Reminders and notifications
The plugin reminds members about due tasks through the BuddyPress email system and BuddyPress notifications.
Due-date reminders
Section titled “Due-date reminders”A scheduled job checks for incomplete tasks whose due date is today or already passed, and for each one it can send:
- An email reminder to the task owner, when Send Email is enabled.
- A BuddyPress notification to the task owner, when Send Notification is enabled.
Both toggles live in WB Plugins > Todo Lists > General. Members can also control their own email preference through their profile mail setting.
How the schedule works
Section titled “How the schedule works”The reminder job runs on a custom WP-Cron schedule named every_six_hours (every 21600 seconds) under the bptodo_todo_notification event. Tasks are processed in batches of 100 to stay within memory limits. The interval and batch size are filterable (bptodo_notification_cron_schedule_interval, bptodo_due_date_batch_size).
Each task is only notified once for its due date, tracked by the todo_last_day_notification_sent and todo_last_day_mail_sent meta flags, so members do not get repeated reminders for the same task.
Group assignment notifications
Section titled “Group assignment notifications”When a group task is assigned, each recipient gets a BuddyPress notification, and an assignment email if that template is active. See Features > Group tasks and reporting.
Email templates
Section titled “Email templates”Emails are sent through the BuddyPress native email system, not raw wp_mail. Two email types are registered:
- Due-date reminder.
- Group assignment notification.
They are installed automatically on activation and re-checked on upgrade, so no manual setup is needed. You can edit the copy under Settings > BuddyPress > Emails. Email subject and body respect your custom todo label.
Requirements
Section titled “Requirements”Notifications require the BuddyPress Notifications component to be active. If BuddyPress is inactive, no reminders are sent.