Connect to WordPress on Zapier
1. Download Zapier WordPress plugin
Before you get started creating a Zap with WordPress, you’ll need to install the Zapier WordPress plugin.
- First, navigate to Add New in the plugin dashboard in WordPress.
- Search for Zapier for WordPress.
- Click Install Now.
- Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard.
More details are available on the plugin Installation instructions.
2. Creating a user account for Zapier (optional)
Before connecting your WordPress account, Zapier suggests creating a dedicated user for Zapier. For this user, choose Editor to grant sufficient access or choose Admin if you need Zapier to perform all actions on your website.
3. Connecting WordPress to Zapier
WordPress uses session authentication to authenticate your account on Zapier.
Required authentication fields
- Base URL
- Username
- Password
About WordPress's app
| Are self-hosted or cloud-hosted accounts supported? | Both self- and cloud-hosted accounts | |
| Is a paid WordPress plan required? | It depends |
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| Are any special account permissions required? | Yes |
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| Are there usage limits? | No | |
| Are there pagination limits? | No | |
| Do trigger samples use real data from your account or generic data? | Real trigger samples | |
| Are custom fields supported? | No | |
| Do update actions overwrite or append to existing data? | Overwrite existing data | |
| Is there any additional info? | Yes |
WordPress settings that may affect your connection to Zapier
As WordPress is highly customizable, depending on how your WordPress account is set up, this may impact how you use Zapier with WordPress.
Plugins
Certain plugins may interfere and block Zapier’s attempts to connect to WordPress, causing various errors. Here are some plugins known to potentially cause errors – however, it’s not an exhaustive list:
- Jetpack
- WordFence Security
- iTheme Security
- WP Rocket
- JWT Authentication
- WP-Content Copy Protection & No Right Click
- Limit Login Attempts Reloaded
- SiteGuard WP Plugin
- IP Geo Block
- WPS Hide Login
- reCaptcha by BestWebSoft
- ProfileBuilder
If you are getting errors and know you have plugins installed, Zapier recommends the following steps:
- Adjust your plugin settings. Depending on the plugin you are using, you may have settings to allow access to Zapier. This may look like adding Zapier to an allowed list. Learn more about can’t access or use Zapier with other apps.
- If after adjusting your plugin settings, that doesn’t resolve the issue, try disabling the plugin. If you have multiple plugins, you may need to do this one at a time to isolate which is causing this issue.
Cloudflare
If you use Cloudflare, you may need to create an allowlist rule to allow requests from Zapier. You can do this by creating a firewall rule to allow requests with a specific user-agent.
Firewall or hosting provider
Firewall or hosting provider settings may block traffic from Zapier, leading to errors. To resolve this, add Zapier to your allowed list.
Site SSL certificate
If your WordPress site’s SSL certificate expires, it can cause issues. To check your website, you can use this tool at https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html.
Permalink structure
The default “plain” permalink structure (e.g. https://yourwebsite/com/p=123) in WordPress can cause authentication issues. Try switching to an alternative structure such as “post name” to resolve this issue.