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Articles about web push notifications

Domain redirect and web push notifications

Have you ever wondered what happens to the subscribers that receive your notifications if you decide to migrate to a new domain?

  • # deliverability
  • # subscription
  • # push-api
  • # web-notifications

Web Push Notifications: Standard and Official Documentation

"Web Push Notifications" is a general term to refer to the push notifications sent by websites and web apps. However, if you are looking for an official document that defines the "Web Push Notifications" standard, you won't find it. This is because this technology is made up of different technologies, each one serving to a specific purpose. Let's find out what these technologies are and where the official standards are located (documentation).

  • # push-api
  • # service-worker
  • # vapid
  • # web-notifications

Web Push Notifications: what happens if the client is offline?

If you are a beginner with web push notifications, you may wonder what happens to the notifications sent when the client is offline or the device is turned off. What is the behavior of the notifications in this case? Do they get delivered or are they lost?

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  • # push-api

What are the browser push services?

In order to send push notifications from a website to a browser, you need to use a push service, as defined by the W3C Push API: let's see a list of push services for the major browsers and how they work.

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How to remove a web push notification

Let's say that you have sent a notification to a recipient and then you want to remove it: how can you do that?

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Silent push: sending web push messages without displaying notifications

When you hear "web push" you probably think about notifications... but that is not necessary true. In theory, the web push technology could be used for delivering messages or updates to the web app, without displaying a notification to a user.

  • # permission
  • # push-api
  • # web-notifications

How to add a service worker to Wordpress

There are many reasons to add a service worker to Wordpress: for example you may want to improve caching or add web push notifications. Let's see how to do that.

  • # service-worker

Introducing VAPID

We're happy to announce that Pushpad now supports **VAPID** (Voluntary Application Server Identification for Web Push).

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  • # vapid