ReplyMe – a great WordPress plugin!

23rd April 2011 38 Replies Christopher Roberts

ReplyMe is a fantastic plugin, which I am very proud to announce that Technology Bloggers uses to notify users when their comment has a reply.

Why use ReplyMe over other subscribe to comment plugins?

Well with normal subscribe to comment plugins you get sent an email every time there is a new comment, even if it’s nothing to do with your comment. You also have to remember to tick the little box at the bottom of the comment box to say that you want to receive updates.

What is ReplyMe?

ReplyMe is a fantastic plugin which allows you to receive updates (without subscription) when your comment has been replied to. This means that you don’t need to sift through hundreds of irrelevant comments, you get your comment and the reply delivered directly to you by email – free of charge 🙂

In Technology Bloggers ReplyMe emails you get to see your comment and the reply to that, along with a link to the article, and the comment that replied to yours.

If the new comment needs no reply, you can read it in your email without even having to visit the blog. If you want to reply, just click the link and you are ready to continue the conversation!

A good blog has a community on-site and off. This can be through social media, but it can also be through using great plugins like ReplyMe to ‘continue the conversation’!

If you read Ari Herzog’s blog, Draggon Blogger, Christopher Roberts Philosophy Blog, Blogging Bookshelf or The Sales Lion, you will probably have seen ReplyMe in action before. Technology Bloggers has it’s own unique style of delivering the email, but the principle is the same 🙂

For details of how you can customise the plugin, check out Justin’s article on it.

If you want to see ReplyMe in action post a comment below, and I will gladly reply to show you.

If you are interested in using ReplyMe on your blog, check out it’s plugin page 🙂

38 thoughts on “ReplyMe – a great WordPress plugin!”

Maria Pavel

23rd April 2011 at 6:25pm

This plugin is extremely useful.
First time i encountered it was on some random blog where i felt the need to place a comment. I had no intention of going back, i stated my opinion and that’s all. But then i got a mail with a reply. So i followed the link and left another comment. Closed the window just like first time, went back to work. Then i got another reply. By this time i was getting kind of tired of it, but i just couldn’t help myself, i had to click the link and leave another comment!
So i don’t know if i’m the problem here, or if everyone reacts the same, but the plugin is in my top 10 wordpress plugins right now.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  23rd April 2011 at 8:27pm
  
  I love it personally, but there are one or two people unlike us Maria. A few people I have met online have actually said they dislike the plugin! Apparently, you may not want to be notified, but in my mind if you leave a comment, and someone spends time replying to you, their reply deserves to be read and acknowledged. This sort of means that it also helps repliers too, as they know their comment is being read!
  
  Thanks for the comment 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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  - Maria Pavel
    
    30th April 2011 at 2:12am
    
    I guess it all depends on what kind of blogs those people write on. If they’re full of spam comments, i can totally understand them for not liking the plugin.
    
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Justin Germino

24th April 2011 at 12:01am

I highly recommend the ReplyMe plugin, it really helps readers come back to respond to the blog admin when you answer their comment or question.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  24th April 2011 at 8:19pm
  
  …or any user for that matter! I think in their latest version, users are also notified, so if you reply to this comment, I will be notified…
  
  Not 100% sure on that, but I remember something like that happening!
  
  Thanks for stopping by and dropping us a comment Justin 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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jason@car Insurance Tips

24th April 2011 at 1:16am

I’ve seen this in some blogs, I think its a good plugin

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  24th April 2011 at 8:20pm
  
  Indeed it is Jason, hence the title of this article ReplyMe – a great WordPress plugin!
  
  Thanks for taking the time to comment Jason 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Radithya@cirrusdance

24th April 2011 at 9:25am

I like this plugin and use it almost on all my blogs. This plugin helps me respond to comments from visitors, especially for visitors who leave the question

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  24th April 2011 at 8:27pm
  
  I have visited your blog before Radithya and I think I have seen it in action there 🙂
  
  It’s amazing to think how this plugin that has only been around for a short amount of time has gone so global via the medium of the web!
  
  Thanks for taking the time to add a comment 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Nasif

25th April 2011 at 7:03pm

Replyme plugin is great. It was recommended to me by Peter Joseph from ideasbubble.com

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Anna

25th April 2011 at 8:18pm

I have seen such plug in but frankly speaking I didn’t pay attention to it. Now I see that it was not correct – the plug in is really good and worth having as sometimes too many comments are a real problem if you want to get the answer to your comment.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  25th April 2011 at 8:27pm
  
  If you don’t have a plugin like this, it can almost kill your community, as people don’t reply as they don’t see their replies!
  
  + their mailbox gets filled with loads of other comments!
  
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DiNaRa

26th April 2011 at 8:21pm

I like this plug in a lot. It saves my time and … nerves. Now I can always answer the comments directed to me.

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James

27th April 2011 at 1:12am

Hi,

Indeed – replyme seems to be a great WordPress plugin, I’ve seen a lot of great WordPress plugins that came out recently but by far this one of the most interesting of all in my opinion. Thanks for sharing, I think I am going to use it on my blogs, looks great!

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  27th April 2011 at 4:41pm
  
  Great to here James, I look forward to the continuation of the ReplyMe plugin spreading around the web 🙂
  
  Thanks for having a read of our blog James, it’s always great to see a new face 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Ron

21st June 2011 at 3:35am

This looks like an interesting plugin and I will give it a look. Thanks for the heads up.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  22nd June 2011 at 8:48pm
  
  Glad to have been of assistance Ron 🙂
  
  Do come back and let us know how it went!
  
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Djdoubt03

9th July 2011 at 5:35am

replyme is awsome. I have recently closed my blog but I am thinking of starting a new one. Replyme will be on the first plugins I add.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  9th July 2011 at 2:04pm
  
  Not many other words cover it really, ReplyMe is just awesome!
  
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Maria Teresa@delineado permanente

13th August 2011 at 2:10am

This sounds like an excellent way to start building a true community. I will give it a try on my site. I have been struggling trying to build a community around my beauty blog. thanks for this wonderful suggestion.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  13th August 2011 at 3:36pm
  
  Give it a go, it works a treat over here!
  
  Although I guess you are probably reading this in the ReplyMe email, so you know that now 🙂
  
  Thanks for your contribution, welcome to the community!
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Eddy

27th August 2011 at 9:32pm

This sort of means that it also helps repliers too, as they know their comment is being read.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  8th September 2011 at 9:57am
  
  Very true Eddy it does. I spend so long on this blog just reading peoples comments, and then if needs be replying, it would be rather disheartening if we didn’t use ReplyMe, as fewer people would (probably) see my replies.
  
  Great to see someone new in the community, welcome 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Usman

27th October 2011 at 2:13am

Definitely a good find for me but I wanted to know if it has the option to email when a new comment is made instead of the reply only?

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  27th October 2011 at 11:11am
  
  No it doesn’t Usman, but there are plenty of other plugins that can do that, ReplyMe is one of the kind!
  
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Satrap@ Fast Money

13th November 2011 at 6:15pm

I have been suing subscribe to comment plugins and frankly I dont really like that it sends out emails every time there is a new comment even if it doesn’t have anything with your own comment. I think its a turn off for many people.

Thanks for the heads up about reply me, I think I’ll give it a try.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  13th November 2011 at 8:13pm
  
  Hence why ReplyMe is such a good idea!
  
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Raj @ Make Money Blogging

17th November 2011 at 7:52am

It sounds really interesting.. will try this plugin.. currently I am using comment reply notification plugin in my blogs…

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  17th November 2011 at 5:23pm
  
  Let us know which one is better Raj!
  
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fort collins wedding photography

2nd January 2012 at 11:27am

It sounds really interesting. The plug in is really good and worth having as sometimes too many comments are a real problem if you want to get the answer to your comment. Thank you.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  3rd January 2012 at 5:13pm
  
  I know what you are saying, it is all very well having loads of comments, but if people can’t find replies to their comment, you are killing your community!
  
  Thanks for the comment, welcome to the blog 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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Don

16th February 2012 at 12:34pm

Thanks Chris for posting this tip about ReplyMe. A handy idea to see both the comment and the reply via email. I’m about to launch a blog as part of my site and I’ll give this one a go.

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- Christopher (admin team)
  
  16th February 2012 at 1:42pm
  
  Good luck with your blog Don, ReplyMe really is a fantastic plugin, it helps to keep the conversation going!
  
  Thanks for taking the time to add a comment, welcome to the blog 🙂
  Christopher – Admin Team
  
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  - Don
    
    17th February 2012 at 3:48am
    
    Yes Chris, I see what you mean. It sent me and email with the thread. Very cool.
    
    If you are looking for a better way to find more plugins, you might want to check out my website. 🙂 It is a search engine for finding plugins, but nothing can replace good person to person recommendations.
    
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    - Christopher (admin team)
      
      17th February 2012 at 3:48pm
      
      I usually do check out our commenters websites, and I have checked yours our Don, it could be very useful, so thanks for the heads up 🙂
      
      For the record it is Christopher, not Chris.
      
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      - Don
        
        17th February 2012 at 6:40pm
        
        Sorry Christopher, no offense intended. 🙂
        
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        Christopher (admin team)
        
        18th February 2012 at 3:47pm
        
        That’s okay, it just annoys me when people assume that I prefer it shorted. I guess most people probably would prefer the shortened name, but I write Christopher for a reason 😉
        
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