Send latest post in specific category, but only one time.

  • I’m trying to send the latest post in a specific category when the post is published. It works, but I keep getting the post emailed every day. I only want it emailed one time when it’s published. Is it possible?

    I tried to figure it out in the settings, but there’s a lot of settings, and so I’m not sure what is going on exactly. Any help appreciated.

    Thanks

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by deepbevel.
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  • Thread Starter deepbevel

    (@deepbevel)

    It looks as though the settings for Mail Configuration and Post Notification are very similar. Is the difference that Mail Config will send as scheduled, while Post Notification sends on publish?
    I have them both enabled, as I thought they were controlling the same thing. I only want the post sent when it’s published, I don’t need to schedule..

    I’m trying to figure this out as well. I just want the most recently published post in one category to send out the next time the wp-cron job runs. I can’t seem to get the settings correct. It appears that it is using the wrong mail configuration and sending the “5 posts” instead of the one that I have enabled.

    Thread Starter deepbevel

    (@deepbevel)

    I turned off mail configuration and cron, and only use post notification, then it sends the latest post in the category as soon as it’s published.

    Doesn’t that only send a notification about the post, and not the actual post, using the template?

    Thread Starter deepbevel

    (@deepbevel)

    Possibly, I don’t recall. I set it up that way for a client a while ago and they said it worked.

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