Automattic / Automattic/jetpack
Subscriptions: Prevent Password Protected Posts From Being Sent to Subscribers
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- PHP
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Description
#### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If I publish a password-protected post, my intent is for it to be seen by only a subsection of my subscribers, not my entire audience. However, a password-protected post is sent via email to all subscribers with no way to turn this off.
#### Describe the solution you'd like
A way to publish a password-protected post without delivering emails notifying my subscribers.
#### Describe alternatives you've considered
Publishing a post privately will not trigger the notification email, but that requires my intended audience to register with a WordPress.com account and become an approved user of my site. That is too much friction. A password-protected post is an easier path to viewing the protected content.
#### Additional context
Requested in #22678445-hc
Contributor guide
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the subscription email delivery path and the handling of password-protected posts, then trace how notifications are selected. Done means a password-protected post can be published without an email being sent to subscribers while other subscription notifications continue to work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php, wordpress
- Domain
- backend, content
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100