Some updates to your site start life as an email: an article from a contributor, a photo from the field, a payment notice for a new member. FlowMattic's Email Parser gives you an address for those emails and turns each one into a WordPress post, user, media item or role change. It suits site owners who want contributors to send content without logging in.
34 triggers71 actions6 example workflows2 ready-made templatesUnlimited runs
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When this happens in Email Parser2 triggers
Do this in WordPress71 actions
1. TriggerEmail Received
2. ActionNew Post
When Email Parser fires Email Received, FlowMattic runs New Post in WordPress with the data from that event.
You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps
Email Parser and WordPress workflows you can build
Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.
Ready-made template
Turn emailed articles into WordPress posts
Contributors send an email and the subject becomes the post title and the body its content, so writers without a login can still submit work for review.
Publish a photo post with the attached image as its featured image
Upload the emailed photo to the Media Library, create the post, then set the image as its thumbnail. It suits event reports and site updates sent from a phone.
Email Received→Upload Base64 Image→New Post→Set Post Thumbnail
Accept posts only from approved contributor addresses
A Filter checks the sender against your list of writers before New Post runs, so a leaked parser address cannot fill the site with spam.
Email Received→Filter→New Post
Create an account for each emailed access request
Partners or students email to ask for access. Create User if Not Exists makes the account from the sender's address and reports when one already exists.
Email Received→Create User if Not Exists
Upgrade a user's role when a payment receipt arrives
Forward payment emails from a processor with no WordPress plugin. Find the user by the payer's email and change their role to the paid one.
Email Received→Get User by Email→Change User Role
Update a listing post when the owner emails new details
Directory owners email changes to opening hours or prices. Find the listing by a custom field and update it, without giving every owner a site login.
Turn emailed articles into WordPress postsTemplate
1. Trigger in Email Parser
Email Received
2. Action in WordPress
New Post
Fields mapped from the earlier steps (a typical setup)
From Email Parser
To WordPress
Email subject
Post title
Email body
Post content
Sender email
Author lookup
Built on the FlowMattic canvas. Test each step with real data, then switch the workflow on.
Triggers and actions in this pair
A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.
Good to know
Email Parser has triggers only, so these workflows always start with an email. WordPress triggers such as New Post cannot send an email through the parser.
Anyone with the parser address can send to it. Filter on the sender, and keep new posts in draft until someone has read them.
Email bodies arrive with the formatting of the sender's mail app. Run the body through Text Formatter if signatures or quoted replies end up in posts.
Comment ApprovedTriggers when a comment is approved
Update PostTriggers when a published post is updated
Update PageTriggers when a published page is updated
User LoginTriggers when an user logs into the site
User Visits a Page/PostTriggers when an user visit page, post or any post type singular page
User Deletes a PostTriggers when an user delete post of any post type
Post Meta UpdatedTriggers when post meta is updated
Post Meta Field UpdatedTriggers when post meta specific field is updated
User Profile UpdatedTriggers when user profile is updated
User Profile Field UpdatedTriggers when user profile specific field is updated
User Resets PasswordTriggers when user resets the password
User DeletedTriggers when user is deleted from the database
Category CreatedTriggers when a new category is created
Tag CreatedTriggers when a new tag is created
Term CreatedTriggers when a new term is created
User Role AddedTriggers when a new role is added to user
User Role RemovedTriggers when a role is removed from user
User Role ChangedTriggers when user role is changed
User Role Changed From Specific to DefinedTriggers when user role is changed from specific role to defined role
GDPR Export Data Request ConfirmedTriggers when user confirms request to export their personal data
GDPR Erase Data Request ConfirmedTriggers when user confirms request to erase their personal data
Plugin ActivatedTriggers when a plugin is activated
Plugin DeactivatedTriggers when a plugin is deactivated
Plugin UpdatedTriggers once for each plugin that is updated
Plugin DeletedTriggers when a plugin is deleted
Theme SwitchedTriggers when the active theme is changed
WordPress Core UpdatedTriggers when WordPress itself is updated
Actions (71)
New UserCreate a new user
Update UserUpdate an existing user details
Update User MetaUpdate User Metadata
Add Role to UserAdd role to existing user roles of an user
Change User RoleChange user role of an existing user and set new role
Remove User RoleRemove user role of an existing user
Delete UserDelete user account from site
New MediaCreate a new media
Rename MediaRename media title in media library
Delete MediaDelete media by ID from the media library
