Wordpress Integration Steps

Instructions for installing Pushly via the Wordpress plugin

If your website utilizes Wordpress you can skip the manual steps and install Pushly via the Wordpress plugin directory.

Step 1: Create Your WordPress API Key

If you want to send notifications directly from the WordPress plugin you will need to create a WordPress API Key within the platform. You can skip this section if you do not want to create notifications directly from WordPress.

Navigate to the Domain Settings section of the Pushly platform and click the Integrations tab. Within this tab you will see a Content Management Systems section that contains a WordPress card.

Click the New API Key button and wait for the key to be displayed on the screen. Once displayed, click the key to copy it your clipboard and store it for use in Step 3.

Step 2: Install the Plugin

Log in to your Wordpress Admin with a user that has access to install new plugins and navigate to the plugins directory. Click the Add New button to be taken to a list of available plugins to install.

On the Add Plugin page search for Pushly in the search box and then click the Install Now button on the Pushly plugin card.

Once the plugin is installed the Install Now button will change to an Activate button. Click this button again to complete the installation process and then move to Step 2 to complete set up of the plugin.

Step 3: Configure the Plugin

After completing Step 1 and activating the plugin a new menu item labeled Pushly will be available in the sidebar menu. Click this menu item to visit the Pushly configuration page where you can configure the behavior of the plugin.

The following configuration options are available:

• SDK Key: Retrieve the SDK Key from the Domain Settings section of the platform and enter it in this text box. Your account manager can also provide you with your SDK Key.

• Send Notifications for New Posts: Turn on this switch to allow notifications to be created directly from WordPress when a new post is created. After enabling this switch, a new Pushly section will show in the Post Editor sidebar that contains options related to sending notifications.

• Automatic Sending: Turn on this switch to automatically check the Send Notifications checkbox when creating a new post in Wordpress. When the Send Notifications box is checked a notification will be created for the post when it is published.

• API Key: Enter the WordPress API Key generated in Step 1 in this text box.

• Advanced:

  • Disable SDK Initialization: When this box is checked the Pushly SDK will not automatically run on your site; Existing subscribers can still receive notifications.

After setting your configuration options Save the form. Once the form has been saved, visitors to your site will begin seeing the notification permission dialog. If you configured notification sending then your WordPress users will also see the notification sending options when creating a WordPress post.

If you are not being prompted to opt-in to notifications after completing these steps ensure you have at least 1 active prompt within the Prompts section of the Pushly platform.