says
May 2, 2019 at 9:01 amThanks for this snippet! It is simple and effective!
David Smith says
May 2, 2019 at 9:15 amGlad you found it useful!
Sam says
October 15, 2018 at 9:43 pmThis is a great snippet that can be added to perform alot of custom functionality. I am just curious, why when you abort the notification, do you have to remove the filter before passing the ? remove_filter( ‘gform_pre_send_email’, array( $this, ‘abort_next_notification’ ) ); Why not just send the arg and finished? What is the point of removing the filter? Thanks.
David Smith says
October 16, 2018 at 7:54 amHi Sam, the issue is that we only want to abort the very next notification not all subsequent notifications.
Ambuj says
September 9, 2018 at 2:01 amHi David – Thanks for these wonderful Gravity Form snippets. I am developing a social cum profit online start up to help needy patients get medical services at affordable rates. I have a setup where medical service providers can fill out Gravity Forms to list their services on my site (with annual subscription of 365 days post submission of the form), and I want them to be sent automatic email notifications as payment reminders on the expiry of their subscription period.
I have tried using these 2 snippets of yours (populate end date field to 1 year from current date, and send manual notifications with gravity forms – both snippets work independently) to implement this automatic email notification feature based on conditional logic in notifications settings (to check if populated end date is equal to the current date). However, in the form notification settings –> conditional logic, I can’t see the option to select the populated end date field 1 year, is there a snippet to make it show up or any other workaround for solving this issue. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks again.
regards, Ambuj
Carrie Smaha says
May 24, 2018 at 3:50 pmIs this snippet still supported? Is the 2015 code compliant with 2018 standards and Gravity Form updates?
David Smith says
May 25, 2018 at 4:43 amHi Carrie, it is mostly likely still working. Very few snippets actually broke with the major GF 2.3 release. Let us know if you encounter any issue. :)
Joe says
September 9, 2016 at 10:38 amWould this or something else you know of allow an automatic email to be sent at a later date based on a user selected date?
David Smith says
September 10, 2016 at 9:03 amI do not know of a solution that will allow you to automatically send a notification at a later date.
James Dunn says
March 18, 2016 at 11:21 amHey David.
This is “almost” exactly what I was looking for and I think I can make it work by just building the conditional logic the way I need it to make it work. But, I was looking for a way to send an email to a specific individual that has submitted an entry to a form (assuming you’ve gotten their email address).
Any thoughts on this? I was thinking I had seen a plugin to do that, but I think it must have been this tutorial that I had seen.
David Smith says
March 18, 2016 at 12:31 pmHi James, you search for the individual on the Entry List view, you can select the entry and “resend” the manual notification to only that entry (individual).
James Dunn says
March 18, 2016 at 11:58 pmI think you misunderstood what I wanted. I don’t want to resend the notification – I want to send a custom email to just that person. For example, I goofed and required the registrants for a golf tournament to select whether they wanted a mens or ladies golf shirt – conditional logic then shows the list of mens sizes or ladies sizes depending upon their answer. However, in my haste, I forgot to ALSO make that field “required”, so about half the registrants didn’t bother to select a size after they chose mens or ladies. I was wanting to go through each of those entries and send those people an email asking them for their shirt size.
David Smith says
March 19, 2016 at 12:23 pmHi James, this functionality is based on the idea of using Gravity Forms’ resend notifications feature. When you create a manual notification, you aren’t actually resending it, you’re just using the resent feature to send it when you want.
In your case, you need to find the entries that correspond to the orders with missing information. You can then “resend” (aka send for the first time) the manual notification you’ve created that addresses the missing information.
James Dunn says
March 20, 2016 at 5:14 pmNow I got it David. Thanks for the heads up…that’s actually so simple that I missed it. LOL
Ed Nailor says
March 1, 2016 at 3:11 pmI would like to be able to do this from the front side. Say a client is coming back to my site, and I have the entry ID for their submission. I would like to have a button for them to click, or to automatically send upon page load, to get a copy of the notification.
Can this be modified to do this?
David Smith says
March 8, 2016 at 12:16 pmThis can be done but it would require custom code. If you’re interested in commissioning this functionality, feel free to get in touch.
Volatil says
November 5, 2015 at 7:42 amHi, David!
I really appreciate your work, so keep doing it – I think that is very helpful for all of us and it it’s worth it.
I am wondering if there is a snippet or kind of workaround to send a different notification or confirmation after a ceratin number of entries. There is an option to limit the entries but after that the form is inactive. I want my form to remain active but the notification and confirmation text to be different. Is there any code for that option so far?
Thanks!
David Smith says
November 22, 2015 at 6:10 pmHi Volatil, I don’t have a ready solution for this one. The basic idea is that you need some custom conditional logic that does an entry count and then compares it to your threshold. If you’re interested in commissioning this functionality, get in touch.
Cesar says
October 24, 2015 at 6:28 amHi David, i’ve copied the entire snippet but I get this error:
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_filter() in …/wp-includes/functions.php on line 645”
Line 645: add_filter( ‘gform_notification_events’, array( $this, ‘add_manual_notification_event’ ) );
What can I do? Thanks!
David Smith says
October 24, 2015 at 1:15 pmHi Cesar, make sure you’re adding this to your theme’s functions.php file and not the /wp-includes/functions.php file. The path will be something like:
/wp-content/themes//functions.php 
Giacomo says
September 16, 2015 at 5:36 amHi David, i’d like to drip the automatic email notification on gravity form. it’s possibile? For example to set a notification after 24 hours, or 2 day by submitted form There is a way?
David Smith says
September 19, 2015 at 7:31 pmI believe this add-on will accomplish what you need: http://codecanyon.net/item/gravity-forms-simple-drip-autoresponder-addon-/6114252
dm says
August 5, 2015 at 11:03 amI am trying to use the Send Manual Notifications with Gravity Forms
When I place the snippet in the functions php file I get Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home/goodwork/public_html/registration/wp-content/themes/gwn/functions.php on line 614
The code at 614 is add_filter( ‘gform_before_resend_notifications’, function( $form ) { any help would be appreciated. Thx
David Smith says
August 7, 2015 at 9:27 amHi Darren, I’ve updated the snippet to no longer use anonymous functions. You’re probably running an older version of PHP where they are not supported. You can get the latest version above.
hannanstd says
May 6, 2015 at 8:54 pmhi . how can we limit this to send base on notifictions conditional logic?
David Smith says
May 6, 2015 at 9:06 pmYep, this automatically works with the notifications conditional logic.
hannanstd says
May 8, 2015 at 5:05 amhi . it not working with conditional logic and send emails to all entries. i write a snippets to work with conditional logic. pastebin.com/mJ9bTb5F
David Smith says
May 8, 2015 at 8:50 pmYou were right, hannanstd. This was not working with the notification conditional logic. I’ve added support for this based on your code. Thanks!