Connect WordPress

This page describes how to connect WordPress to Agentspace.

After you set up your data source and import data the first time, the data store syncs data from that source at a frequency that you select during setup.

Before you begin

Before setting up the connection, ensure you have the following:

Username and password: Obtain the credentials from the WordPress administrator.
Site URL: Use this URL for data store creation.

Create a WordPress user

To create a WordPress user, obtain a username and password from an administrator. The administrator must sign in and follow these steps to create a new user in the WordPress instance.

Sign in as an administrator:
1. Navigate to your hosting platform and sign in with your administrator credentials to access your WordPress website.
2. Click the Websiteicon.
3. Click WordPress adminfor your site.
Create a new user:
1. On the WordPress adminpage, navigate to the Userstab.
2. Click Add new.
3. Fill in all the required details, including:
  - Username
  - Email address
  - Optional: First and last name
  - Role
  - Password (if prompted)
4. Click Add new userto save the changes.

Create a WordPress connector

Console

To use the Google Cloud console to sync data from WordPress to Agentspace, follow these steps:

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Agentspacepage.

Agentspace
In the navigation menu, click Data stores.
Click Create data store.
On the Select a data sourcepage, scroll or search for WordPressto connect your third-party source.
Enter your WordPress authentication information and click Continue.
In the URLfield, enter your WordPress site URL and click Continue.
Select which entities to sync and click Continue.
Select a region for your data store.
Enter a name for your data connector.
Select a synchronization frequency.
Click Create. Agentspace creates your data store and displays your data stores on the Data storespage.
To check the status of your ingestion, go to the Data storespage and click your connector name to see details about it on its Datapage. The Connector statechanges from Creatingto Runningwhen it starts synchronizing data. When ingestion is complete, the state changes to Activeto indicate that the connection to your data source is set up and awaiting the next scheduled synchronization.

Depending on the size of your data, ingestion can take several minutes or several hours.

Next steps

To attach your connector to an app, create an app and select your connector following the steps in Create a search app .
To preview how your search results appear after your app is set up, see Get search results .
To enable alerts for the data store, see Configure alerts for third-party data stores .