--- title: Notify members when drip content unlocks description: The Drip Content Notifications module emails members when a scheduled post becomes available to them, with a link to the post. url: "https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/drip-content-notifications/" updated: "2026-10-18" category: Content Restriction --- # Notify members when drip content unlocks 4 minIntermediateUltimate Membership Pro 14.2+ · Module In Ultimate Membership Pro, a [dripped lesson](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/features/drip-content/) only helps if members know it's open. The Drip Content Notifications module checks once a day which scheduled posts have become available and emails the members who can now read them. This guide turns the module on and sets up the email it sends. Before you start - Your license is active. Modules only switch on with an active license; see [Find and activate your license key](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/where-to-find-your-license-key/). - At least one post has a drip schedule. See [Release content over time](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/drip-content-main-settings/). - [WP-Cron](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/) runs on your site. If your host disables it, set up a server cron job that calls wp-cron.php. ## Switch on the module 1. Go to Ultimate Membership Pro*›*Modules and open **Drip Content Notifications** (in the Content Protection group). 2. Switch on **Activate/Hold Drip Content Notifications**. [![Drip Content Notifications settings with the module switched on, Time between notifications 10 Seconds, the Run Now button and the logs switch](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ump-drip-notifications-01-drip-notifications.png)](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ump-drip-notifications-01-drip-notifications.png) The module settings. Activate/Hold Drip Content Notifications Turns the daily check on. Default: **Off** Time between notifications Seconds to wait between two emails, so your mail server isn't flooded. Proceed the Notification script manually Run Now runs today's check immediately instead of waiting for the daily run. Activate/Hold Drip notification Logs Keeps a log of each run. Open it with **View Logs**; remove old entries with **Clean Up Logs older than:** One Day, One Week or One Month. Default: **Off** Click Save Changes. ## Create the email 1. Go to Ultimate Membership Pro*›*Email Notifications and add a new notification. 2. In **When should this notification be sent?**, pick **When Post become Available** (in the Drip Content group). 3. Leave **Target Membership** on **All memberships**, or pick one Membership to give its members their own text. 4. Write the subject and the message. Use `{POST_LINK}` where the link to the post should go. 5. Click Create Notification. The default subject is “{blogname}: A new Post has become available”. If no active notification of this type exists, nothing is sent. ## When emails go out On Specific Date On the release date, every member who matches the post's Locker gets the email. After Subscription Each member gets the email on the day their delay ends, for example 7 days after their Membership started. Instantly on Subscription No email: the post is open from the first day. Good to know - The check runs once a day through WP-Cron, so an email can arrive some hours after the post opens. - On a busy site with many members, a long wait between emails makes a run take a long time. Keep it short if your mail service allows it. ## Example: weekly lesson emails **Week 2 is open**Pro members get an email the day each weekly lesson opens. **Module** : On, 10 seconds between emails **Notification** : When Post become Available, All memberships **Subject** : Your next lesson is ready **Message** : Week 2 is open for you: {POST_LINK} ## Troubleshooting No emails are sent Check, in order: the module is on and saved, a When Post become Available notification exists and is active, the post uses On Specific Date or After Subscription, and WP-Cron runs. Click Run Now to test, with logs switched on. I can't open the module The license isn't active. The module card says Activate license; activate it on the Licensing screen. Emails go out but don't arrive The problem is [mail delivery](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/notifications-do-not-work/), not the module. See [Set up email notifications](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/how-to-send-notifications/). ## What's next [**Release content over time**Set the schedule on each post.](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/drip-content-main-settings/)[**Set up email notifications**All the emails the plugin sends.](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/how-to-send-notifications/)[**List the posts a member can access**A library of everything they can read.](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/list-access-posts/)[**Limit post views per Membership**Cap reads, posts and comments.](https://ultimatemembershippro.com/docs/wp-workflow-restrictions/)