How-To
Introduction to HookPress
Description
HookPress allows you to set up webhooks so that a specified URL (a public service or something you set up) is requested when certain WordPress actions occur. Possible uses include generating push notifications or using non-PHP web technology to extend WordPress. This introduction by the plugin author, mitcho, gives you a brief overview of HookPress and a couple of examples for getting started.
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September 13, 2009
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twitter (9), plugin (8), webhooks, HookPress
September 13, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Hey you’re voice over work is really really good!
September 13, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Hey thanks this is really interesting and I am already figuring out what it can do for me! Thanks for sharing!
September 13, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Also you should probably address how insecure it is to link to an offsite file for your hook code what if they change the code to allow an XSS attack?
September 14, 2009 at 1:09 am
@wormeyman, the target audience for HookPress is people who would be writing their own scripts to process the requests. That said, the return value is not executed at all so there’s very little danger in external services doing anything harmful to your own setup, unless you use HookPress to set up webhooks for some of the low level filters such as those on WP’s SQL queries.
September 14, 2009 at 12:37 am
It would be great to use Roby or Java Servlets together with WordPress!!
September 14, 2009 at 1:10 am
That’s possible now! Please give it a try!
September 14, 2009 at 6:23 am
this is exactly why, imho, wordpress is the leader the open source community… you guys continually push the limits. keep it up =)
September 14, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Great intro. Do you know if there’s a list of sites that accepts push notifications?
September 15, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Awesome, this is going to keep me busy for ages – a great way to leverage external scripts and services.
September 16, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Great plugin… I’m using it just to find more hooks. I never was able to find a reliable list of them for programming plugins
September 16, 2009 at 10:42 pm
What an excellent plugin! I’ll definitely be telling everybody I can about it. So simple!
Nicely done!
September 19, 2009 at 4:00 am
FYI: I’ll be giving a talk on WordPress plugin development, covering HookPress basics as well, at the upcoming Boston WordPress meetup on September 28, 2009. I hope to use HookPress to make it a good session for non-PHP developers as well.
September 19, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Michael,
I just had to leave a note thanking you for this great plugin. A lot is now possible because of your work.
September 27, 2009 at 6:13 am
i really love wordpress..and almost not belive if wordpress is free and open source