7 Best WordPress Push Notification Plugins 2019
In just a few minutes, you will learn about the best WordPress Plugins that you can use to enable Web Push Notifications on your WordPress site. We thoroughly tested more than 20 Plugins and have shortlisted the top 7 that we deem to offer the best set of features and value for any type of website built using WordPress.
What Are WordPress Push Notification Plugins?
Web push notifications are messages that come from a website. You get them on your desktop or device even when your WordPress website is not open in your browser. They are a completely new marketing channel to re engage your visitors without knowing their email or other contact details.
Before receiving a web push, users first have to opt in to receive them. This prompt is shown in the image on the right (or above if you are using a mobile device). The opt-in prompt comes from the user’s web browser. This prompt is called a browser-level opt-in prompt, or browser-based prompt. Brands can handle the opt-in process in different ways with both the opt-in process and the timing of the opt-in ask.
How did we rank WordPress Plugins for Push Notifications?
We thoroughly tested more than 20 WordPress Plugins on PopTox as part of our comparison & ranking exercise. Following criteria were used, weighted in terms of their value to website owners, as part of our ranking methodology to find the best notification plugin for WordPress: If you have an E-commerce site, take a look at the best WordPress Plugins for e-commerce sites.
- Ease of Integration
- Features
- Cost
Rank 1: Webpushr
OVERALL SCORE: 9/10 Ease of Integration: 9/10 Features: 9/10 Cost: 10/10
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Webpushr WordPress Plugin is the new standard in web push notifications. With Webpushr WordPress Plugin, you can send web push notifications to your site visitors across all browsers. Your visitors receive these notifications even when they are not on your site. It only takes a few minutes to install. Both HTTP & HTTPS WordPress sites are supported.
Once you have set it up, your site visitors will start seeing opt-in message to receive web push notifications from you. Once they have opted in, you can send them push messages anytime you want.
You can configure the WordPress Plugin to automatically send push notification to your subscribers any time you publish a new post. You can also also view your subscriber count and useful user reports (such as browser & device type) right from the plugin – and for completely free without any limits.
Webpushr WordPress Plugin also offers advanced features such as user segmentation, advanced user analytics, customizable opt-in prompts & conversion tracking from Webpushr Web Console.
Webpushr also offers advanced features such as user segmentation, advanced user analytics, customizable opt-in prompts & conversion tracking from Webpushr Web Console.
FEATURES
- Free Word Press Plugin for Push Notifications.
- Supports Chrome (Desktop & Android),
- Supports both HTTP & HTTPS sites.
- Subscriber Stats – You can see a summarized dashboard view of your subscribers inside the plugin. The dashboard shows total subscriber count, device type, OS type & Opt-in rate.
- User Segmentation – Divide your audience into segments based on geo locations, interests, page visits, custom attributes & custom events to send highly personalized push notifications.
- Subscriber Data Enhancement – Add your CRM data such as e-mail, phone number, full name to each subscriber. This enables you to send push messages to a specific user.
- Event-Triggered Notifications – Automatically send a pre-defined notification when an event (such as a new sign-up or purchase) on your site is triggered.
- Opt-In Prompt Customization – You can configure when and how to ask your site visitors to opt-in to web push notifications. You can also customize the prompt styling. We offer multiple styles to choose from.
- Emoji & Large Image Support – You can make your messages more engaging and “clickable” by adding emojis & images.
Rank 2: iZooto
OVERALL SCORE: 8/10 Ease of Integration: 8/10 Features: 8/10 Cost: 7/10
Download iZooto WordPress Plugin
iZooto, very similar to Webpushr, helps you accomplish 3 key objectives:
- Build your marketing list: Convert your site visitors into an audience. With an opt-in rate of up to 7%, you can build a list 30 times faster than email.
- Understand your audience: Segment your audience based on their location, on-site behavior, device and more.
- Engage and monetize – Send targeted notifications to your audience and drive engagement. Publishers and bloggers can also monetize your audience by opting to send ads via push notification and store merchants can boost their revenue by up to 6%.
iZooto supports push notifications on all leading browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge. However iOS on iPhone and iPad and Internet Explorer do not support Push Notifications.
PRICING PLANS FOR PUBLISHERS
Keep in mind that iZooto is not entirely free and Plans at iZooto are designed to match your existing business needs and give you functionalities to help you accelerate growth.
- Monetization Plan: The Monetization plan is for fast-growing publishers who want to monetize their audience using ads. The plan is free and even adds to your revenue by sending native ads to your subscribers, according to their interests. iZooto works with leading demand partners across the globe and sends up to 2 ads every day to these subscribers. We follow the CPC model and advertising revenue is shared with the publisher.
- Engage Plan: If you do not want to send ads to your audience and are looking for control over your branding, this plan is for you. Engage plan is designed to help you grow your audience and keep them engaged with the content that you publish and starts at $75.
- Enterprise Plan: The Enterprise plan is for fast-growing brands, that are ready to level up their push notification game. The plan will help you design and schedule your messages to best address your audience’s needs.
Rank 3: Aimtell
OVERALL SCORE: 7/10 Ease of Integration: 8/10 Features: 8/10 Cost: 6/10
Download Aimtell WordPress Plugin
This plugin enables users to login into their Aimtell account or register a new account. Once logged in the plugin allows users to add their website and then installs the required files. Aimtell Plugin enables users to re-engage their website visitors with highly targeted mobile & desktop web push notifications. With Aimtell, visitors can subscribe to your website in 1 click. Subscribers then are automatically amplified with data including page views, geolocation, and any custom events/attributes. These data points can then be used to create highly customizable segments to send targeted push notifications to.
- Instant or Scheduled Push Notifications
- A/B Testing.
- Personalized Push Notifications.
This plugin enables users to login into their Aimtell account or register a new account. Once logged in the plugin allows users to add their website and then installs the required files.
Rank 4: OneSignal
OVERALL SCORE: 7/10 Ease of Integration: 7/10 Features: 8/10 Cost: 5/10
Download OneSignal WordPress Plugin
OneSignal Push Notification WordPress Plugin is one of the most widely used Plugin, yet it ranks 4th in our overall ranking. There are three primary reasons for that:
- OneSignal has sold subscriber data to third-party companies including perhaps advertising or data mining companies. This in our view is a serious breach of customer trust - even though customers might have been proactively told about it
- OneSignal becomes super expensive once you cross the free-tier threshold currently set at 30K subscribers..
- OneSignal dashboard and navigation is very complex and we found it very cumbersome to use.
Rank 5: PushEngage
OVERALL SCORE: 6/10 Ease of Integration: 7/10 Features: 7/10 Cost: 5/10
Download PushEngage WordPress Plugin
PushEngage's WordPress Plugin offers you an easy to use Web Push Notification plugin for your website. We support all browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Safari, UC Browser, Samsung Internet on both desktop and mobile devices.
PushEngage offers free as well as paid plan. You can also choose 14 days of free trial for any of the paid plans before purchase. PushEngage also has features designed specifically to increase the Engagement Rate and Conversion Rate for your push notification campaigns. With PushEngage, you can increase your website’s notification rate by as much as 20%. The software comes with an optimized single step opt-in that your visitors can use to easily register and subscribe to your products and services. Push notifications have higher click rates compared to emails. With PushEngage’s personalized push customization messages, you will see your click rate improve three to ten times higher than before, improving incoming traffic, boosting repeat users, and enhancing your sales significantly.