Notifications
What members have missed: replies, reactions, friend requests, mentions and anything else your site notifies about.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”| Plugin | Ultimate Member - Real-time Notifications |
| Endpoint group | Notifications |
| Plan | Every plan |
Add it to your app
Section titled “Add it to your app”Drag Notifications onto a navigation bar. The upper or top nav is where a bell is expected; a bottom-nav slot works in a community where notifications drive most return visits.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| URL | The notifications page | Your notifications page |
| Title, Description | Shown at the top | Empty |
| Restrictions | Which roles see the tab | Everyone |
What your members see
Section titled “What your members see”A list of notifications with an unread badge on the nav item. Tapping one opens what it refers to.
The notifications list and its unread badge
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Place the features notifications point at
Section titled “Place the features notifications point at”A notification about a comment is only useful if tapping it opens the thread. Before relying on notifications, place:
- Activity Thread for feed replies and reactions.
- Connections for friend requests.
- Profile for anything about a member.
- Single Post for post comments.
Without these, notifications arrive and go nowhere.
In-app notifications and push
Section titled “In-app notifications and push”These are two different things.
This feature is the in-app list, read from your site.
Push notifications are delivered by the operating system when the app is closed, and need Firebase or OneSignal credentials configured on your site under Memberside → API Keys. See Connection and API keys.
Push cannot be tested in the preview. It only exists in a compiled app on a real device.
Members control both from the Email Notification and In-app Notification tabs in Settings.
Realtime
Section titled “Realtime”Without Realtime, the unread badge updates when the member refreshes. With it, the badge updates as notifications arrive.
When it does not work
Section titled “When it does not work”| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The list is empty | The Notifications group is off | Enable it |
| The card is greyed out | UM - Real-time Notifications is inactive | Activate it |
| Tapping a notification does nothing | The feature it points at is not placed | Place it, per the list above |
| No push notifications | No Firebase or OneSignal credentials | Set them under Memberside → API Keys |
| Push does not work in preview | Push needs a real device | Build and install |
| The badge only updates on refresh | Realtime is not connected | Realtime |