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WP Webhooks – Automate repetitive tasks by creating powerful automation workflows directly within WordPress
A powerful webhook bridge that demands a bit of technical homework.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
Users praise the flexible automation and excellent support despite a steep learning curve.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.6★
54 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+20%
Growing
155 → 187 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +20% in the last year
155/day a year ago→187/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Webhooks is well-regarded as a powerful, flexible automation plugin for WordPress that stands out for its bidirectional webhook handling and no-code approach, though it carries a learning curve and at least one user found the core triggers unreliable for their use case.
What people like
- +Solves complex automation and webhook needs that other plugins fail to address, including bidirectional webhook handling where reply data can be used in subsequent actions×4
- +Support team is consistently praised as responsive, helpful, and willing to walk users through setup step by step×7
- +User-friendly, intuitive interface that makes webhooks accessible to non-developers×4
- +Proven long-term reliability, with multiple users reporting years of active use×3
- +Broad range of use cases covered, including WooCommerce order management, cross-site post syncing, and Zapier integration×3
Common complaints
- −Notable learning curve for new users unfamiliar with webhooks
- −Core triggers (Post Created, Post Updated) reported as non-functional by at least one user, with no resolution found
- −Full bidirectional/no-code capabilities appear to require the Pro version, not the free version
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 54 total
Latest reviews · 55 analyzed
- 2025-08-08★★★★★Excellent Plugin and Easier than API Integrationwalter_filkins
- 2024-12-02★★★★★Great automation with WP Webhooks + EDD integrationPavel Ciorici
- 2024-08-29★★★★★Unlocks many opportunities and has incredible supportalexharperverse21-shot
- 2024-08-14★★★★★Not able to hit the webhook api throught wordpress.sudeepkrgupta
- 2024-05-10★★★★★Solved a problem I had been trying to solve for monthst.rex888
- 2024-04-09★★★★★Makes using webhooks so easyjcjits
- 2024-04-02★★★★★A powerful solution for a complex problemMark Zahra
- 2024-03-26★★★★★Very helpful to a newbiehattieh2o1-shot
- 2024-03-23★★★★★.chelminski
- 2024-02-27★★★★★Extremely flexible and great supporteduardoyi
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
216
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
295
Prior 7-day baseline
194
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
776
Mean release-day peak (30d)
216
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-26.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.29
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.65 → 4.64★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered