WP Down Slack Alert

常見問題

How to set up the connexion to my Slack Team?

Go to Tools > WP Down Slack Alert and follow the tutorial to get your Slack API token and customize your Slack notification bot:

To set up your Slack app, you’ll need to get a Slack Bot token:

1. Go to this page: https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1 and provide a name for your App, choose a Slack workspace and click on “Create App” button.
2. In the “Features and functionality” section, click on the “Bots” panel.
3. That will lead you to the “Bot user” screen. Click on “Add a Bot User” button.
4. Leave the default names (you will be able to override that in the plugin’s settings), and click “Add bot user” button.
5. Click on the “Install App” menu item in the navigation sidebar, then click on the “Install App to Workspace” button.
6. Allow this Slack App to access your Slack team: click on the “Allow” button.
7. Copy/paste the Bot User OAuth Access Token in the plugin’s settings field.

How to programmatically define the plugin settings using PHP constants?

To programmatically define your settings, you can optionally use the following PHP constants, in a customized mu-plugin:

// Disable the admin settings screen (false to disable)
define( 'WPDSA_SETTINGS', false );

// Define the Slack API Token (string)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_TOKEN', 'qcsqkjcssjcksqh' );

// Define the notification channel (string - slugified)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL', 'my_slack_channel' );

// Disable the notification email (true to disable)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_DISABLE_EMAIL', true );

// Define the Slack notification recurrence (string - accepted values: '0,5', '1', '2', '6', '24', 'anytime')
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_RECURRENCE', '2' );

// Define the notification bot name (string - slugified)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_BOTNAME', 'My_bot_name' );

// Define the notification message title text (string)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE_TITLE', 'My message title' );

// Define the notification message footer text (string)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE_FOOTER', 'My message footer text' );

// Define the notification message image (string - absolute link to an online image)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE_IMAGE', 'http://assets.whodunit.fr/brand/logo_whodunit_petit.png' );

// Disable the "Green" notification message (true to disable)
define( 'WPDSA_NOTIFICATION_DISABLE_GREEN', true );

Follow this link to download a complete example of mu-plugin file

You can download it, change the constants values if needed and upload it to /wp-content/mu-plugins folder. You can also define the PHP constants in your wp-config.php file.