Description
This plugin requires Easy Digital Downloads to be installed and activated on your site. It will NOT function without it.
Easy Digital Downloads – Slack notifications plugin send a notification to your Slack channel whenever a sale occurs on your Easy Digital Downloads store.
Presently notifications is only sent when a sale occurs on our site.
More notifications will still be added.
Note
- You need to have the Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated on your WordPress site
- You need to create a Slack channel the notifications will be sent to and also create a Webhook URL for the channel.
Suggestions / Feature Request
If you have suggestions or a new feature request, feel free to get in touch with me via the contact form on my website here
You can also follow me on Twitter! @tubiz
Contribute
To contribute to this plugin feel free to fork it on GitHub Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications on GitHub
Screenshots
Plugin Settings Page 
Notification Example
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Login to your WordPress Admin area
- Go to “Plugins > Add New” from the left hand menu
- In the search box type “Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications”
- From the search result you will see “Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications” click on “Install Now” to install the plugin
- A popup window will ask you to confirm your wish to install the Plugin.
- Click “Proceed” to continue the installation. The resulting installation screen will list the installation as successful or note any problems during the install.
- If successful, click “Activate Plugin” to activate it.
- Open the settings page for “Easy Digital Downloads” and click the “Slack” tab.
- Configure the “Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications” settings. See details below.
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin zip file
- Login to your WordPress Admin. Click on “Plugins > Add New” from the left hand menu.
- Click on the “Upload” option, then click “Choose File” to select the zip file from your computer. Once selected, press “OK” and press the “Install Now” button.
- Activate the plugin.
* Open the settings page for “Easy Digital Downloads” and click the “Slack” tab.
* Configure the “Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications” settings. See details below.
Configure the plugin
To configure the plugin, go to Easy Digital Downloads > Settings from the left hand menu, then click “Slack” from the top tab.
- Enable Slack Notifications – check the box to enable Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications.
- Channel Name – enter the name of the Channel notifications should be sent to e.g. #edd
- Description – enter the url of the webhook created for the channel above. This can be created here
- Click on Save Changes for the changes you made to be effected.
FAQ
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What Do I Need To Use The Plugin
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- You need to have the Easy Digital Downloads plugin installed and activated on your WordPress site
- You need to create Slack channel the notifications will be posted to and also create a Webhook URL for the Channel.
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Contributors & Developers
“Easy Digital Downloads – Slack Notifications” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.0.0
- Fix: Notifications not sent if channel isn’t specified
- New: Move Slack settings to it’s own subsection
- New: Send to a different channel or speficic user
1.1.0
- New: Add support for custom bot name and custom bot icon
- Fix: Remove Slack tab from the Settings page, the plugin setting is now located in the Extensions tab
- Fix: Currency symbol formatting issue
- Fix: Deactivation of plugin when Easy Digital Downloads is updated
1.0.0
- First release