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Rock The Slackbot

Rock The Slackbot helps you stay on top of changes by sending notifications straight to you and your team inside your Slack account.

By Rachel Cherry·Chat·Free
4.9(15 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 9 years ago
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As of April 2026, Rock The Slackbot is a WordPress chat plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Joinchat.

4.9/515 reviews
100active installs
7.1K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

What is Slack?

Slack is a team collaboration tool that offers chat rooms organized by topic, as well as private groups and direct messaging. It’s a great way to be productive with your team without clogging up your inbox.

What is A Slackbot?

Slackbot is Slack’s built-in robot, which helps us send messages to you and your team inside your Slack account.

Why Rock The Slackbot?

Because it can help you manage your websites, and stay on top of changes, by sending notifications (following numerous WordPress events) to your Slackbot who will pass them along to a channel or direct message in your Slack account.

Rock the Slackbot is multisite-friendly.

Rock the Slackbot sends customizable notifications for the following events:

  • When a post is published
  • When a post is unpublished
  • When…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.915 reviews
5 ★
14
4 ★
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3 ★
0
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0
1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.2

  • You can now cancel sending the notification by returning false to “rock_the_slackbot_notification” or “rock_the_slackbot_outgoing_webhook_payload” filter.
  • Added “When Slack Notifications Fail” setting so users can control whether or not emails are sent when Slack notifications fail.
  • Added ‘rock_the_slackbot_error_email’ filter which allows you to customize the error “didn’t send to Slack” email.
  • Added notifications for ‘When a post is drafted’, ‘When a post is pending review’, and ‘When a post is scheduled’.
  • Added notifications for when a comment is added, approved, unapproved, marked as spam, and trashed.

…and 3 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Rachel CherryRachel Cherry
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.2
Last Updated
Jan 10, 2017
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.7.33
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
7.1K+
Added
Nov 3, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

chatslackslackbotnotificationcollaboration

Developer

R
Rachel Cherry
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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