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Team workflow & @mentions

How a team of more than one collaborates on order updates — assignment, @mentions, the admin bar badge, per-update mutes, and round-robin auto-distribution.

An admin replying to an internal note thread on the order edit page.

Internal reply with an @mention — team-only.

Internal notes

The Internal Notes tab is fully separated from Customer Notes — nothing posted here reaches the customer.

@mentioning a teammate

Type @ and start typing a name. Mentioned users get a dedicated email and an admin-bar badge.

Mentions bypass per-update mutes — tags always come through.

The admin bar dropdown showing recent mentions and assignments.

Admin-bar dropdown.

The admin-bar badge

A count badge appears on the admin bar when you have unread mentions, assignments, or customer replies on threads you own. Click to see recent items.

Refreshes every 30 seconds via WordPress Heartbeat.

The @mention notification email with the highlighted mention and a link to the update.

@mention email — quoted note, highlighted mention, direct link.

The @mention email

Quotes the note where you were mentioned, highlights the @name chip, links straight to that exact note inside the order edit page.

The assignee notification email body showing the order details and a link to view the update.

Assignee notification email.

Assignee notifications

Every assignment generates an email. The body summarises the update (title, order, customer name, current status) and links to the card.

Reassignments notify the new assignee only.

An assignee email notifying that the customer has rated the assigned update, with the star count and comment.

“Customer rated” assignee email.

“Customer rated” notification

When a customer rates an update you’re assigned to, you get this email. Contains the star count, the customer’s comment if any, and the standard detail block (assignee, creator, visibility) so you can react fast on detractor scores.

Subject and body are customisable under WooCommerce → Settings → Emails → Order Update Assignee Notification.

Per-update email mute & round-robin

The Get notifications toggle on each card mutes your emails for that single update; mentions bypass it.

Enable round-robin under Settings → Members to auto-distribute new unassigned updates across a team pool.