---
title: "WordPress and WooCommerce"
description: "Connect a WordPress or WooCommerce site with an application password, test the connection and choose category and tag settings before publishing articles."
group: "Connect your site"
order: 1
updated: "2026-11-01"
features: ["wordpress", "wordpress-taxonomy"]
---
# WordPress and WooCommerce

## How do I connect PostSprout to WordPress or WooCommerce?

Use your WordPress site address, username and an application password to connect the site. WooCommerce shops use the same WordPress connection. Save the connection, test it, then select **WordPress** as the **Publish Target**. Only the blog owner can change the connection settings.

## When to use it

Use this connection to publish articles to an existing WordPress blog, including the blog on a WooCommerce shop. Use an HTTPS address when your site supports it.

## Steps

1. In your WordPress account, open **Users**, then **Profile**, and create an application password under **Application Passwords**. Use that password in PostSprout, rather than your normal sign-in password.
   <!-- screenshot: WordPress Users Profile Application Passwords with a newly created password hidden -->
2. In PostSprout, open **Settings**, then **WordPress Connection**. Enter **Site URL**, **Username** and **Application Password**, then choose **Save**.
   ![WordPress Connection card with the site URL filled in and the username and application password hidden](/docs-images/connect-your-site/wordpress/2.webp)
3. Choose **Test Connection** and check that the connection succeeds. If you edit the site or replace the password, test the connection again.
   <!-- screenshot: WordPress Connection after a successful Test Connection -->
4. Under **Publish Target**, select **WordPress** and choose **Save Target**.
   ![Publish Target card with WordPress selected and the Save Target button](/docs-images/connect-your-site/wordpress/4.webp)
5. To control categories and tags on new posts, choose **Sync terms** under **WordPress taxonomy** to load them from your site, then set the options below.
   ![WordPress taxonomy section with fallback category and tag menus and the allowed categories and tags lists](/docs-images/connect-your-site/wordpress/5.webp)

## Settings

| Option | What it changes |
| --- | --- |
| **Site URL** | The WordPress site to connect to. |
| **Username** | The WordPress user used for publishing. |
| **Application Password** | The credential for the connection. Leaving the field empty on a later save keeps the saved password. |
| **Author Name (optional)** | The author name supplied for posts. |
| **Fallback category** and **Fallback tag** | The category or tag a post gets when it does not match any other. Choose **No fallback** to leave it unset. |
| **Allowed categories** and **Allowed tags** | Limit posts to the terms you tick. Leave them empty to let PostSprout pick terms and create missing ones. |
| **Publish Target** | Select **WordPress** to publish approved articles to this connection. |

## Common problems and fixes

**“Enter a new application password when changing the WordPress site URL”** means the saved credential belongs to another site address. Enter an application password for the new site, save, then test.

**“Add an application password to create the connection”** means this is a new connection with no usable password. Create an application password in WordPress and enter it here.

If application passwords are unavailable, check that the site uses HTTPS. WordPress turns off application passwords on sites without HTTPS, unless it is a local site. A connection test failure can also mean the WordPress host or security rules blocked access. Check the reported error and your site credentials before retrying.

## Related pages

[Shopify](/docs/connect-your-site/shopify) · [Quick start](/docs/start-here/quick-start) · [What PostSprout does](/docs/start-here/what-postsprout-does) · [Troubleshooting and FAQ](/docs/troubleshooting/faq)