Installing the Nodest plugin

The Nodest plugin is what lets your WordPress site talk to Nodest. Install it like any other plugin, activate it, and connect it to a workspace — from that point your site's events are available to build automations with.

Why WordPress needs a plugin

WordPress has no built-in way to tell an outside service that something happened on your site. Nothing in core lets "a WooCommerce order was placed" reach an external platform.

The plugin closes that gap. It listens for events on your site and sends them to Nodest as they happen, which is why WordPress automations run in real time rather than on a schedule.

1. Install the plugin

In your WordPress admin:

1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Search for Nodest
3. Click Install Now

If you prefer to upload a zip or deploy plugins through version control, that works too — it's a standard plugin with no special installation requirements.

2. Activate it

Click Activate. The plugin adds a Nodest entry to your WordPress admin.

Nothing is sent anywhere yet — the plugin does nothing at all until it's connected to a workspace.

3. Connect it to a workspace

Open the plugin in your WordPress admin and connect it to your Nodest workspace. Once connected, your site's events are available in that workspace and you can start building automations with them.

Connecting from Nodest instead

If you add a WordPress connection inside Nodest and the plugin isn't on the site yet, Nodest installs and activates it for you as part of creating that connection.

For this to work the account you connect with needs permission to install plugins, and your host has to allow plugin installation from within WordPress — some managed hosts disable it. If either isn't true, install the plugin manually using the steps above and then create the connection.