Configure how Content Guard Pro alerts you to security issues. Choose the right combination of channels and thresholds for your workflow.

Overview of Notification Channels #

Channel	Best For	Configuration
———	———-	—————
Admin Notices	Day-to-day WordPress work	Enable/disable
Admin Bar Badge	Quick status checks	Always on when findings exist
Dashboard Widget	Daily overview	Show/hide via Screen Options
Email Alerts	Remote monitoring	Recipients, frequency, threshold
Webhooks	External integrations	URL, secret, threshold

Configuring Admin Notices #

What Are Admin Notices? #

Banner notifications that appear at the top of WordPress admin pages when critical findings are detected.

Settings #

1. Go to Content Guard Pro → Settings
2. Find Notifications section
3. Check/uncheck Admin Notices
4. Click Save Changes

When Notices Appear #

• After scans complete with critical findings
• When visiting pages with quarantined content
• For important plugin updates

Dismissing Notices #

• Click the X to dismiss
• Dismissed until new findings appear
• Or until you log out and back in

Email Alert Configuration #

Basic Setup #

1. Enable Email Alerts: Check the box
2. Email Recipients: Add addresses (one per line)
3. Alert Mode: Choose Immediate or Daily Digest
4. Severity Threshold: Select minimum severity

Immediate vs. Digest #

Mode	When Sent	Best For
——	———–	———-
Immediate	As soon as finding detected	Critical monitoring, small sites
Daily Digest	Once per day (morning)	Larger sites, less urgent

Severity Threshold Options #

Setting	Emails For
———	————
Critical only	Only the most severe threats
Suspicious and above	Critical + Suspicious
All findings	Every detected issue

Recommendation: Start with “Critical only” and expand if you miss important issues.

Multiple Recipients #

Add multiple email addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

All recipients receive identical emails.

Webhook Configuration #

When to Use Webhooks #

• Integration with Slack, Teams, Discord
• Custom monitoring dashboards
• PagerDuty or incident management
• Multi-site central monitoring

Setup #

1. Enable Webhook: Check the box
2. Webhook URL: Enter your endpoint
3. Webhook Secret: Optional for signature verification
4. Severity Threshold: Select minimum severity

See Webhook Configuration for detailed setup.

Finding the Right Balance #

High-Security Sites #

For sites where any threat is critical:

• ✅ Admin Notices: Enabled
• ✅ Email: Immediate, All severities
• ✅ Webhook: To monitoring system
• ✅ Dashboard Widget: Visible

Standard Business Sites #

For typical business/blog sites:

• ✅ Admin Notices: Enabled
• ✅ Email: Daily Digest, Critical only
• ❌ Webhook: Not needed
• ✅ Dashboard Widget: Visible

Development/Staging Sites #

For non-production sites:

• ✅ Admin Notices: Enabled
• ❌ Email: Disabled
• ❌ Webhook: Disabled
• ✅ Dashboard Widget: Visible

Agency Managing Multiple Sites #

For centralized monitoring:

• ❌ Admin Notices: Disabled (check webhook)
• ❌ Email: Disabled (use webhook)
• ✅ Webhook: To central dashboard
• ✅ Dashboard Widget: Visible

Reducing Notification Fatigue #

Too Many Alerts? #

1. Increase severity threshold – Focus on Critical only
2. Switch to digest mode – One email per day
3. Improve allowlist – Reduce false positives
4. Review and ignore – Mark false positives as ignored

Missing Important Alerts? #

1. Lower severity threshold – Include Suspicious
2. Switch to immediate mode – Don’t wait for digest
3. Add more recipients – Redundancy for critical alerts
4. Enable webhook – Multiple channels

Testing Notifications #

Test Email #

1. Go to Settings → Notifications
2. Click Send Test Email
3. Verify receipt in all configured inboxes

Test Webhook #

1. Go to Settings → Notifications
2. Click Send Test Webhook
3. Verify your endpoint receives the test payload

Test Admin Notice #

1. Run a scan on a post with known issues
2. Verify notice appears after scan
3. Or create test content with obvious patterns

Notification History #

Email History #

Currently, email history is not stored. Use:

• Your email client’s sent folder
• Email logging plugin
• SMTP service logs

Webhook History #

View recent webhook deliveries:
1. Go to Settings
2. Click View Webhook History
3. See success/failure status for recent attempts

Troubleshooting #

Not Receiving Emails #

1. Check spam/junk folders
2. Verify WordPress can send email (test with password reset)
3. Check email recipient addresses for typos
4. Consider using SMTP plugin

Emails Going to Spam #

1. Set up proper SPF/DKIM records
2. Use SMTP plugin with authenticated sending
3. Avoid spam trigger words in notification content

Too Many Notifications #

1. Increase severity threshold
2. Switch to digest mode
3. Review and improve allowlist
4. Temporarily disable during bulk operations