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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Email trigger and Wordpress.org action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Email trigger
1. Connect your Email account
Configure the Update Post action
1. Connect your Wordpress.org account
2. Select a Post
3. Optional- Configure Title
4. Optional- Configure Content
5. Optional- Select a Status
6. Optional- Select a Author
7. Optional- Select one or more Categories
8. Optional- Configure Excerpt
9. Optional- Select a Comment Status
10. Optional- Configure Meta
11. Optional- Select a Featured Media
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New Email on Email

Description:Get a unique address where you can send emails to trigger your workflow.

Version:0.0.1

Key:email-new-email

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Trigger Code#

import email from "../../email.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "New Email",
  version: "0.0.1",
  key: "email-new-email",
  description: "Get a unique address where you can send emails to trigger your workflow.",
  props: {
    email,
  },
  type: "source",
  methods: {},
  async run() {},
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Email	`email`	`app`	This component uses the Email app.

Trigger Authentication#

The Email API does not require authentication.

About Email#

Trigger workflows on new emails, and send emails to yourself as part of a Pipedream workflow.

Action#

Update Post on Wordpress.org

Description:Updates a post specified by its ID. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#update-a-post)

Version:0.0.4

Key:wordpress_org-update-post

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Wordpress.org Overview#

The WordPress.org API offers a wide range of capabilities for content management, theme and plugin information, and community engagement. With Pipedream, you can harness this API to create automated workflows that react to events in WordPress, sync content across platforms, or even manage your site's appearance and functionality programmatically. Whether you're looking to streamline your publishing process, enhance user interaction, or keep everything in sync, the WordPress.org API on Pipedream offers a powerful toolset to craft custom solutions.

Action Code#

import wordpress from "../../wordpress_org.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "wordpress_org-update-post",
  name: "Update Post",
  description: "Updates a post specified by its ID. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#update-a-post)",
  version: "0.0.4",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    wordpress,
    post: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "post",
      ],
    },
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "title",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    content: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "content",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    status: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "status",
      ],
    },
    author: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "author",
      ],
    },
    categories: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "categories",
      ],
    },
    excerpt: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "excerpt",
      ],
    },
    commentStatus: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "commentStatus",
      ],
    },
    meta: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "meta",
      ],
    },
    media: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "media",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const params = {
      title: this.title,
      content: this.content,
      status: this.status,
      author: this.author,
      categories: this.categories,
      excerpt: this.excerpt,
      comment_status: this.commentStatus,
      meta: utils.parseObj(this.meta),
      featured_media: this.media,
    };

    const resp = await this.wordpress.updatePost(this.post, params);

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully updated post");

    return resp;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Wordpress.org	`wordpress`	`app`	This component uses the Wordpress.org app.
Post	`post`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Title	`title`	`string`	Title of the post
Content	`content`	`string`	The content of the post
Status	`status`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Author	`author`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Categories	`categories`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Excerpt	`excerpt`	`string`	The excerpt of the post
Comment Status	`commentStatus`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`openclosed`
Meta	`meta`	`object`	Metafields for the post. Note: Metafield keys must be registered in your Wordpress instance.
Featured Media	`media`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.