Uncanny Automator lets WordPress sites run their own automations. A form submission can create a user, enroll them in a course, tag them in your email platform and notify your team, all without a separate service in the middle. Many businesses start with a few simple recipes and soon want much more. That is when they run into limits: a plugin without a ready-made integration, an internal system, or a recipe that behaves differently than expected.
Our Uncanny Automator developer service is for businesses that want to get more out of the plugin, or need help with recipes that are not working. We are led by one of the plugin’s core developers, so we know how it works from the inside.
What’s included
- Workflow design. We map your business process and turn it into reliable recipes, with clear triggers, conditions and actions.
- Custom triggers and actions for plugins, themes or internal systems that Automator does not support out of the box.
- Custom integrations with external services through their API or webhooks, packaged as a separate plugin so Automator updates do not overwrite them.
- Troubleshooting for recipes that fail, fire twice, run on the wrong user or slow down the site.
- Performance reviews for sites with many recipes or heavy scheduled actions.
- Migration of workflows from external tools such as Zapier into WordPress where that makes sense.
- Tests for critical workflows, so updates do not break them without anyone noticing.
How it works
- Discovery. We talk through the process you want to automate, or the problem you are seeing, and review your current recipes.
- Fixed quote. You receive a written scope and a fixed price.
- Build on staging. We build and test recipes and custom code on a staging copy of your site.
- Test end to end. We run each workflow with realistic data and check every step, including emails, user records and external systems.
- Launch and document. We deploy, watch the first real runs, and document what each recipe does and why.
Our article on automating WordPress with Uncanny Automator shows common workflows and explains when custom development is worth it.
What you get
- Recipes that match your real business process, with clear names and documentation.
- Custom triggers, actions or integrations built on the plugin’s supported developer framework.
- A clean separation between Automator, your custom code and your theme.
- Automated tests for critical workflows where they make sense. See our guide to automated WordPress testing with Playwright and PHPUnit.
- A list of recommendations for workflows that could be simplified or removed.
Why Verma IT
Our founder, Ajay Verma, is a core developer of Uncanny Automator. When something behaves strangely, we know where to look, and we know how to extend the plugin the way it was designed to be extended. He also worked in support at Gravity Forms, one of the most common sources of Automator triggers, and is a WordPress core contributor. If your workflow starts with a complex form, our Gravity Forms development service covers that side.
We treat automation code like any other code: it should be tested, documented and kept current. Untested custom code is one of the six measures of technical debt we track, and workflows that fail silently are among the most costly kinds. Our article on how to measure WordPress technical debt explains how we think about it.
Start a project
Contact us and describe the workflow you want to automate or the recipe that is giving you trouble. We will review it and send you a fixed quote.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Uncanny Automator?
- It is a WordPress automation plugin. You build recipes that connect a trigger, such as a form submission or a course completion, to one or more actions, such as creating a user, sending an email or updating a CRM.
- When do I need an Uncanny Automator developer?
- When you need a trigger or action the plugin does not offer, a connection to an internal system, or help with recipes that fire at the wrong time, run twice or fail silently.
- Can you build custom triggers and actions?
- Yes. We build custom integrations using the plugin's developer framework and package them as a separate plugin, so they survive Automator updates.
- Can Uncanny Automator replace Zapier for us?
- For workflows that start or end inside WordPress, it often can, and the workflow runs on your own site instead of a third-party service. We help you decide which workflows belong where.
- How much does Uncanny Automator development cost?
- It depends on the number and complexity of workflows. We review what you need and give you a fixed quote.