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This plugin is the official connector for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n<h3>How it works<\/h3>\n\n<p>The plugin acts as a first-party proxy for the Octanist pixel:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pixel proxy.<\/strong> The tracking script is served from your own WordPress site (<code>\/wp-json\/oct\/p<\/code>) and transparently fetched from Octanist in the background. No third-party domain, no DNS setup, no ad-blocker signal to match on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event proxy.<\/strong> Events from the pixel POST to <code>\/wp-json\/oct\/e<\/code>; the plugin forwards them to Octanist server-side, carrying along the real visitor IP, country, and user-agent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Server-side form capture.<\/strong> Form submissions from Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Elementor Pro, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, Forminator, SureForms, and Divi Contact Form are captured server-side via action hooks, more reliable than client-side interception, and works with AJAX submissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Setup<\/h3>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Octanist<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Paste your measurement ID.<\/li>\n<li>Done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>That's it. No field mapping. No DNS configuration. Listener mode and consent mode are optional toggles.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Data privacy<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Octanist account required.<\/strong> You need an active account at octanist.com.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You are the data controller.<\/strong> Consent capture and privacy-policy disclosure are your responsibility. A consent management platform (CMP) is recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>octanist<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin via the Plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings \u2192 Octanist<\/strong> and paste your measurement ID.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"do%20i%20need%20a%20custom%20subdomain%20or%20dns%20setup%3F\"><h3>Do I need a custom subdomain or DNS setup?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The plugin proxies the pixel through your WordPress site itself, so everything is first-party automatically.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"which%20form%20plugins%20are%20supported%3F\"><h3>Which form plugins are supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Elementor Pro Forms, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, Forminator, SureForms, and Divi Contact Form.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20are%20form%20submissions%20captured%3F\"><h3>How are form submissions captured?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Via server-side action hooks on each supported plugin, not by intercepting the form in the browser. This works with AJAX forms and is resilient to theme\/plugin conflicts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20if%20the%20octanist%20service%20is%20temporarily%20unreachable%3F\"><h3>What happens if the Octanist service is temporarily unreachable?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Form submissions are forwarded immediately with a short timeout. If Octanist is temporarily unreachable, the plugin queues the submission and retries it with WP-Cron. 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