bbPress → TwilioEvents and actions

Use bbPress events to automate Twilio

Choose an event from bbPress to start an automation, then send a Message or SMS using Twilio. The action settings show what information you need to provide.

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Automations

Ways to connect these tools

These are examples. Available fields depend on the event and the choices on your site or connected account.

Announce when a topic is published using Twilio

  1. When a topic is published
  2. Send a Message or SMS using Twilio.

In Twilio, configure the announcement destination and content for this event from bbPress. Include only details available from the event that are intended for these recipients. Choose the recipient phone number and write the SMS announcement.

Announce when a reply is published using Twilio

  1. When a reply is published
  2. Send a Message or SMS using Twilio.

In Twilio, configure the announcement destination and content for this event from bbPress. Include only details available from the event that are intended for these recipients. Choose the recipient phone number and write the SMS announcement.

Send a Message or SMS using Twilio when a user replies to a topic

  1. When a user replies to a topic
  2. Send a Message or SMS using Twilio.

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Twilio actions

SMS messages

1 action

  • Send a Message or SMS using Twilio.

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bbPress events and actions

Forums

8 events · 6 actions

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Events

  • When a user creates a forum
  • When a forum is published
  • When a forum is unpublished
  • When a forum is closed
  • When a forum is opened
  • When a forum is moved to the trash
  • When a forum is restored from the trash
  • When a forum is permanently deleted

Actions

  • Create or update a forum
  • Open a forum
  • Close a forum
  • Move a forum to the trash
  • Restore a forum from the trash
  • Permanently delete a forum

Topics

12 events · 10 actions

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Events

  • When a user creates a topic
  • When a topic is published
  • When a topic is unpublished
  • When a topic is closed
  • When a topic is opened
  • When a topic is marked as spam
  • When a topic is unmarked as spam
  • When a topic is approved
  • When a topic is unapproved
  • When a topic is moved to the trash
  • When a topic is restored from the trash
  • When a topic is permanently deleted

Actions

  • Create or update a topic
  • Open a topic
  • Close a topic
  • Mark a topic as spam
  • Unmark a topic as spam
  • Approve a topic
  • Unapprove a topic
  • Move a topic to the trash
  • Restore a topic from the trash
  • Permanently delete a topic

Replies

10 events · 8 actions

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Events

  • When a user replies to a topic
  • When a reply is published
  • When a reply is unpublished
  • When a reply is marked as spam
  • When a reply is unmarked as spam
  • When a reply is approved
  • When a reply is unapproved
  • When a reply is moved to the trash
  • When a reply is restored from the trash
  • When a reply is permanently deleted

Actions

  • Create or update a reply
  • Mark a reply as spam
  • Unmark a reply as spam
  • Approve a reply
  • Unapprove a reply
  • Move a reply to the trash
  • Restore a reply from the trash
  • Permanently delete a reply

About this connection

How the two tools fit together

bbPress: Add forums, topics, and replies to WordPress.

Twilio: Twilio is a cloud communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company based in San Francisco, California. Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, and perform other communication functions using its web service APIs.

What information can you send?

Write the Twilio message and add details from the event that starts this automation.

Available details depend on the bbPress event or action you choose and any fields configured on your site.

Before you begin

Have these details ready

For Send SMS, you will need:

  • Connected Twilio account
  • A person or channel to receive the message
  • The message to send

Start here

Set up bbPress and Twilio with Noptin

  1. Install the free Noptin plugin on your WordPress site.
  2. Activate your Noptin license, then install the Noptin add-on for bbPress and Twilio from Noptin → Extensions. How to activate your license.
  3. Install and set up bbPress on your WordPress site. Connect Twilio in Noptin using the account or server details requested in its settings.

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Put it together

Set up the automation in WordPress

  1. Choose an event from bbPress to start the automation.
  2. Connect Twilio and choose where the message should go.
  3. Match the details from the first step to the fields in the second. Run a test, then turn on the rule.

Follow the automation rules guide if you need help creating the rule.

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