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How to Enable Desktop Notifications in WordPress Website

19/7/2017

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Users or Traffic are the crucial part of any blog or website and maintaining them is another big task for a blogger. In order to maintain the traffic, users should be notified with the latest published posts based on category and interest. There are many techniques to engage users on a daily basis with a prompt notifications.
One Signal
Some of the techniques are :
  1. Social Networks engagement
  2. Newsletter
  3. Push Notifications

​One specific category in Push Notifications are Desktop Notifications or you can say it as Browser notifications. This feature helps users to subscribe for newsletter and get notified whenever a new post is published. 

One Signal for Chrome
We are giving a very simple solution to enable desktop notifications in any WordPress website using a plugin called One Signal – Free Web Push Notifications.
​Here we go,

​Steps to Enable Desktop Notifications in WordPress Website

  • Open your WordPress Admin Dashboard
  • Navigate to Plugins >> Add New
  • Search for “One Signal” and click on “Install Now”
One Signal - Free Web Push Notifications
  • After the installation, tap on “Activate Now”
  • Later click on “OneSignal Push” on the left pane >> Go to Setup >> Overview >> Chrome & Firefox Push
Chrome & FireFox Push - One Signal
  • First of all you need to create an account in “One Signal”. After successful registration, it will take you to OneSignal dashboard, where you need to add a new app. Click on Add a new app. It will ask the name of the application, name it accordingly. In my example, I’m calling it as “Testing Web Push”.
  • One registration is completed you can proceed with creating of an app named "Techies Net".
Techies Net App at Website Push
  • Configure the Platform by entering your website URL with proper protocol (http:// or https://)
Testing Web Push
  • Later select the WordPress as SDK and install it.
  • After the installation is completed, it will generate a REST API Key and APP ID.
WordPress SDK Installation
  • Now, go to WordPress Admin Dashboard and navigate to One Signal >> Configuration, copy and paste above keys one by one in their respective text field and also enter the subdomain provided by OneSignal.
WordPress Account Configuration
  • Click on Save button and you are done with the setup.

Subscribe to Web Push Notifications

  • After setting up, visit your website and you will see a notification icon at the right bottom of your site like the image below.
Subscribe to Notifications
  • Click on the icon to subscribe to web push notifications. It will open a new window asking to allow permissions for your subdomain to send push notifications. Click on the Allow button.
Subscribe to Notifications
OneSignal Push Notifications
  • You are done with the subscription and let us know your inputs on this plugin via comments. 

Author : Shoeb Ahmad Fareed

Shoeb Ahmad Fareed
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Bio: A Technology Leninist who believes that success can only be achieved if one has a practical implementation knowledge. He is a Computer Science Engineer, a professional blogger and a debugger.

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25/9/2017 08:17:51 pm

Using desktop notifications is one of the most effective techniques to engage users on a daily basis. And thanks for sharing this great plugin. Maintaining the traffic is very important thing in making your blog rock.

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