Title: Abency Connector Author: Guillem Published: August 19, 2026 Last modified: August 19, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/abency-connector/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3653998) # Abency Connector By [Guillem](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guillemginer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/abency-connector.0.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abency-connector/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abency-connector/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abency-connector/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abency-connector/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/abency-connector/) ## Description Abency Connector links your WordPress site to your agency’s Abency workspace (a hosted platform for digital agencies). It is a companion plugin: it does nothing on its own and requires an Abency account to be useful. **How it works** * New content and drafts are created directly in WordPress (`wp_insert_post`). Nothing is published automatically — new items always start as drafts. * Changes to **already-published** content are never applied live. Abency sends them here as **pending proposals**. A site editor reviews each proposal, previews it on the real theme, and then approves or rejects it from wp-admin. * On approval, the change is merged onto the **original** post — same ID, same URL, same menus. Nothing is duplicated and no permalinks change. **Why a plugin instead of the REST API** Many managed hosts strip the `Authorization` header before it reaches PHP, which breaks WordPress core REST authentication and Application Passwords. This plugin uses its own `X-Abency-Token` header (issued during pairing) so it keeps working on those hosts, and it writes content directly with WordPress core functions — no Application Password required. **Authentication** Pairing uses a one-time code generated in Abency. No passwords are shared: Abency mints two scoped tokens during pairing (one to authorize incoming requests to this plugin, one for this plugin’s status callbacks back to Abency). You can unpair at any time from the plugin screen, which deletes the stored tokens. **SEO** When Yoast SEO or Rank Math is active, the plugin reads and writes the SEO title, meta description and focus keyword for the posts it manages. ### External services This plugin connects to **Abency**, a third-party SaaS platform, and does not function without an Abency account. It communicates with the Abency instance whose URL you enter when pairing (for the hosted service this is `https://app.abency.com`; agencies may self-host at a different URL, which you provide during pairing). The plugin talks to Abency in these cases: * **When you pair the plugin** (you click “Pair”): it sends the pairing code you entered and this site’s URL (`home_url()`) to Abency’s pairing endpoint, and receives back the two scoped access tokens plus the paired brand identifier. * **When you approve or reject a proposal**: it sends the resulting status (`applied` or `rejected`) and an optional note to the callback URL that Abency provided during pairing. The plugin does **not** send any site data to Abency in the background or on a schedule. Incoming requests from Abency (creating drafts, sending proposals) are initiated by Abency and authenticated with the token issued during pairing. Please review Abency’s privacy policy and legal notice before pairing: * Privacy Policy: https://abency.com/privacy-policy * Legal notice: https://abency.com/aviso-legal ## Installation 1. Upload the `abency-connector` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the zip from **Plugins Add New Upload Plugin**, then activate it. 2. In Abency, open **Brand Integrations WordPress Pair plugin** to generate a one-time pairing code. 3. In WordPress, open the **Abency** menu, enter your Abency URL and the pairing code, and click **Pair**. ## FAQ ### Does this plugin publish content automatically? No. New content is always created as a draft, and changes to published content are held as proposals that a human approves inside WordPress before they go live. ### Do I need an Abency account? Yes. This is a companion plugin for the Abency platform and has no standalone functionality. ### Do I need a WordPress Application Password? No. The plugin runs inside WordPress and writes content with core functions, so no Application Password or extra server configuration is required. ### What happens when I approve a proposal? The proposed fields are merged onto the original published post (same ID, URL and menus). The change is not a new post and no permalink changes. ### How do I disconnect? Open the Abency menu and click **Unpair**. This deletes the stored tokens. To remove all data, delete the plugin — its options and the proposals table are removed on uninstall. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Abency Connector” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Guillem ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guillemginer/) [Translate “Abency Connector” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/abency-connector) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abency-connector/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/abency-connector/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/abency-connector/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/abency-connector/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1.0 * Initial release: pairing, REST endpoints for content and terms, Yoast/Rank Math SEO bridge, proposal receiver, pending queue with theme preview, approve/merge and reject with status callback. ## Meta * Version **0.1.0** * Last updated **16 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)[approval](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/approval/) [content workflow](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-workflow/)[editorial](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editorial/) [seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abency-connector/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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