Installation guide Blog Comments Notification icon

Complete these steps in order. The app admin Setup page also shows embed status and a shortcut to the theme editor.

These instructions guide you to build your own Flow from scratch. To use one of the included Flow templates with a pre-configured, internal email notification, follow this guide.

1. Install the app

Install Blog Comments Notification on your Shopify store and open it from Apps in your admin.

A plan subscription is required to enable the Flow trigger. A 14-day free trial is available to support your setup and testing.

2. Enable the theme app embed

The app uses a theme app embed called Blog comment listener. There is no block to add to your blog template — only the embed needs to be turned on.

  1. On the app Setup page, click Launch theme editor to enable app embed.
  2. In the theme editor, open App embeds (puzzle-piece icon in the left sidebar).
  3. Find Blog comment listener (under Blog Comments Notification) and toggle it ON.
  4. Click Save before leaving the theme editor.

Manual path

Online Store → Themes → Customize (live theme) → App embeds → Blog comment listener → ON → Save.

screenshot of theme app embed, indicating how to enable it for the app
Critical: Comments are only detected on blog article pages, and only when this embed is active on the theme customers see and use.

3. Install Shopify Flow

If you do not already have it, install Shopify Flow from the Shopify App Store.

4. Create a Custom Flow

  1. In Shopify admin, open Flow.
  2. Click Create workFlow.
  3. Click Select a trigger.
    4. Starting point for creating a new Flow: Select a trigger
  4. Search for and select Blog Comments Notification app from the list of installed apps.
    5. New WorkFlow trigger list showing the Blog Comments Notification trigger
  5. Select Blog Comment Created trigger.
    6. Details of the Blog Comment Created trigger, being selected for workflow
  6. Select Action for the next step.
    7. Flow builder showing the selection of Action as the next workflow step
  7. Select the action to configure, such as Slack notification or Send internal email.
    8. Select action screen where the next (custom) action can be seached and selected. Shows the Send internal email action.

5. Configure and activate the workflow

  1. In the Flow editor, configure the action step according to it's instructions.
  2. Available fields include comment author, email, body, article title, article URL, moderation URL, and timestamps. See Flow Field Specs for more details.
  3. Click Add variable to select from available fields.
  4. After configuring the action step, click Turn on workflow.

6. Test with a real comment

  1. On your storefront, open a blog article that accepts comments.
  2. Submit a test comment.
  3. Confirm the configured action step is triggered in Flow - Recent Runs page.
  4. Optional: on the app Plan and Usage page, confirm the comment count increased.

Custom Flow workflows

You are not limited to a single Flow. Create and test as many workflows as you need using the Blog Comment Created trigger.

Problems? See the support & FAQ page or email support@bricks2clicks.online.