OCM Pulse

OCM Pulse lets editorial teams send web push notifications directly from the WordPress post editor, without leaving the dashboard or opening the OCM Pulse interface.

Works with both the Gutenberg block editor (sidebar panel) and the Classic Editor (metabox). The Send button is fully decoupled from post save — publish when you’re ready, notify when you choose.

Features

• Send push notifications from the post editor with one click
• Gutenberg sidebar panel and Classic Editor metabox
• Pre-fills notification title, body, and URL from the current post
• Auto-populates the featured image as the notification image
• Category and segment targeting
• Schedule notifications for a future date and time
• AI-powered copy generation (requires OCM Pulse AI feature on your server)
• RSS feed trigger warning — alerts you when sending might cause duplicate notifications
• API token stored server-side and never exposed to the browser

Requirements

• An active OCM Pulse account
• WordPress 6.6 or later, PHP 7.4 or later

External services

This plugin connects to the OCM Pulse push notification service. An active OCM Pulse account and a connected app are required for the plugin to function.

Terms of Use: https://pulse.orangeclickmedia.com/terms-and-conditions
Privacy Policy: https://pulse.orangeclickmedia.com/privacy-policy

OCM Pulse API

This is used to send and schedule push notifications, and to populate the editor UI.

• What is sent, and when:
  • Connecting: when you click “Connect to OCM Pulse” in Settings → OCM Pulse, your browser is redirected to your configured OCM Pulse server to authorise the connection (OAuth 2.0). No post content is sent at this step.
  • Sending: when you click “Send Push Notification” or “Schedule” in the post editor, the notification’s title, body, URL, optional image URL, category, segment, and schedule time are sent to your OCM Pulse server to create the delivery.
  • AI copy generation: when you click “Generate with AI”, the post’s title and content (HTML stripped) are sent to your OCM Pulse server to generate suggested notification copy. This only happens when you explicitly click the button.
  • Editor setup: the plugin fetches your app’s categories, segments, and RSS-trigger status from your OCM Pulse server each time the editor loads, to populate dropdowns and warnings.
• Service URL: the server address you enter under Settings → OCM Pulse (“OCM Pulse API URL”). This is configured per installation, not a fixed OCM Pulse endpoint.

OCM Pulse SDK (optional, disabled by default)

This is a client-side script, served from your configured OCM Pulse server, that registers a browser service worker and prompts site visitors to subscribe to push notifications.

• It only loads when you enable “Inject SDK script and service worker into this site” under Settings → OCM Pulse. When enabled, it loads on every frontend page, for every visitor.
• The SDK performs its own visitor consent check before prompting for a subscription, unless you separately enable “Skip consent check” (also disabled by default). Enabling that option is your decision as the site operator, and you are responsible for complying with applicable privacy laws (e.g. GDPR/ePrivacy) if you do.

1. Upload the ocm-pulse directory to /wp-content/plugins/, or install via Plugins → Add New.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.
3. Open OCM Pulse in the admin menu, enter your OCM Pulse API URL (e.g. https://pulse.orangeclickmedia.com), and click Save URL.
4. Click Connect to OCM Pulse and complete the OAuth flow. Your credentials are stored automatically — no copy-pasting of tokens required.
5. Open any post or page in the editor. The OCM Pulse panel appears in the Document tab (Gutenberg) or in the side panel (Classic Editor).

1. 

   The OCM Pulse sidebar panel in the Gutenberg block editor.

2. 

   The OCM Pulse metabox in the Classic Editor.

3. 

   The OCM Pulse settings page.

1.0.1

• OCM Pulse API URL field now defaults to https://pulse.orangeclickmedia.com/ on first setup, saving a manual step for new installs.
• Added Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links to the External Services documentation.
• Updated plugin directory icon, banner, and screenshots.

1.0.0

• Initial release.