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Uncanny Automator - Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin

Contributors: uncannyautomator, uncannyowl, smub
Tags: automation, google sheets, openai, learndash, webhooks
Requires at least: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.8.2
Requires PHP: 7.3
Stable tag: 6.7.0
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Uncanny Automator is the easiest and most powerful way to connect your WordPress plugins, sites and apps together with powerful automations.

Description

Uncanny Automator is the easiest and most powerful way to automate your WordPress site with no code. Build automations in minutes that connect your WordPress plugins, sites and apps together using billions of recipe combinations.

Here's how Uncanny Automator works:

When something happens, Automator can make other things happen.

When a user buys a product, add them to a membership level, enroll them in a course and pass their information to Google Sheets.

It's that simple! Here's a video outlining how it all works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMR5YIPu2Kk

If you've used Zapier, setting things up will be intuitive. And if not, that's okay too!

E-commerce Automation

Improve customer engagement by having your purchases trigger marketing automation campaigns, award store credit, promote 5-star reviews, schedule time-limited bonus offers and offer profile-driven discounts. Or for advanced reporting and customer service, create WooCommerce automations that send purchase details to Google Sheets, Slack and ActiveCampaign with our native integrations. It all happens automatically!

Google Sheets Automation

Build powerful reports and dashboards based on almost any WordPress activity or data with 1-click Google Sheets integration. Track purchases, course completions, blog post updates, forum posts and more. Not only can you create new rows for reports with Uncanny Automator, but you can update existing records, making it perfect for dashboard reporting.

Webhook Automation

Looking for the most powerful and comprehensive webhook support to connect your WordPress site to other apps? Uncanny Automator has support for security headers, any request method and any data format (including nesting support, JSON, XML, arrays and more). Use our 1-click sample generation and debug records to simplify connecting to other sites and systems, and send unlimited outgoing webhooks with the free version.

LearnDash and E-Learning Automation

Personalize student experiences and deliver better learning outcomes with no-code automations. Notify an instructor when users fail a quiz and enroll them in a remedial course–automatically. Add users to groups based on performance to allow easy collaboration. Automate student outreach when users fall behind in their coursework and offer easy learning interventions.

Social Media Automation

Spend less time sharing your posts and announcements on social media with automatic posting. Automatically post anything you want to Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram, including with images and links. Sign up for a free account to get 250 credits for social posting; Pro plugin users get unlimited posting.

OpenAI Automation

Connect your new posts and site activity to OpenAI, with full support for ChatGPT and Dall-E models. Use Automator and the OpenAI to generate article summaries, social media posts, SEO descriptions, translations, email campaigns, featured images and more.

Marketing Automation

Integrate your favourite CRM with your WordPress plugins for full marketing automation. Add or remove tags based on course activity, purchases and more, and keep your email lists updated automatically. Or, with Automator Pro and Loops, send emails out in bulk and use Automator as your own CRM.

Free doesn't mean limited

The free version of Automator is incredibly powerful and comes with built-in automation and integration support for all of these popular apps and WordPress plugins:

Supported apps

WordPress Plugins Integrations

Over 350 automation triggers and actions are available for the plugins and apps listed above in the free version. There's straightforward documentation in our Knowledge Base, including some quick and straightforward instructional videos. Developers, there's robust documentation and code samples for you too!

Beyond the plugin and app integrations, this free version of Uncanny Automator also supports common WP triggers and actions in automations:

  • A user views a page
  • A user submits a comment
  • A user logs in
  • A user publishes a post
  • Send an email
  • Create a post
  • Add a WP role

All WP plugin triggers and actions included in Uncanny Automator come with a forever free license, which allows unlimited usage on your WordPress site. By creating a free, optional Automator account, you can unlock 250 credits to try out app integrations. You can use credits on your site to:

  • Post new content to Facebook Groups, Facebook Pages, Twitter and Instagram
  • Pass records to Google Sheets (to generate charts or reports or manipulate data outside of WordPress)
  • Notify staff of key events in Slack
  • Register customers in Zoom events on product purchase
  • Send Mailchimp campaigns when new blog posts are published
  • Generate, proofread or translate text with OpenAI and GPT
  • and more

Take automation to the next level

Uncanny Automator Pro, our premium plugin, adds even more features and integrations, including the ability to create users and posts, delay and schedule actions, connect multiple sites together, add conditions to actions, and unlock unlimited use of app integrations like Google Sheets and Twitter. It also triples the number of available triggers and actions.

Pro also adds features like Run Now and Loops, which allow you to do things like send emails to all users matching certain criteria, tagging users based on site activity, or even generating instant reports in Google Sheets of all users that completed a specific course, purchased a certain product, or anything else you can imagine.

