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WordPress is a free open-course content management system (CMS) that powers more than 60 million websites. WordPress uses a plugin architecture to extend the features and functionality of a website. Uncanny Automator requires WordPress. WordPress Core triggers let you run custom actions when posts or created or updated, and actions even let you create or update posts automatically.

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Triggers for logged-in users

A specific role is added to the user

Tokens

Role

A user logs in to the site

Tokens

Number of times

A user logs out of a site

A user publishes a post

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Post author ID

A user publishes a post in a taxonomy

Tokens

Taxonomy
Taxonomy term
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Post author ID

A user submits a comment on a post

Tokens

Number of times
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Comment content
Comment submitted date
Commenter email
Commenter name
Commenter website
Commenter status
Comment URL

A user updates a type of post

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author ID
Post author URL

A user views a custom post type

Tokens

Number of times
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user views a page

Tokens

Page title
Page ID
Page URL
Page content
Page excerpt
Page featured image URL
Page featured image ID
Page author first name
Page author last name
Page author display name
Page author email
Page author URL
Number of times

A user views a post

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Number of times

A user's role changes to a specific role

Tokens

Role

A user's post receives a comment

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Commenter name
Commenter email
Commenter website
Comment content
Comment URL
Comment submitted date
Commenter status

A post is moved to the trash

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post type
Post excerpt
Post content
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A specific role is removed from the user

Tokens

Role

A user is created

A user is created with a specific role

Tokens

Role

A user is deleted

Tokens

User ID
User username
User display name
User email
User registered
User role

A user resets their password

A user updates a post

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post type
Post excerpt
Post content
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user updates a post in a specific status

Tokens

Status
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post type
Post excerpt
Post content
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user updates a post in a specific taxonomy

Tokens

Taxonomy
Taxonomy term
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user updates a post not in a specific status

Tokens

Status
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user updates a specific meta key of a specific type of post to a specific value

Tokens

Meta key
Meta value
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user views a term archive

Tokens

Taxonomy
Taxonomy term
Term ID
Archive URL
Term post count

A user's post is set to a specific status

Tokens

Status
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user's profile field is updated

Tokens

Profile field
Previous value
New value

A user's role changed from a specific role to a specific role

Tokens

Old user role
New user role

A user's specific meta key is updated

Tokens

Meta key
Meta value

A user's specific meta key is updated to a specific value

Tokens

Meta key
Meta value

A user's specific type of post is moved to the trash

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user's specific type of post is set to a status

Tokens

Status
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user's specific type of post is updated

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A user's comment on a post is approved

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Commenter name
Commenter email
Commenter website
Comment content
Comment URL
Comment submitted date
Comment status

A user's comment on a specific type of post receives a reply

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Comment URL
Replier name
Replier email
Replier website
Reply content
Reply URL
Reply submitted date
Reply status

Triggers for everyone

A post in a taxonomy is published

Tokens

Taxonomy
Term
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A post in a taxonomy is updated

Tokens

Taxonomy
Term
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A post is published

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A post is updated

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A specific type of post is viewed

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A guest comment is submitted on a user's post

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Commenter name
Commenter email
Commenter website
Comment content
Comment URL
Comment submitted date
Comment status

A guest comment on a user's post is approved

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Commenter name
Commenter email
Commenter website
Comment content
Comment URL
Comment submitted date
Comment status

A specific meta key of a specific type of post updates to a specific value

Tokens

Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post type
Post excerpt
Post content
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL
Meta key
Meta value

A specific type of post is set to a status

Tokens

Status
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post type
Post excerpt
Post content
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A taxonomy term is added to a specific type of post

Tokens

Taxonomy
Taxonomy term
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post content
Post excerpt
Post type
Post featured image URL
Post featured image ID
Post author first name
Post author last name
Post author display name
Post author email
Post author URL

A term archive is viewed

Tokens

Taxonomy
Taxonomy term
Term ID
Archive URL
Term post count

Actions

Add a new role to the user's roles

Tokens

Action fields
List of user's roles

Add a reply to a comment

Add a WordPress data erasure request for a user

Change the user's role to a new role

Tokens

Action fields
List of user's roles

Create a post

Tokens

Action fields
Post ID
Post URL
Post edit URL

Add a comment to a post

Tokens

Action fields
Comment ID

Add a taxonomy term to a post in a post type

Add an image to the media library

Create a user

Tokens

Action fields
User ID
User edit page URL

Delete a user

Delete user meta

Fetch an existing user

Tokens

User ID
Username
Email
First name
Last name
Display name
User role
Registration date

Move a post to the trash

Move all of a specific type of posts with a taxonomy term in a taxonomy to the trash

Remove a role from the user's roles

Remove a taxonomy term from a post in a post type

Set a post to a status

Set post meta

Set the featured image of a post

Set user meta

Update the author of a post

Tokens

Action fields
Post title
Post ID
Post URL
Post featured image ID
Post featured image URL
Old author of the post
New author of the post

Update the content of a post

Tokens

Action fields
Updated content

Update the slug of a post

Update the title of a post

Tokens

Action fields
Updated title

Update the user's details

Conditions

A post has a taxonomy term

A specific meta key does not exist for a post

A specific meta key does not exist for the user

A specific meta key exists for a post

A specific meta key exists for the user

A user with a username does not exist on the site

A user with a username exists on the site

A user with an email address does not exist on the site

A user with an email address exists on the site

The user has a specific role

The user has posted a specific number of approved comments

The user has published a specific number of posts

The user's email address matches a specific domain

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