Automattic Wordpress Com Webhooks

generated: '2026-07-31'
method: searched
source: https://wordpress.com/support/webhooks/
spec_type: Webhooks
asyncapi_published: false
asyncapi_note: >-
  Automattic publishes no AsyncAPI document for any of its event surfaces. This artifact captures
  the webhook catalog Automattic does document, so the event surface is recorded rather than
  fabricated as a spec.
summary: >-
  WordPress.com sites can push outbound HTTP POST webhooks on three WordPress action hooks. The
  feature descends from the HookPress plugin (exposing WordPress action hooks as outbound
  webhooks) and is configured per site in wp-admin by an administrator, not through the REST API.
delivery:
  transport: http
  method: POST
  content: form fields selected at configuration time, plus a `hook` field carrying the action title
  configuration_ui: /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=webhooks
  who_can_configure: site administrators only
  applies_to: WordPress.com sites without plugins enabled
events:
- name: comment_post
  description: Fires after a comment is saved.
  example_fields: [comment_ID, comment_author, comment_content, comment_date, user_id]
- name: publish_post
  description: Fires when a post is published, or edited into published status.
  example_fields: [ID, post_title, post_content, post_author, post_date, post_url]
- name: publish_page
  description: Fires when a page is published, or edited into published status.
  example_fields: [ID, post_title, post_content, post_author, post_date, post_url]
common_envelope_field:
  name: hook
  description: The action title of the hook that fired.
related_webhook_surfaces:
- name: Code deployment webhooks
  scope: WordPress.com hosting
  management_operations:
  - getWpcomV2SitesbyWpcomSiteHostingCodeDeploymentsbyDeploymentIdWebhooks
  - postWpcomV2SitesbyWpcomSiteHostingCodeDeploymentsbyDeploymentIdWebhooks
  - postWpcomV2SitesbyWpcomSiteHostingCodeDeploymentsbyDeploymentIdWebhooksbyWebhookIdTest
  - getWpcomV2SitesbyWpcomSiteHostingCodeDeploymentsbyDeploymentIdWebhooksbyWebhookIdDeliveries
  spec: openapi/automattic-wordpress-com-wpcom-v2-openapi.yml
  note: >-
    CRUD + test + delivery-history endpoints for deployment webhooks exist in the wpcom/v2 route
    index. Automattic publishes no event catalog for them, so no event names are asserted here.
- name: Akismet webhook
  operation: null
  route: /wp/v2/sites/{wpcom_site}/akismet/v1/webhook
  spec: openapi/automattic-wordpress-com-wp-v2-openapi.yml
  note: inbound endpoint for the Akismet service; no published event catalog.
limitations:
- Webhook settings do not apply to plugin-enabled WordPress.com sites.
- No retry policy, signing secret, or delivery-guarantee documentation is published.
- No AsyncAPI, no CloudEvents, and no event schema registry.
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-07-31'
  urls: [https://wordpress.com/support/webhooks/]