How To Send Push Notifications From Your Website With OneSignal (WordPress / Elementor)
hi guys in this video I’m going to show you how to send push notifications from your website you can use it with WordPress and Elementor so sit back relax hit that like And subscribe button and let’s get into the video okay so the first thing you need to do is go over to plugins on the left hand side of our WordPress dashboard once you’re in plugins click on add new in the top row and in the search bar on the right hand side
Type in one signal push return and you’ll see that the first option is OneSignal web push notification it’s got over a hundred thousand active users click on install now once it has finished installing click on activate when the plugin has been activated in the left hand side of your WordPress dashboard.
You should see one signal push give that a click now that you’re in the one signal settings page scroll down slightly and you’re going to have to create a OneSignal account as you can see this is step one of setting up OneSignal to create that account go over to OneSignal and click on the link now there is different packages you can sign up for with one signal.
Obviously the more you spend the more you can do but what we’re going to do today is sign up for the free package which is enough for just that normal website so all we need to do is click on the sign up button in the top right on the sign up page you need to enter in your email address your password and your company or organization’s name make sure to read and agree to the terms of service and click on create account.
If you really wanted to be lazy you could click on the Google Facebook or GitHub sign in buttons these will automatically sign you up you’ll now be asked to choose your pricing plan as you can see each one lists the key features that it offers I’m only going to select the free one you’ll then be asked to verify your account so I’m going to head over to my Gmail account.
You’ll see the first email that I’ve got that says new is from one signal open that email and click on confirm your account you’ll then be asked to answer a couple of marketing questions once you’ve done that click on the continue button now that’s done you’ll need to log into your account so I’m going to enter in my email address and my password and click on the login button if you signed up using Google Facebook or GitHub.
Just click on the relevant button once you are fully logged in you’ll be taken to the one signal dashboard as this is a new account we need to click on the new app slash website button you’ll now be asked to add the name of your app or your website so type that in and as we’re going to be using this on our website we need to click on the web button then click on the button that says next configure your platform.
On the next page because we’re going to be using it with WordPress we’re going to click on the WordPress plugin or website builder Button as you can see there are lots of other platforms you can use this with including Shopify Wix Squarespace and the one we’re going to be using which is WordPress.
Whichever one you are choosing give it a click now you’ll have to scroll down slightly and enter in your website name and enter in your sites URL once all that’s been typed in I’m going to click on the toggle that says Auto subscribe then to make my push notifications a bit more eye-catching I’m going to add an image and this image is a default for your push notifications.
I’m going to upload my site logo but you can choose something from Facebook Instagram or a link URL mine stored on my computer so I’m going to click on the choose file button and I’m going to select my image and click on open you can then crop your image but I’m not going to do that so I’m going to click on Save.
You’ll see that your logo has been added next to the default icon button now all I need to do is click on Save once the next page loads you’ll be given your app IDs and your API Keys keep these safe and don’t share them with anyone now go back over to the one signal dashboard on your website and you’re going to have to click on the configuration tab.
Now you’re going to have to copy and paste in your app ID and your API keys from the one signal website making sure that you paste them in the corresponding boxes now that they’ve all been added scroll down the page and you’ll see a toggle saying send notifications additionally to IOS and Android platforms click on that toggle as it kind of suggests it will send notify applications to IOS and Android users.
The rest of these toggles are pretty self-explanatory what may be good here for me may not be so for you so take a look for them and tick the ones you want to you can style your own notifications Bell that’s on the page and you can type in your own welcome messages once you have customized your notifications scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Save and that’s it now if we visit our page we’ll see our notifications Bell in the bottom right hand side of our screen.
Once we have started making posts they’re now visitors that have subscribed will start getting notifications this plugin is fully compliant with gdpr and if people want to end their notifications then they can so by clicking on a link and the great thing is if we go back to our dashboard on OneSignal then we can see how many visitors have subscribed we can filter our data by seeing how many subscribers we’ve had in the last 30 days or 24 hours or past year.
we can also see which is the most popular platforms that our visitors are coming from so there you have it that’s how simple it is to use OneSignal on your WordPress website if you have found this video useful please do hit that like And subscribe button and if you’ve got any questions come and hit me up in the comments box below don’t forget to check out the rest of my playlist thanks for watching.
I’ll see you in the next video.
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