WordPress WhatsApp Notification Plugin

A lightweight WordPress and WooCommerce plugin that enables automated WhatsApp notifications for important website events such as user registration, comments, and order status updates.

🚀 Features

🔔 Admin Notifications

• New user registration alert
• New comment submission alert
• WooCommerce new order alert (Processing)
• Order status updates (Completed, On Hold)

📦 Customer Notifications

• Order status: On Hold
• Order status: Processing
• Order status: Completed

🛠 Technical Overview

• Built using WordPress hook-based architecture
• Utilizes WooCommerce order status hooks
• API-based WhatsApp message delivery
• Dynamic data injection (User Name, Order ID, Status, etc.)
• Secure credential storage
• Basic error handling and response validation
• Production-tested on live hosting environment

⚙️ Hooks Used

WordPress Core Hooks

• user_register
• comment_post

WooCommerce Hooks

• woocommerce_order_status_processing
• woocommerce_order_status_completed
• woocommerce_order_status_on-hold

🔐 Configuration

1. Install and activate the plugin.
2. Navigate to the plugin settings page.
3. Enter:
   • API Key / Authentication Token
4. Save settings.
5. Notifications will trigger automatically based on events.

📈 Use Case

This plugin is useful for:

• E-commerce store owners
• Hosting businesses
• Membership-based websites
• Automated customer engagement workflows

🧠 Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of WordPress hook system
• Event-driven backend logic
• API integration handling
• Structured debugging approach
• Production deployment experience

📌 Future Improvements

• Message template customization
• Retry mechanism for failed API calls
• Queue-based processing for bulk events
• Admin activity logs