A Slackbot that announces whenever a new WordPress post is published. Includes author, title and link. Customizable via filters to support additional metadata.

Installation

1. Upload wp-slack to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress.
3. Set up the wp_slack_endpoint filter

add_filter( 'wp_slack_endpoint', function() {
  return 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/xyzxyz/abcabcabc/defdef';
});

Selected filters

• Use wp_slack_is_enabled to disable posting in development or staging environments
• Use wp_slack_post_types to add support for custom post types.
• Use wp_slack_label1/wp_slack_value1 (and wp_slack_label2/wp_slack_value2) for custom metadata.

See source code for complete list of filters.

Changelog

0.5

• Initial release