Here are some of the other really cool automations you can create with Automator Pro:

  • When a user makes a purchase using WooCommerce on one site, create a user on another WP site, send the user a link to set a new password, enroll the user in a course and add a membership level.
  • When a user submits a form, add the user to a mailing list if their email address matches a certain domain, add them to a social group and schedule their trial access to expire in 7 days if they don't make a purchase.
  • When a new course is published, send an email campaign, post to X/Twitter and Facebook with GPT-generated content, post to the BuddyBoss sitewide activity stream and notify instructors in a Slack channel.
  • Whenever you want, generate a list of all users in a group that haven't yet completed a course.

And here are some of the key features in the Pro version that allow incredibly flexible and powerful automations for WP:

Plus licenses and higher get access to our Custom User Fields, Restrict Content, and User Lists addons which makes it really easy to create and manage user profile fields in WordPress. Automatically add new fields to user edit pages and connect fields to your recipes and plugins like Advanced Custom Fields.

An Automator Pro license also includes access to our world-class premium support.

For the full list of triggers and actions, make sure to check out this list.

Here's what other people are saying about Uncanny Automator:

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find Automator documentation and more info?

You can learn more about Uncanny Automator on our website at https://automatorplugin.com/ and our Knowledge Base is here: https://automatorplugin.com/knowledge-base/

How do I get started with my first automation?

Have a look at https://automatorplugin.com/knowledge-base/creating-a-recipe/. There's also an onboarding wizard inside the plugin to help you build your first recipe. Hopefully it will be the first of many!

Will Uncanny Automator slow down my website?

Uncanny Automator is built from the ground up for efficiency and performance. Automator adds negligible overhead to WordPress sites and has been rigorously tested across dozens of hosting environments.

What are the limits of your free version?

All integrations, triggers, actions and tokens listed here that don't have a "Pro" label are available in our free version. For the WordPress plugins listed, we include a forever-free license that allows you to run recipes with these triggers and actions an unlimited number of times. There are also no limits on the number of recipes you can set up or what you can include in each. For recipes that include apps, like Twitter and Facebook, you can create a free account to unlock 250 credits to try out these integrations.

Is Automator translation friendly?

Absolutely! The plugin was created with translation in mind and tested with a variety of translation plugins. We will support any translation issues you run into.

How can I request an integration for a plugin?

The best thing you can do is reach out to the creator of the plugin that you want an integration for. Let them know you're using Uncanny Automator and that they could greatly extend the capabilities of their plugin by helping us develop an integration for it. As more plugin authors become aware of Uncanny Automator and realize its potential for their users, we'll be able to continue to invest in expanding Uncanny Automator's capabilities! Also, fill out this form on our site to let us know what you're looking for.

How can I add an integration for my plugin?

Check out our developer documentation over at https://developer.automatorplugin.com/. Also consider reaching out to our team, maybe we can help or even turn it into an official integration!

Can I automatically share posts & updates on social media?

Yes. It is easy to set up automation and share content on Social Media platforms. Set up integrations with Instagram, Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Pages and Twitter by creating a free account to unlock 250 free credits.

Do I need coding skills or help from a developer?

No coding skills are required. Uncanny Automator is built for non-developers to build automations using our intuitive recipe builder.

Does Automator work with LearnDash?

Absolutely! LearnDash is our most popular integration. Automator provides an easy way to build powerful LearnDash activity reports, personalize learning paths, connect LearnDash to live events and more.

How does Automator use OpenAI?

By connecting your recipes to an OpenAI API account, you can send prompts to OpenAI and use the responses in other actions. Generate titles and descriptions, excerpts for social media, translations, new blog posts and more; you can even perform sentiment analysis on submitted text. Automator supports GPT-3.5, GPT-4 and other OpenAI models.

Does Uncanny Automator allow me to customize the look and design of the emails it sends?

Yes, with WordPress's "Send Email" action, send rich text, plain text and raw HTML emails. Create follow-up emails with your own custom HTML templates.

Why should I consider upgrading to Uncanny Automator Pro?

You can use the free version forever without purchasing the Uncanny Automator Pro version. However, with Uncanny Automator Pro, you'll get access to more automation triggers and actions, additional features, and unlimited credits for app integrations. Visit our plans page to learn more.

Who is Uncanny Owl?

We're a Toronto-based WordPress company specializing in elearning and automation solutions for WordPress. We're behind the popular Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit plugin and we also have a suite of highly-acclaimed commercial LearnDash add-ons.

