Why Automator?

When we launched Uncanny Automator, we were the only automation and integration tool designed for WordPress.

Since then, copycat plugins have sprung up and there’s no shortage of choice when it comes to no-code automation of your WordPress site. So why choose Uncanny Automator?

There are a lot of really great reasons, actually.

No limits

Most automation solutions make money in several ways: by charging you per automation or task, by putting limits on how many automations or tasks you can run in a specific time period, by putting limits on how far back your automation logs are retained, By charging you per integration, by charging monthly fees…and the list goes on.

Uncanny Automator does none of the above. For one low annual cost, you get unlimited recipe runs (automations/tasks), unlimited log retention, and you get full access to everything included in your plan. your costs are predictable and don’t increase as you automate more of your business.

The best of both worlds

Most other solutions are either purely a WordPress plugin, or purely a SaaS (hosted) product. Uncanny Automator combines the best of both worlds.

WordPress plugin integrations

Automations involving all of the most popular WordPress plugins like Woo Woo, MemberPress MemberPress, WPForms WPForms, LearnDash LearnDash, BuddyBoss BuddyBoss, and many more, run directly on your WordPress site.

This means:

They run almost instantly, since they don’t have to wait for a response from a remote server that may be busy processing other requests.
They are incredibly reliable, since they don’t rely on a remote server that may be offline or down for maintenance.
They keep your data on your WordPress site, not tracked or stored on a remote server.

App integrations

With a purely WordPress plugin solution, using app integrations often requires an extensive, technical setup process.

This may include creating and configuring a developer application on the service (e.g. Facebook Pages Facebook Pages or X/Twitter X/Twitter ) that can communicate with the WordPress plugin installed on your site.

With Uncanny Automator, we’ve built an app connector that makes these connections super easy. Connect to most apps with just a few clicks and you’re up and running—no extensive setup process required.

Amazing addons

Uncanny Automator Plus and above include powerful addons that extend your WordPress site with capabilities far beyond what is typically included in a single plugin. These include:

Restrict Content Addon

Use this addon to restrict access to pretty much any content on your WordPress site. Restrict access at the page level, or use the built-in block or shortcode for more granular control. Define access levels and assign users to them in bulk or dynamically with Automator recipes. Configure access by access level, user role, custom user fields and more.

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Custom User Fields Addon

This addon makes it easy to collect, manipulate and display custom user data on your WordPress site. Define the data you want to collect by creating custom fields. Easily segment your users for more personalized communication via email, SMS or WhatsApp. Run bulk operations on users that match specific criteria like adding them to groups, registering them for events, enrolling them in courses, exporting them to Google Sheets and much more.

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User Lists Addon

Turn WordPress into a powerful email tool with this addon. Create lists of users for personalized, targeted email campaigns, automated workflows or bulk operations. Let users manage their subscriptions with included subscription management tools.

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Integrations that work

While other tools prioritize integrations based on how easy they are to build, we’ve selected and developed the integrations users actually want.

With each new integration we consider every trigger, action and token carefully to ensure they can be easily understood and used in practical, useful workflows. We make sure each integration’s triggers, actions and tokens include only what people need—nothing extra that may cause confusion.

Uncanny Automator also includes a powerful set of utilities that you won’t realize are critical to many workflows until you start building them:

Magic Button Magic Button/Magic Link – Run any action(s) when a logged-in user clicks a button or a link—Enroll in a course, remove from a group, email a coupon code. One of the most powerful utilities you never knew you needed.
Database Query Database query – Know SQL? Run an ad-hoc database query to retrieve specific data for use in a recipe.
Date and Time Date and time – Output the current date and time or a future or past date and time using date offsets.
Formatter Formatter – Format data from one source into the format used by the destination.
Generator Generator – Generate random strings, numbers, hashes, nonces and email addresses.
QR Code QR Code – Generate QR codes that can be used in posts, emails and more.
Run Code Run Code – Know code? Run arbitrary code in your recipes to automate custom processes
✅ Custom trigger – Using an obscure plugin that nobody supports? Trigger your recipe by specifying a custom WordPress do_action hook.

Uncanny Automator also includes the most powerful and flexible webhooks implementation for WordPress, which opens up thousands of additional integration possibilities.

The most powerful workflow builder

When developing Uncanny Automator, we prioritized the features that business owners need to automate their most demanding workflows, including:

Multiple trigger support – Automate a process only after a user has completed multiple steps, such as purchasing a product and then filling out a form. Add as many steps as you need to ensure your workflows are specific and personalized.
Powerful webhooks – Receive and send webhooks with the most comprehensive webhook support for WordPress. Our webhooks support auth headers, custom headers, custom hierarchies and more. Even send custom webhook responses to build an ad-hoc API.
Custom functions – Need a bit more flexibility for your specific workflow? Call a custom function and use the results of that function in your recipe.
Custom triggers – Using an obscure plugin that nobody supports? Easily create a custom trigger by specifying the WordPress action hook, and use that to trigger your recipe.
Data import – Upload CSV, JSON, XML files to create new posts, users, products, courses, events and more.
Scheduled and recurring recipes – Want to run an automation automatically on a set schedule? No problem.
String generation – Generate random strings consisting of numbers, letters and symbols.
Mathematical operations – Add, subtract, multiply, divide and more to make your automations even more powerful.
Database queries – Using custom data? Query data directly from the database to power your recipes.
Email attachments – Attach files directly to your outgoing emails. Perfect for course content, instruction manuals, event materials and more.
Loops – Want to run a set of actions on all users or posts that match a specific criteria? No problem. Send an email to everyone that has ever purchased a specific product. Automatically register everyone in a specific group for an event. Export all products in a category to Google Sheets. Generate meta descriptions and keywords for all blog posts. It’s all possible with WordPress’ most flexible bulk operations tool.

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