Search Media by TitleSearch media by title in media library
New PostCreate a new post
Update PostUpdate existing post of any post type with custom fields
Get User by IDGet an user profile by ID
Get User by EmailGet an user profile by Email
Create CategoryCreate a new category
Create TagCreate a new post tag
Create RoleCreate a new user role, if not exists
New CommentCreate a new comment on post
Get Post MetadataRetrieve all or custom metadata from any post
Get User MetadataRetrieve all or custom metadata from any user
Get Posts by Post TypeRetrieve all posts of specific post type
Get Post TaxonomiesRetrieve all taxonomies of a post
Get Post Taxonomy TermsRetrieves the terms of the taxonomy that are attached to the post
Get Post by IDRetrieve the post details by ID
Get Posts by MetadataRetrieve all posts of specific post type by metadata or custom fields
Get Taxonomy by NameRetrieve the taxonomy details by name
Get All Users by RoleRetrieve all users by user role
Add Tag to PostAdd a tag to the post
Remove Tag from PostRemove a tag from post
Add Category to PostAdd a category to post
Remove Category from PostRemove a category from post
Check Plugin ActiveCheck if a plugin is active
Activate PluginActivate a plugin if not already active
Update CategoryUpdate an existing category details
Update TagUpdate an existing tag details
Update TermUpdate an existing term details
GDPR Request Export Personal DataCreate a request to export user personal data (sends confirmation email)
GDPR Request Erase Personal DataCreate a request to erase user personal data (sends confirmation email)
GDPR Execute Export Personal DataExecute export of personal data using request ID from trigger
GDPR Execute Erase Personal DataExecute erasure of personal data using request ID from trigger
Create Media FolderCreate a new folder in the uploads directory
Rename Media File URLRename the actual file name and URL of a media item
Move Media to FolderMove a media file to a different folder in the uploads directory
Delete Post MetaDelete a specific meta key from a post
Update Post MetaUpdate a specific post meta key with a new value
Add Post MetaAdd a new meta key and value to a post
Delete User MetaDelete a specific meta key from a user
Update CommentUpdate an existing comment
Delete CommentDelete a comment by ID
Get CommentsRetrieve comments by post ID, user, or status
Set Post StatusChange the status of a post
Set Post ThumbnailSet the featured image of a post
Remove Post ThumbnailRemove the featured image from a post
Duplicate PostClone a post with its meta and taxonomies
Delete TermDelete a term from any taxonomy
Delete CategoryDelete a category by ID
Delete TagDelete a tag by ID
Get OptionRetrieve a WordPress option value
Update OptionUpdate a WordPress option value
Get Users by MetaRetrieve users by a specific meta key and value
Send Password ResetSend a password reset email to a user
Search WordPressSearch posts, users, post meta, user meta, taxonomy terms, options or comments. Never fails on a miss — always returns found or not_found
Create User if Not ExistsCreate a user only when a matching one does not exist. Always reports whether the user was created or already existed
Get User by UsernameGet an user profile by username (user_login)
Delete PostDelete post by ID from the site
Upload Base64 ImageUpload a base64 encoded image to the WordPress Media Library
Add Taxonomy to PostAdd a taxonomy to post
Remove Taxonomy from PostRemove a taxonomy from post
Create TermCreate a new taxonomy term
Get Media by IDRetrieve the media details by ID
Why run this pair with FlowMattic
Email Parser and WordPress connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.
Contributors need no login
Writers and field staff send an email, and the content arrives on your site without extra user accounts or editor training.
Everything stays on your site
The parser address, the workflow and the new posts all live on your own WordPress server.
One address, many jobs
A Router on the same workflow can create posts, users or media depending on the subject line, with unlimited runs on every plan.
Common questions
Can I publish to WordPress by email with FlowMattic?
Yes. Start a workflow with Email Received, then add the WordPress New Post action and map the subject and body. Each email sent to the parser address after that becomes a post.
Can emailed images go into the Media Library?
Yes. Use Upload Base64 Image with the attachment, then Set Post Thumbnail if the image should be the post's featured image.
Can each writer's posts go under their own author?
Yes. Use Get User by Email with the sender's address and map the user ID it returns to the author of the new post.
Can I send different kinds of email to the same address?
Yes. Add a Router that reads a word in the subject, such as Post or Access, and give each path its own WordPress action.
Can emailed posts wait as drafts until someone reviews them?
Yes. After New Post, add Set Post Status and set the post to draft or pending. An editor then reads it in wp-admin and publishes it, which is safer for an address that several people know.
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Reviewed 27 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. Email Parser integration 1.0, WordPress integration 7.3.0.
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