README

Overview

Content on Drupal sites often becomes outdated or requires periodic review, but there is no built-in way to proactively notify content owners. Advanced Content Reminder automates this process by sending configurable reminders to ensure content stays accurate, relevant, and maintained.

Example use case

An organization publishes hundreds or thousands of pages across departments. Each page owner is responsible for keeping their content up to date, but manual tracking is inconsistent.

With this module:

• A reminder can be configured to notify authors every 6 months
• Emails are sent to the original author or designated users
• Editors receive prompts to review and update stale content

This ensures content governance without requiring manual follow-up.

It allows administrators to:

• Select which content types should be monitored
• Configure reminder email templates
• Automatically send reminders at defined expiration intervals
• Send test reminder emails
• Process reminders via Drupal Queue API (cron-driven, scalable)

The module is compatible with:

• SMTP module
• Mail System module
• Symfony Mailer (including Symfony Mailer Lite)

Installation

Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. For further information, see Installing Drupal Modules.

Configuration

Content Type Monitoring

Path: /admin/config/content/adv-content-reminder

Administrators can select which content types should participate in expiration monitoring.

Configurable Email Templates

Path: /admin/config/content/adv-content-reminder/emails

Templates fields:

• Days relative to expiration (+ or -)
• Email Subject
• Email Body

Templates support Drupal token replacement using: - Node - Content Author (User)

Queue-Based Processing

Queue ID: adv_content_reminder_queue

Flow:

1. Cron identifies qualifying nodes
2. Queue item created
3. Queue worker processes email
4. Logs success or failure

Test Email Form

Path: /admin/config/content/adv-content-reminder/test-email

Allows sending any configured reminder template to a specified email address.

Required Field

Nodes must contain:

field_expiration_date

Type: Date (Y-m-d)

Email Delivery

Emails are sent via:

plugin.manager.mail

Formatted through:

adv_content_reminder_mail()

Works with SMTP / Mail System / Symfony Mailer handle transport.

Logging

Log channel: adv_content_reminder

View logs: /admin/reports/dblog

Logs include:

• Queue creation
• Successful sends
• Failures
• Missing template warnings

Service Definition

Service ID: adv_content_reminder.manager

Primary class: Drupal\adv_content_reminder\Service\ReminderManager

Configuration Storage

Config object: adv_content_reminder.settings

Stores:

• monitored_content_types
• email_templates

Maintenance Commands

Run queue manually:

drush queue:run adv_content_reminder_queue

Maintainers

Current maintainers:

• Kalanda Kambeya (kkambeya)