{"id":3827,"date":"2016-04-26T13:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/04\/26\/introduction-to-notifybot-for-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:49:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:49:47","slug":"introduction-to-notifybot-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/introduction-to-notifybot-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Notifybot for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is Notifybot?<\/h2>\n<p>Very simply put, <a href=\"https:\/\/notifybot.io\/notifybot-features\/\">Notifybot<\/a> is a WordPress plugin that allows you to monitor your WordPress website in a variety of ways. It has many options and its easy to use which makes it the perfect plugin for WordPress users and developers alike. If you use Gravity Forms or Easy Digital Downloads it integrates seamlessly. If you\u2019re a Slack or Twilio user, you can set up to receive your notifications there as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are Notifications for WordPress Important?<\/h2>\n<p>WordPress powers 24% of the web as we speak. WordPress updates often. With security being an important factor in website management, getting notifcation for updates can be crtical. Either way, its important for the website you manage to know when those updates are available. WordPress websites that are not updated and maintained are more likely to be hacked. If you don\u2019t keep your WordPress site up to date, you could be at risk. But Notifybot does more than just monitor WordPress and its updates. You can monitor logins, posts, settings, themes, pages and media (and I\u2019m sure more coming soon).<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started with Notifybot<\/h2>\n<p>Before you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/notifybot.io\/pricing\/\">Notifybot you have to purchase a license<\/a>. The licensing is fairly affordable with the entry level license costing about $25. If you\u2019re a developer there\u2019s options for multisite licensing allowing you to use the plugin on multiple installations of WordPress. There\u2019s also a license that is inclusive of all the add-ons available. Once you have purchased your license, go ahead and download the core plugin to get started.<\/p>\n<h2> Installing Notifybot<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Login to your <strong>WordPress (WP-Admin) Dashboard<\/strong><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/plugins-left-side-menu.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/plugins-left-side-menu.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Go to <strong>Plugins<\/strong> in the left side menu pane<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/add-new-plugins.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/add-new-plugins.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>At the top of the page, click <strong>\u201cAdd New\u201d<\/strong> to add Notifybot to your plugins<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/upload-plugin.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/upload-plugin.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>At the top of the page, click <strong>\u201cUpload Plugin\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/select-zip.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/select-zip.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>\u201cChoose File\u201d<\/strong> and locate the plugin from your download location. Select the Zip file you downloaded.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/install-zip.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/install-zip.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Click <strong>\u201cInstall Now\u201d<\/strong> to install Notifybot<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/install-successfull.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/notifybot\/install-successfull.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>At this point you have successfully installed <strong>Notifybot<\/strong> on your WordPress website and you\u2019re ready to configure the plugin so you can recieve notifications form your WordPress website.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Activate<\/strong> to make Notifybot an active plugin in your WordPress site.\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the next article, learn <a href=\"\/support\/website\/website-design\/basic-configuration-settings-in-notifybot-for-wordpress\/\">how to set up the basic configurations for Notifybot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Notifybot? 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If you use Gravity Forms or Easy Digital Downloads it<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/introduction-to-notifybot-for-wordpress\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4325,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-hosting","category-wordpress"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Introduction to Notifybot for WordPress | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Notifybot is a WordPress notification plugin for events and alerts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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