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Android Push Notifications (GCM)

A push notification plugin for wordpress and android

by Varun Srinivas · github.com/varun1505/wp-gcm-push-notifications · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/varun1505/wp-gcm-push-notifications/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/varun1505/wp-gcm-push-notifications ↗

Push notifications for WordPress blogs

This plugin pushes a notification to all the registered devices when a new post is published.

How to use?

You have to use it just like any other wordpress plugin

  1. Download and install the plugin
  2. Activate it from your WP-Admin Dashboard
  3. Go to Settings -> GCM Settings and enter the API Key (Sender ID) that you obtained from the Google API's console.
  4. Thats it! You are good to go! Whenever you publish a post, a notification will be sent to registered devices

How to Register a device?

You'll have to request the API to register the device as below

  1. Obtain the Device ID for the device.
  2. Send device id as follows:
    http://yourwebsite.com/gcm/register/<your-device-id>
  3. Now your device is registered.

How to un-register a device?

To un-register a device, send the device-id as follows:
http://yourwebsite.com/gcm/unregister/<your-device-id<

What else is coming to this plugin?

  1. Customizing the message that is sent to the device.
  2. Selecting post types from custom post types.
  3. Options for enabling push-notifications for more user-actions like new user added, comments, etc.