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WebPush Hub by CTIMEXICO allows your visitors to subscribe to native browser push notifications with a single click. Every time you publish new content, they receive an automatic notification on their mobile or desktop device, without needing to provide an email address or create an account.
How it works
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<li>A few seconds after landing on your site, the visitor sees a small popup in the bottom-right corner asking if they want to receive alerts about new content.</li>
<li>If they accept, the browser displays its native permission dialog.</li>
<li>From that point on, every time you publish a post, all active subscribers receive a native push notification on their device.</li>
</ol>
Main features
<ul>
<li>No email addresses or user registration required</li>
<li>No dependency on third-party services such as OneSignal or Firebase</li>
<li>Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari (iOS 16.4+)</li>
<li>Fully customizable popup: text, background color and text color</li>
<li>Site favicon displayed inside the popup</li>
<li>Admin panel with active subscriber count</li>
<li>Test notification button in the admin panel</li>
<li>Automatic sending when any post is published</li>
<li>Expired subscriptions are removed automatically</li>
<li>Full WordPress Multisite support</li>
<li>Each subsite can be individually activated or paused</li>
</ul>
Technical implementation
The plugin implements the VAPID protocol (RFC 8292) and aes128gcm encryption (RFC 8291) natively using only standard PHP extensions, with no additional libraries or Composer required.
Server requirements
<ul>
<li>PHP 8.1 or higher</li>
<li>PHP extensions: openssl, curl, json, mbstring (available by default on any modern hosting)</li>
<li>WordPress installed with active HTTPS (required for Service Workers)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Important Notes</h3>
WordPress Multisite
This plugin is optimized for multisite environments. When activated network-wide, it automatically configures the database and VAPID keys across all existing subsites without any manual intervention. Each subsite maintains its own subscriber list and its own configuration.
To pause the plugin on a specific subsite without uninstalling it, simply uncheck the “Enabled on this site” option under Settings > Push Notifications on that subsite. This stops the popup and notification sending only for that site, without affecting the rest of the network.
Cache plugin compatibility
If your installation uses cache plugins such as WP Super Cache or Autoptimize, you must clear the cache after installing or updating the plugin for the changes to take effect.
From the WordPress dashboard:
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<li>WP Super Cache > Settings > WP Super Cache > click “Delete Cache for All Blogs”.</li>
<li>Autoptimize > Settings > Autoptimize > click “Save Changes & Empty Cache” (no changes needed, just save).</li>
</ol>
Via SSH terminal (recommended for multisite):
<pre><code>sudo rm -rf /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/cache/supercache/*
sudo rm -rf /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/BLOG_ID/*
</code></pre>
Replace <code>BLOG_ID</code> with your subsite identifier number (for example, <code>3</code> for the third subsite in the network).
Recommended Autoptimize configuration
Autoptimize can interfere with the plugin if the inline JS deferral option is enabled. To avoid issues, choose one of these options under Settings > Autoptimize > JavaScript:
<ul>
<li>Disable the “Also defer inline JS” option, or</li>
<li>Keep it enabled and add <code>MNPush</code> to the “Exclude scripts from Autoptimize” field.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin communicates with third-party browser push notification services to deliver notifications to your subscribers. No additional server is required on your end — the only cost is that when you publish a post, your WordPress site makes one HTTP request per subscriber to the browser vendor’s push service. With a few thousand subscribers, this is negligible.
The following external services may receive data when notifications are sent:
Google Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) 
Used to deliver push notifications to Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers. 
Data sent: encrypted notification payload, subscriber endpoint URL. 
Sent when: a new post is published and Chrome users are subscribed. 
– Terms of Service: https://firebase.google.com/terms 
– Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Mozilla Push Service 
Used to deliver push notifications to Firefox browsers. 
Data sent: encrypted notification payload, subscriber endpoint URL. 
Sent when: a new post is published and Firefox users are subscribed. 
– Terms of Service: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/ 
– Privacy Policy: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
Apple Push Notification service (APNs) 
Used to deliver push notifications to Safari browsers on iOS 16.4+ and macOS Ventura+. 
Data sent: encrypted notification payload, subscriber endpoint URL. 
Sent when: a new post is published and Safari users are subscribed. 
– Terms of Service: https://developer.apple.com/terms/ 
– Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
All notification payloads are end-to-end encrypted using the aes128gcm standard (RFC 8291) before being sent to any external service. The browser vendor cannot read the content of the notifications.

