Best WordPress Push Notifications for Web and Mobile

With the world moving around the web, and dynamics of marketing changing every hour, it is
essential now to keep the website customer-ready.

Push notifications are a way to keep your audience tied to your website, even when they are not
visiting your website. You can send Push notifications to both desktop and mobile from the
WordPress site.

But, first of all, let’s see what WordPress Push notifications are. All clickable messages that you
receive in the notification area of your mobile device or the messages that you see on the desktop of
your computer are WordPress Push notifications. These messages on the desktop can be seen even
when the browser is not open, and these push notifications work well even on mobile phones. This
helps the users to know the latest updates on the website and also know about the latest offers. To
turn visitors into customers and loyal clients, WordPress Push notifications are a must. All this is
possible only if the viewers accept the notifications. Only then the website can “push” notifications
to the viewers' browser or device (computer, phone, etc.) for site updates, special offers products,
new articles and more.

Here is the list of some of the Best WordPress Push Notifications Plugins.

1. One signal
Lets first discuss using a plugin from OneSignal. It is a completely free solution for WordPress
push notifications. Currently, it has around 50,000+ active installs and has a user rating of
4.7 out of 5 stars.
According to the statistics given by the site owners, they say that there are about 100,000
developers around the world using their service, and it includes big names such as Adobe, Uber, and
Tom’s Hardware. Some of their features include:
 100% free to use
 Localization
 A/B Testing
 Delivery scheduling
 Unlimited segments
 Delivery automation
 Ability to import and export your data
 Unlimited WordPress push notifications
 Full API
 Unlimited devices
The main advantage OneSignal gives its users is that it allows them to set up as many
WordPress sites (apps) as they wish for. So the user can log-in into OneSignal’s dashboard
and have 10+ different WordPress sites, and all the sites will have separate push
notifications apps and data. Moreover, it is free of cost, which makes it a go-to app.

To download the application you may visit the following site: https://onesignal.com, step by
step instructions to install are available on the site.

2. Push Engage
 Push Engage is technically termed as a standalone service when it comes to push-
notifications on mobile and web. However, it also has a dedicated WordPress plugin, this
makes adding push notification real easy on WordPress.
Push Engage is similar to functioning of the plugin ShoutMeLoud.

PushEngage enables you to send push notifications for both desktop and mobile versions of:

 Chrome
 Samsung Internet Browser
 Firefox

Beyond that, it has several features to help you send push-notifications the smart way:

 Call to action buttons

 Automation
 RSS to notification
 Automatic responders
 Personalized cart abandonment notifications
 Easy segmentation
 Geo-targeting

PushEngage comes free for up to 2,500 subscribers and 120 notifications per month. But, to send
anything more than this one has to pay an excess of $29 per month.

To download the plugin please click on the following link:

https://www.pushengage.com/?rfsn=281398.c6b917

3. Push assist
Close in action to the previous plugins, PushAssist is also a standalone service. It provides a
dedicated WordPress plugin because of which the setup becomes easy.

PushAssist supports the following list of devices. Here’s the list it supports:

 Safari (Mac OS X)
 Firefox (desktop and Android)
 Chrome (desktop and Android)

There are certain features it is proud to present which stand out in comparison to the previous
plugins:

 Segmentation: It Segments subscribers based on their location, interests and other related
information.
 Scheduling: It allows to send push notification for a scheduled time and place.
 Personalization: Intricate a bit in terms of setup – but allows users to deliver personalized
messages.

PushAssist is free of cost and allows around 3,000 subscribers with unlimited notifications. But,
beyond this Paid plans start at about $9 per month.

To download please click on the following link: https://pushassist.com/?ref=31

4. Push Monkey
 The Push Monkey WordPress plugin is well designed for a web audience, visting a
eCommerce site. The plugin informs the users about an abandoned cart and also updates
them about the new products and latest updates. To keep the audience engaged this is the
best plugin.
The plugin supports all major browsers and devices. It allows the users to maximize the flow
of users to the site and improve its traffic. Geo-location and segmentation is also available to
send the right notifications. Users can access statistics and insights for post and campaigns.

Cost: It is free to use and costs based on the service purchased.

To download click on: https://getpushmonkey.com/

5. Sailthru
 SailThru gained popularity because its unique Rich Messaging feature. The plugin has been
acclaimed by many different application developers as well for its simple-to-use SDK
integration options. Some of the other advanced features which can enhance the user
experience and engagement are known as Message Personalization and Behavioural
Triggering. These can target the right user at the right time; this increases the traffic by
tenfold.

Cost: Free to try and for full version we have quotation based plans.
To download click on the link: https://www.sailthru.com

6. Urban airship

The right platform to send notifications to iOS and Android users is Urban Airship. A trust
and viable solution for a lot of user engagement and experience issues that arise with the
bloggers and website owners . It has got a unique multi-channel messaging option so that
users can chat with their clients in different ways such as app messaging.
 It also includes the helpful feature of predictive insights, so that users can change their
tactics to get the best engagement and traffic. It unites customer profiles so that users can
target them according to the cusotmer personal preferences.

Cost: The best part is that the starter pack is for free and charged on case to case basis.
To download click on: https://fatstacksblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Urban-
Airship-for-push-notifications.jpg

Well these are some of the WordPress Push Notification Plugins and a glimpse of their uses.
Depending on the visitor base, the budget one can spend and also the specific features they are
looking up to one can choose any of these plugins. All of them are at their best individually.

References: 1.https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-push-notifications/

2. https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-web-push-notification-to-your-
wordpress-site/
3. https://www.shoutmeloud.com/best-wordpress-push-notification-plugins.html
4. https://fatstacksblog.com/push-notification-platforms-plugins/