Zapier is now usable on day one — no developer account, no setup, nothing to register.
Connect your forum to Zapier in three steps
Admin → Connect now shows a short guide and an Open Connect on Zapier button. Create an API key, accept the invite, and build your first Zap — "share new discussions to a Facebook Page", post to Slack or Discord, add members to a mailing list, whatever you need.
Connect ships one shared Zapier integration that every forum uses. Because it authenticates per-site (your forum URL + your own API key), a single integration serves everyone — you don't register anything with Zapier, and there's no per-site configuration.
Pick things by name, not by ID
Zapier actions now use real dropdowns:
- Create Reply lets you choose a discussion by title instead of typing a numeric ID
- Create Discussion offers your actual tag names
These are powered by two new endpoints, GET /connect/discussions and GET /connect/tags. Both are scoped to what the API key's user is allowed to see, and return 401 without a valid key.
Also in this release
- Clearer guidance in the admin panel about what Zapier needs and what's optional
- Friendlier error if a forum URL is entered without
https:// - The bundled Zapier integration moved to platform version 19
Upgrade with composer update ernestdefoe/connect and clear your cache. Requires Flarum ^2.0, PHP ^8.3, and a running queue worker for webhooks and rule actions.