WebPush Hub by CTIMEXICO

Native Web Push notifications for WordPress. Notify subscribers automatically when new content is published. No third-party services required.

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Send push notifications automatically when a post is published or updated. You can also send custom notifications from the app dashboard. Audience reports and campaign reports are available as well.
<h3>Key Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Automatic Notifications: Instantly notify your followers whenever you publish a new post. </li>
<li>Custom Notifications: Use the custom push notification form to send fully personalized notifications — even target specific subscribers or broadcast to all. </li>
<li>Notification Subscription Popup: Control when and how the subscription prompt appears to your visitors. Fully customize the message, style, and even add custom CSS to match your site’s design. </li>
<li>Scheduled Notifications: Plan and schedule notifications to be delivered in the future — based on schedule time. </li>
<li>Supported Browsers: Works seamlessly with Chrome (Desktop & Android), Safari (macOS), Microsoft Edge (Desktop & Android), Opera (Desktop & Android), and Firefox (Desktop & Android) on HTTPS websites. </li>
<li>Push Notification Design: Choose from four predefined, visually appealing designs. Note: The final appearance may vary depending on the user’s device and browser. </li>
<li>Automatic Notification Control: Choose whether to send notifications for specific post types. </li>
<li>Notification Limit: Set the maximum number of push notifications that can be sent within a defined time frame. </li>
<li>Notification by User Roles: Send notifications based on user roles such as Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber, and more. </li>
<li>UTM Tracking: Easily track the performance of your push notifications by adding UTM parameters to your links. Monitor clicks. </li>
<li>Campaigns List: Easily view sent messages in your dashboard along with their status and click statistics. </li>
<li>Subscribers List: View the complete list of subscribers, including both active and expired ones. </li>
<li>Visibility: Control where the push notification subscription popup appears — choose specific pages, posts, categories, tags, and more. </li>
<li>Works with PWAforWP/SuperPWA: Push notifications work seamlessly with or without a PWA setup. </li>
<li>Global Notification: Use the global function <code>pn_send_push_notification_filter</code> to send push notifications from anywhere. </li>
<li>Shortcode: Display campaign list on frontend using the <code>[pn_campaigns]</code> shortcode. </li>
<li>Compatibility: Push notifications work seamlessly with most plugins. However, if you want to trigger notifications based on actions from other plugins, specific compatibility may be required. We’ve already implemented compatibility with popular plugins like Polylang, PeepSo, Gravity Forms, BuddyPress/BuddyBoss, and Fluent Community.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited Notifications: Send an unlimited number of push notifications to your subscribers without any restrictions or additional costs.</li>
<li>Segmentation: Allow users to subscribe to notifications for specific categories or authors and receive notifications based on their preferences. </li>
<li>Notification to iOS users: To enable push notifications for iOS users, you need to upgrade to the Pro version.</li>
<li>Continuous Development: We will be working hard to continuously develop this Push Notification solution and release updates constantly so that your forms can continue to work flawlessly. </li>
<li>More Push Notification Features coming soon.</li>
</ul>
👉 <a href="https://pushnotifications.io/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a> to unlock all features.
We Act Fast on Feedback! 
We are actively developing this plugin and our aim is to make this plugin into the #1 solution for Push Notifications in the world. You can <a href="https://github.com/ahmedkaludi/push-notification/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Request a Feature</a> or <a href="http://pushnotifications.io/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Report a Bug</a>.
Technical Support 
Support is provided in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/push-notification" rel="ugc">Forum</a>. You can also <a href="http://pushnotifications.io/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact us</a>. Our turnaround time on email is around 12 hours.
Would you like to contribute? 
You may now contribute to this Push Notification plugin on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/ahmedkaludi/push-notification" rel="nofollow ugc">View repository</a>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Push Notifications for WP uses the following third-party libraries:
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<li>Select2 – Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes.
<ul>
<li>Link: https://github.com/select2/select2</li>
<li>License: MIT</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>

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