How to connect WordPress to Albato

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Albato lets you connect your WordPress account with hundreds of the most popular apps - without a single line of code! You can automate your daily tasks and focus on what matters most.

Open the Apps section, click the Add a connection button.

Select the app from the drop-down list or use the search bar.

Click the Add a connection button.

Choose a method to connect WordPress to Albato.

Enter the required parameters.

Currently, we have 3 methods available to connect WordPress to Albato:

• Application password
• Basic Authentication
• Jwt Token (Plugin)

1. Application password

Sign in to your WordPress account.

You need to create a password.

Go to the Users section → Profile.

Enter any password and save it.

The created password is displayed 1 time, you need to copy and save it.

Enter your WordPress login and paste the copied password into the Albato connection fields.

If you don’t have an opportunity to create a password in WordPress, then you need to use a different method of connection.

2. Basic Authentication

This type of authentication requires only your WordPress login and password. You need to use it if you are using WordPress version 5.6 or lower.

3. Jwt Token (Plugin)

If you are a user of Jwt you only need to:

• put the username from Jwt on the Albato field login
• put the password from Jwt on the Albato field password.

For details on Jwt plugin, please visit their website.

Reminder:

As WordPress is an open source tool, it may be the case that you use a different plugin for authorization. If this is so, please share it with us so our development team can assess the feasibility of adding it to the available authorization methods for wordpress.

If you encounter any issues along the way don’t hesitate to contact our support channel!

Important

Users who expect to work with ACF fields should go to the ACF plugin settings and enable visibility for REST API. Read more about it in this article.