Send WordPress post notifications to Discord via webhooks — role mentions, custom post types, and rich embeds.

Init Pulse For Discord – Webhooks, Roles, Instant

Init Pulse For Discord sends automatic notifications to your Discord channel whenever a post is published or updated.
This plugin is part of the <a href="https://en.inithtml.com/init-plugin-suite-minimalist-powerful-and-free-wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Init Plugin Suite</a> — a collection of minimalist, fast, and developer-focused tools for WordPress.
GitHub repository: <a href="https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-pulse-for-discord" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/brokensmile2103/init-pulse-for-discord</a>
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>Blog / community announcements </li>
<li>Internal editorial workflow </li>
<li>Discord-driven audiences </li>
</ul>
Straightforward configuration:
<ul>
<li>Paste your webhook URL </li>
<li>(Optional) Configure Discord role IDs inside Categories or Tags </li>
<li>Done — your server receives updates instantly </li>
</ul>
Clean, minimal, and built for performance — no bloat, no external SDKs.
Key design goals:
<ul>
<li>Minimal setup (Webhook + 1 settings page)</li>
<li>No database clutter</li>
<li>No JS/CSS overhead on frontend</li>
<li>Role-aware mentions through taxonomies</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Auto-send notifications when content is published</li>
<li>Optional notifications when content is updated</li>
<li>Custom Post Type support — choose exactly which post types (posts, pages, products, or any custom type) should trigger a notification</li>
<li>Role tagging based on Categories &amp; Tags 
→ When a post is in that taxonomy, that role is mentioned</li>
<li>Rich Discord embeds — title, description, accent color, footer, and timestamp (with a plain-text fallback mode)</li>
<li>Send Test Message button on the settings screen — verify your webhook without publishing a post</li>
<li>Delivery Log — a rolling snapshot of the most recent deliveries (success/error) for troubleshooting, stored lightly in <code>wp_options</code> with <code>autoload = no</code></li>
<li>Custom message template with placeholders:
<ul>
<li><code>{title}</code> — post title</li>
<li><code>{title_url}</code> — markdown title linking to URL</li>
<li><code>{url}</code> — post URL</li>
<li><code>{excerpt}</code> — trimmed excerpt</li>
<li><code>{site_name}</code> — your site’s name</li>
<li><code>{author}</code> — post author display name</li>
<li><code>{categories}</code> — comma-separated category names</li>
<li><code>{tags}</code> — comma-separated tag names</li>
<li><code>{post_type}</code> — post type label</li>
<li><code>{date}</code> — published date (site format)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Optional featured image embed</li>
<li>Retry logic &amp; timeout controls</li>
<li>No action removals — plays well with all other plugins</li>
<li>Compact, modern codebase</li>
<li>Hot Post Milestones (optional, requires <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/init-view-count/" rel="ugc">Init View Count</a>) — automatically notify Discord when a post&#8217;s total view count crosses a configured threshold (e.g. 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 views), with its own message template and <code>{views}</code>, <code>{views_short}</code>, <code>{milestone}</code> placeholders. Each milestone is sent once per post. Gracefully inactive (with a link to install it) when Init View Count isn&#8217;t active — no errors, no broken settings.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
Navigate to:
Settings → Init Pulse For Discord
Available fields:
 Field 
 Purpose
 Post Types 
 Which post types trigger a notification
 Webhook URL 
 Where notifications are sent (with a Send Test Message button)
 Username 
 Display name of your bot
 Avatar URL 
 Custom bot avatar (optional)
 Include Featured Image 
 Adds featured image as embed
 Use Rich Embed 
 Toggle formatted embed vs. plain-text message
 Embed Color 
 Accent color for the embed sidebar
 Timeout / Retries 
 Reliability controls
 Message Template 
 Markdown-ready content, used as the embed description or full message
 Notify on View Milestones 
 Enable Discord alerts when a post&#8217;s view count crosses a threshold (requires Init View Count)
 View Milestones 
 Comma-separated view counts (e.g. <code>1000, 5000, 10000</code>)
 Milestone Message Template 
 Separate template for milestone alerts, with <code>{views}</code>, <code>{views_short}</code>, <code>{milestone}</code> placeholders
The settings screen also shows a Delivery Log with the outcome of your most recent notifications.
Role IDs can be configured in:
<ul>
<li>Posts → Categories → Edit </li>
<li>Posts → Tags → Edit </li>
</ul>
Example mention result:
&lt;@&amp;123456789012345678&gt; New post published!
<h3>Filters for Developers</h3>
<pre><code>init_plugin_suite_pulse_for_discord_payload 
</code></pre>
Modify the final webhook payload before sending. 
Params: <code>array $payload</code>, <code>int $post_id</code>, <code>string $context</code>
<pre><code>init_plugin_suite_pulse_for_discord_milestone_payload 
</code></pre>
Modify the webhook payload for a milestone notification before sending. 
Params: <code>array $payload</code>, <code>int $post_id</code>, <code>int $views</code>, <code>int $milestone</code>
Example:
add_filter(&#8216;init_plugin_suite_pulse_for_discord_payload&#8217;, function($payload) { 
 $payload[&#8216;content&#8217;] .= &#8220;\nCustom footer&#8221;; 
 return $payload; 
});
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. 
You are free to use, modify, and distribute it under the same license.

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