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1. Set up your first recipe in 5 minutes

Set up your first recipe in 5 minutes

2. Add one or more triggers from dozens of plugins and thousands of apps

Add one or more triggers from dozens of plugins and thousands of apps

3. Identify what starts the recipe, like a purchase or form submission

Identify what starts the recipe, like a purchase or form submission

4. Set conditions and options for the trigger(s)

Set conditions and options for the trigger(s)

5. Add one or more actions from any of the available integrations

Add one or more actions from any of the available integrations

6. When the triggers are completed, actions run automatically

When the triggers are completed, actions run automatically

7. Customize your actions to do exactly what you need

Customize your actions to do exactly what you need

8. Create powerful recipes that just work, all with one plugin

Create powerful recipes that just work, all with one plugin

Changelog

6.7.0 [2025-07-24]

New Plugin Integration:

New Triggers:

  • GamiPress - A user loses greater than, less than, or equal to a number of a specific type of points #5894
  • LearnDash - A user has completed X% of a course #5367
  • SureForms - A form is submitted #5774
  • SureForms - A user submits a form #5772
  • Thrive Apprentice - A user receives access to a product #5878
  • Thrive Architect - A user registers via a registration form #5893

New Action:

  • MailPoet - Add a tag to the subscriber #5511
  • MailPoet - Remove a tag from the subscriber #5511

New Token:

  • Universal Token - Discord - Discord ID (Snowflake) #6002

Addition:

  • Recipe Logs - Track the total recipe run number relative to the user's run number—now you can see not just how many times a recipe ran, but how many times it ran for a specific user #3890

Updated:

  • ActiveCampaign - Support for adding tags via name when using a custom value —because "name dropping" is totally allowed here #5873
  • Brevo - Error logs now show if an action failed due to IP whitelisting—so you're not left guessing if the gatekeeper said "no" #6006
  • Discord - Discord usernames are now encrypted—your secrets are safe, even from your favorite Discord bot #5997
  • JSON Trigger - WP filter automator_loopable_should_encode_html_entities to optionally allow HTML entities—because sometimes, <3 just wants to be seen as ❤️ #5899
  • LearnPress - Improved compatibility with LearnPress v4.2+—they grew up so fast, but we've caught up #5544
  • Loops & Common tokens - User tokens under "Common" will now return the details of the user that triggered the recipe instead of loop users—know thy trigger-happy users #6012

Fixed:

  • ActiveCampaign - Add a contact to ActiveCampaign - No longer overwrites existing values when fields are left blank—now it politely updates without steamrolling your data #5902
  • ActiveCampaign - Custom field dropdowns in actions no longer default to the first option—no more "surprise selections" when you're not looking #5916
  • App Integrations - Some AI Integrations returning blank settings pages on some sites—fixed the disappearing act, now everything shows up to work #5907
  • LearnPress - Mark a lesson complete for the user - PHP Error on some sites—gave the rogue lesson a hall pass and fixed the crash #5416
  • Loop filters in Automator Pro - Custom values were not being saved—their memory wasn't so good; now they remember like an elephant #5864
  • Ninja Forms - Improved handling of Repeatable Fieldset tokens—less token confusion, more repeatable joy #5930
  • Notion - Create a database item - Action fails with 400 error when using custom select values in unsupported fields #5911
  • Recipe throttling not working on some triggers—our recipe timers are back in sync, Gordon Ramsay would approve #5877
  • Thrive Leads - Form dropdown listing some forms twice—now listing forms just once, because once is enough #5903
  • WP Job Manager - A user submits a specific type of job - Trigger was also running when jobs were updated—we've stopped the trigger from being an overachiever #5974

Under the hood:

  • All Recipes - Import button now appears immediately without a fade in animation—no more dramatic entrances, just business #6027
  • Closure - JS script converted to VanillaJS—ditched the fancy wrappers, went full vanilla #6030
  • Codeception namespace check causing unexpected issues with a third-party plugin—cleaned up the namespace mess like a good houseguest #6029
  • Disable public REST API endpoint for recipes—locked the front door to keep recipe secrets safe #6022
  • Google Calendar - Migrated to the latest framework—now running smoother than a freshly scheduled meeting #5621
  • Thrive Apprentice - Migrated to the latest framework—leveled up behind the scenes without messing with your flow #5927
  • Thrive Quiz Builder - Migrated to newer framework and user tokens normalized—because even tokens need a bit of structure in their lives #5635
  • Updated icons of built-in integrations—spruced up the icons so they shine like they mean it #5594

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Uncanny Automator is the easiest and most powerful way to connect your WordPress plugins, sites and apps together with powerful automations. Build automated workflows in minutes with no code!

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