WordPress Integration with Orkes Conductor

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Integrating WordPress with Orkes Conductor lets you build workflows that interact with your WordPress using the following operations:

This guide explains how to set up and use the integration. Here’s an overview:

Step 1: Get the WordPress credentials

To integrate WordPress with Orkes Conductor, create a WordPress application and retrieve the Client ID and Client Secret.

To retrieve the credentials:

Go to the Wordpress Developer portal.
Select Create New Application.
Enter the following mandatory parameters:
- Name: A name for the application.
- Description: A description for the application.
- Website URL: The URL to an informational home page of your application.
- Redirect URLs: The URLs that will be redirected to during the authorization process. Enter your OAuth callback URL in the format http://<YOUR-CONDUCTOR-CLUSTER-NAME>/oauth-callback.html.
Select Create.

Note the generated Client ID and Client Secret.

After obtaining the credentials, add a WordPress integration to your Conductor cluster.

To create an integration:

Go to Integrations > Connected Apps from the left navigation menu on your Conductor cluster.
Select + New integration.
In the CMS section, choose WordPress.
Select + Add and enter the following parameters:

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
Integration name	A name for the integration.	Required.
Site URL	The WordPress site URL (for example, `example.wordpress.com` or `https://example.wordpress.com`). Can also be a numeric site ID.	Required.
Client ID	The Client ID of your WordPress application generated from Step 1.	Required.
Client Secret	The Client Secret of your WordPress application generated from Step 1.	Required.
Scope	The OAuth2 permissions for the integration, entered as space-separated values. Supported values: posts (manage posts and pages) media (manage media) taxonomy (manage categories and tags) auth (user profile)
Description	A description of the integration.	Required.

(Optional) Toggle the Active button off if you don’t want to activate the integration instantly.
Select Authorize.
Select the WordPress site to add the integration to, and make sure you're signed in with the correct account.
Select Approve.

This authorizes the connection and the integration is created successfully.

Once the integration is ready, this can be used directly within the workflows.

To use WordPress integration in a workflow:

Go to Definitions > Workflow from the left navigation menu on your Conductor cluster.
Select + Define workflow.
In your workflow, select the (+) icon and select Connected Apps.
In Add Task panel on the right, search for WordPress, and select the integration created in Step 2.

The following operations are available for use with this integration.

Operation	Description	Supported Integration Scopes
Get Me	Get the current authenticated user profile.	auth
Create Post	Create a new post or page.	posts
Update Post	Update an existing post or page.	posts
Delete Post	Delete a post or page by ID.	posts
Get Post	Get a specific post or page by ID.	posts
List Posts	List posts or pages with optional filters.	posts
List Tags	List tags in WordPress site.	taxonomy
List Categories	List all categories from WordPress site..	taxonomy
Upload Media	Upload a media file to WordPress from a URL.	media
Get Media	Get a specific media item by ID.	media
List Media	List all media items.	media

Select the required operation, configure the parameters, and select Save > Confirm.
Select Execute to run the workflow.

For the complete operations parameters and output reference, see WordPress Operations Reference.