Send an email notification to the organizer when a event listing is approved

It will be very helpful in communication strategies if you will send an email notification to organizers once their event listing is approved.

Following below steps will help you to Send an email notification to the organizer when a event listing is approved:

Send an email notification steps:

1. Open your child theme.
2. Add the below code to functions.php file:
   [code lang=”php”]
   <?php

   function send_email_notification_to_organizer($post_id) {
   $post = get_post($post_id);
   $author = get_userdata($post->post_author);

   $message = "
   Hi ".$author->display_name.",
   Your listing, ".$post->post_title." has just been approved at ".get_permalink( $post_id ).".
   ";
   wp_mail($author->user_email, "Your event listing got published!", $message);
   }
   add_action(‘publish_event_listing’, ‘send_email_notification_to_organizer’);

   ?>
   [/code]

3. You can customize the message easily.

Use a plugin such as Post Status Notifier Lite.