Before start with this guide, there is everything you will need:
- A Zapier premium account
- AutomatorWP
- AutomatorWP – Webhooks
How to send data to Zapier
On your Zapier account:
- Create a new Zap.
- Choose as a trigger catch a webhook.
- Copy the URL to send the data.
On your WordPress site:
- Set the trigger with the action you would like to catch and send it to Zapier. For this example, we will use “When a logged user views any page”.
- Set the action AutomatorWP > Send data to Webhook.
- Paste the URL you have copied before on your Zapier Trigger.
- Select send a POST request and fill pair keys with the data you would like to catch.
On Zapier again:
- Test if you have received the dummy content from your WordPress Site.
- Configure de action. For this example, we will store the data on a Google Sheet.
- Finish the configuration of the action.
- Activate the zap and enjoy.
How to receive data from Zapier
On your WordPress site:
- Set the trigger AutomatorWP > Receive data from webhook.
- Click on webhook and copy the URL
- Fill the key pars you would like to receive. For this example we will use a title and content to create a post from Google Sheet.
- Set the action Add action > WordPress > Create a Post.
- Fill data title > tag menu > receive data from a webhook > title and in the same for the content field.
- Save the Action and the Automation.
On your Zapier Account:
- Create a zap
- Choose as a trigger Google Sheet and as event trigger “New Spreadsheet Row” and select your account, spreadsheet and sheet.
- Add an action, search by webhook, select event POST and paste the URL that AutomatorWP generates before.
- Fill the data entering the same keys you have created on WordPress side.
- Test the fields and activate your Zap.
That’s all! Now that you have successfully connected AutomatorWP and Zapier, you are able to automate tasks with Zapier based on your site activity like purchases, e-learning and community activities or any of the triggers and actions supported by AutomatorWP.