WordPress WooCommerce Web Push Notification Plugin allows the admin to send push notification messages to its subscribed users on their web browser. The biggest advantage of using push notification is its ability to deliver messages immediately. These messages can contain any information such as new product launch, new offers, important news etc. Unlike the emails, which may or may not be read by the users or land up in the spam/junk folder, web push notification’s prompt and assured content delivery feature ensures that the notifications are for sure delivered and seen. As long as the browser is running, a subscribed user will get a pop-up message on top of the screen even without opening up your website. This improves the user engagement and retention.
Note : Compatible with Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browser and SSL certification is required for the website.
Features
There is no monthly subscription required to notify customers.
No limitation on the number of subscribed users.
Any particular subscribed user can be removed from the list if it doesn’t want to receive any further notifications.
A custom icon and redirect URL can be added with the push notification.
Installation
The user will get a zip file which he has to upload in the “Add New” menu option in the WordPress admin panel. For this login to WordPress Admin Panel and Under the Dashboard hover your mouse over the “Plugins” menu option which brings out a Sub-Menu and then select the “Add New” option.
After this, you will see an option on the top of your page that is “Upload Plugin”, click the option to upload the zip file.
After clicking on the “Upload Plugin” option, below that you will see a button “Choose File” click on the button to browse for the zip file as per the snapshot below.
After browsing the file, click the “Install Now” button to install the plugin as per the snapshot.
Now when the plugin is installed correctly, you will see the success message and an option to activate the plugin. Click on “Activate Plugin” to activate the installed plugin.
CREATING FIREBASE PROJECT CREDENTIALS
To use this plugin, you must have Firebase Project Credentials. Firebase Project Credentials are required to configure this plugin. Please click here to create a new project with your Gmail account.
1. After opening Firebase page. Please click “CREATE NEW PROJECT” button as shown in the below screenshot.
2. A small pop-up window will appear with the name of Create a project. Here you have to enter your Project Name and then select your Country/Region.
3. After completing the details click “CREATE PROJECT” button.
4. After creating your new project click Settings menu icon. And then select “Project Settings” option. A new Settings page will open as displayed below.
5. After entering the Settings page, you will find your Project ID and Web API Key. Copy and save your Project ID and Web API Key as displayed below.
6. After that, click “CLOUD MESSAGING” tab. From here you will find your Project Credentials. Copy and save your Server Key and Sender ID as displayed below.
From here you will find all the details and credentials to configure WordPress Woocommerce Web Push Notification plugin.
Configuration
Admin can configure this plugin with the help of collected credentials under “WooCommerce Push Notifications > Settings”. Here admin needs to enter all the credentials which are collected from Firebase as below image.
After that admin can configure auto notification options under “WooCommerce Push Notifications > Options.”
Here admin can select check boxes as per the requirement.Check “A new product is published” to auto notify subscribers for every new product.Check “A new blog is published” to auto notify subscribers for every new blog.Check “A new blog is published” to auto notify subscriber for every new page.
Admin-end Workflow
Admin can create new notification under “WooCommerce Push Notifications > New notification” as per the below image.
Admin can view list of all subscribers under “WooCommerce Push Notifications > Subscribers” as below image.
Admin can view notification history under “WooCommerce Push Notifications > Notification History” as below image.
Subscriber-end Workflow
When a new user visits first time on the website then he/she can subscribe for notifications through a pop-up message on top of their browser window. This pop-up message will ask users to show notifications from your website, the users will have to click either Allow or Block option. A user can also change the permissions of notification as per the below image.
A user will be notified for new notification of website as shown in below image.
That’s all for the WordPress WooCommerce Web Push Notification Plugin still have any issue feel free to add a ticket and let us know your views to make the plugin better at webkul.uvdesk.com