Matt Freedman of MattsBlog.ca is a good friend of the BlueFur community and he’s got a really useful WordPress plug-in that he recently developed and released.

As I’m sure you have noticed, many blogs hold comments in moderation for a number of different reasons. If you leave a hyperlink in your comment or use certain language, the comment could be held in moderation for the blog owner. This may also be the case it’s your first time leaving a comment on that blog. How can you know when your comment has been approved?

That’s where the appropriately named Comment Approval Notification WordPress plug-in comes into play. In a nutshell, it sends out an automatic email to the site visitor when his or her comment has been approved by the blog owner. The automatic email can be formatted however you like and Matt has set it up with a number of “shortcodes” so that you can completely customize what it says.

A relatively simple plug-in like this can help drive some traffic back to your blog, because many people leave comments and then forget about them. The email can serve as a reminder, getting them to visit your blog again. More information about the Comment Approval Notification plug-in can be found on Matt’s Blog.