Alex Cooper

Updates to Slack is a WordPress plugin that informs of Core, Plugin and Theme updates, that are required on your WordPress installation, to one or more Slack channels. It does so on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule at a time of your choosing.
<h4>Special Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multiple Slack Channels: Allows you to send notifications to one or more Slack channels, using <a href="https://api.slack.com/block-kit" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack’s Block Kit</a></li>
<li>Scheduled Updates: Alerts are triggered at a time you set, on either daily, weekly or monthly intervals</li>
<li>Test Option: Check that your alerts are being sent without waiting on the schedule</li>
<li>Ignore Plugins and Themes: Choose which individual plugins and themes you don’t want to know about, when an update is available</li>
<li>Content Permissions: Gives you control over which users (by role) have access to post content.</li>
<li>Secure: <a href="https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/115005265063-Incoming-webhooks-for-Slack" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack webhooks</a> are sent from your WordPress site, on a secure URL to your Slack channel(s)</li>
<li>Reporting: See when a notification was last triggered and what the result was</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
If you require support from me, the plugin author, you are welcome to contact me directly and place a request.
<h4>Feedback</h4>
If there is further functionality that would bring additional value to this plugin, please let me know.
<h3>Copyright and License</h3>
This project is licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. 2020 – 2023 © <a href="https://www.alexpcooper.co.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Cooper</a>.

Updates to Slack

Updates to Slack is a WordPress plugin that informs of Core, Plugin and Theme updates, that are required on your WordPress installation, to one or mor …

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Automated notifications from your WordPress site to your Slack / Mattermost application channels and webhooks.
There is no limit to the ways you may integrate this plugin.
It supports all other Vanilla Bean plugins and is available for under-the-hood use as well as shortcode access.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time WordPress notifications – Post status changes, comments, user registrations</li>
<li>WooCommerce integration – Sales notifications with order details</li>
<li>Plugin management alerts – Install, update, and deletion notifications</li>
<li>Multiple webhook support – Send to Slack, Mattermost, Discord, or custom endpoints</li>
<li>Formatted data messages – Rich attachments with structured name-value pairs (NEW in 5.5.2)</li>
<li>Smart queueing – Non-blocking message delivery with optional immediate sending</li>
<li>Email fallback – Send notifications via email when webhooks aren’t available</li>
<li>Shortcode support – Easy integration in posts and pages</li>
<li>Programmatic API – Full developer access with PHP functions</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Examples</h4>
<pre><code>[slackhooker text="Here is a message from my WordPress site"]
</code></pre>
or
<pre><code>[slackhooker text="Here is a message" channel="general" username="My WordPress"]
</code></pre>
or
<pre><code>[slackhooker text="Here is a message" channel="https://myorg.slack.com/services/xxoxlsodsfsfsdfds#channelname" username="My WordPress"]
</code></pre>
Messages are queued last in the PHP process to ensure your other page processing is not interrupted, but you can override:
<pre><code>[slackhooker text="Here is a message from my WordPress." sendnow="true"]
</code></pre>
Multiple or custom webhooks supported:
<pre><code>[slackhooker text="Here is a message to multiple webhooks" alsoto="https://hooks.slack.com/services/T03TDTbUF/BBG9SQV6X/abcdefghij,https://hooks.slack.com/services/T03TDTbUF/BBG9SQV6X/abcxxxxxxx"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Programmatic Examples</h4>
Simple text messages:
<pre><code>if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slackhooker')){
 \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slackhooker('Here is my notification');
}

if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slackhooker')){
 \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slackhooker('Here is my notification','mychannel','Username',':specific_icon:');
}

if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slacknotify')){
 \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_slacknotify(array('text'=>'Here is my notification','icon'=>':open_mouth:'));
}
</code></pre>
Formatted data messages (NEW in 5.5.2):
<pre><code>if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_send_data')){
 $data = array(
 'User ID' => '12345',
 'Email' => 'user@example.com',
 'Status' => 'Active',
 'Last Login' => '2025-10-03 14:30:00'
 );
 \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_send_data('User Registration', $data);
}
</code></pre>
Custom formatted messages with options:
<pre><code>if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_send_data')){
 $data = array(
 'Order ID' => '#WC-12345',
 'Amount' => '$299.99',
 'Customer' => 'John Doe',
 'Payment Method' => 'Credit Card'
 );

 $options = array(
 'color' => '#00ff00',
 'pretext' => 'New WooCommerce Sale!',
 'text' => 'Payment processed successfully'
 );

 \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_send_data('E-commerce Sale', $data, $options);
}
</code></pre>
Building custom attachment messages:
<pre><code>if(function_exists('\VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_build_data_message')){
 $message = \VanillaBeans\SlackHooker\vbean_build_data_message('System Alert', array(
 'Server' => 'web-01.example.com',
 'CPU Usage' => '85%',
 'Memory' => '3.2GB / 4GB',
 'Disk Space' => '75% full'
 ), array('color' => '#ff9900'));

 // Send using existing notification system
 Vanilla_Bean_Slack_Hooker::notification_send($message);
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Parameters</h4>
There are defaults for all except the message. You can specify:
<ul>
<li>text – required. This is your message</li>
<li>endpoints – override defaults with a comma separated list of endpoints with optional channel and alert eg: endpoints=’https://endpoint.com#channel#here’</li>
<li>channel – defaults to ‘general’ or your admin default specified channel – deprecated</li>
<li>username – the identity you would like displayed as the sender in the channel</li>
<li>icon – any of the available emoji icons in the slack system</li>
<li>sendnow – true or false. Defaults to false. True means that the message would be executed at the time it is called rather than at the end of page load.</li>
</ul>
New Data Message Parameters (5.5.2):
<ul>
<li>title – required for data messages. Main title of the message</li>
<li>data – associative array of name => value pairs to display</li>
<li>options – array of formatting options (color, pretext, text, author_name, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>E-commerce monitoring – WooCommerce order notifications</li>
<li>User activity tracking – Registration and login alerts</li>
<li>System monitoring – Server status and health checks</li>
<li>Content management – Post publication and comment notifications</li>
<li>Security alerts – Failed login attempts and suspicious activity</li>
<li>Plugin management – Installation, update, and deletion notifications</li>
</ul>
<h4>Contact</h4>
We can be found at:
<ul>
<li>Website: <a href="http://www.velvary.com.au/contact-us" rel="nofollow ugc">Velvary Contact</a></li>
<li>Twitter: @VelvaryVanilla</li>
<li>Email: info@velvary.com.au or support@velvary.com.au</li>
</ul>

Vanilla Bean Slack Hooker

Well, I'm the dev so I'm giving it 5 stars, but I will keep trying to improve it.



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