{"id":929,"date":"2026-04-10T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:48:55","slug":"setting-up-a-traffic-spike-notification-email","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/docs\/emails\/setting-up-a-traffic-spike-notification-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a traffic spike notification email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Configuring Koko Analytics to send an email alert whenever your site experiences a sudden spike in traffic can be done from the <strong>Settings &gt; Emails <\/strong>page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While logged in to your WordPress admin area as someone with the required capability to manage the Koko Analytics settings (only the administrator role can do this, by default), go to <strong>Settings &gt; Koko Analytics &gt; Emails <\/strong>and then scroll down to locate the <strong>Traffic Spike Notification <\/strong>section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails.png 2400w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.kokoanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/www.kokoanalytics.com_wp-admin_options-general.php_pagekoko-analytics-settingstabemails-736x414.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Toggle <strong>Send email notification of traffic spikes <\/strong>to <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Realtime pageview threshold<\/strong>, configure at what number of pageviews the notification should be triggered. 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