WP Down Slack Alert
This plugin is meant to send automatic notifications on the channel of your choice in your Slack Team.
Wether you manage hundred of websites or only a single one, it’s always good to know when they are down, so you can step in as quick as possible.
WP Down Slack Alert provides a dedicated settings screen where you are able to set up your Slack channel configuration and to create a customized bot (name, avatar…) for your notifications. There is a very helpful configuration wizard for your Slack API token. It will only takes few minutes to complete the configuration process.
You can also programmatically define the plugin’s settings with dedicated PHP constants (see FAQ section below).
This plugin is based on WordPress Core Recovery Mode. The Slack alert is triggered when your websites goes into Recovery Mode and send you a Slack Notification with details about the issue.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.