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WordPress integration

Add product updates to WordPress, cleanly.

Use ChangeCrab alongside WordPress so your site can link to or embed product updates while subscribers, RSS, and the release archive stay in ChangeCrab.

Use ChangeCrab for the release workflow and WordPress for discovery, navigation, and marketing context.

Marketing site Changelog archive RSS
CMS Keep WordPress focused on site content
Updates Let ChangeCrab handle release entries and distribution
Links Connect navigation, posts, and landing pages to the changelog
example.com/product-updates
Site workflow

A WordPress site that points to a dedicated changelog

Navigation

Product updates link

The WordPress header or footer links visitors to your ChangeCrab changelog or custom domain.

Nav Footer CTA
Launch page

Feature page includes latest updates

Marketing can link from feature pages and blog posts to the exact release entry.

Blog Feature Proof
Distribution

ChangeCrab handles update delivery

Subscribers, RSS, widget, analytics, and scheduling remain part of the changelog workflow.

Subscribers RSS Widget

Why this matters

WordPress is a great site engine. It does not need to be your release system.

A dedicated changelog keeps product updates structured while WordPress stays clean for campaigns, pages, and content.

Release entries need product workflow

Categories, subscribers, RSS, scheduling, and widgets are not ordinary blog post concerns.

Marketing needs proof links

Feature pages and launch posts become stronger when they link to the shipped update.

Customers need consistency

A dedicated changelog prevents release notes from scattering across blog categories and pages.

Workflow

WordPress plus ChangeCrab workflow

Frame

Create the changelog home

Use ChangeCrab or a custom domain as the place where all product updates live.

Build

Link from WordPress navigation

Add product updates, changelog, or release notes to the site header, footer, or resources menu.

Publish

Use blog posts for larger stories

Write launch narratives in WordPress when needed, then link to the changelog entry as proof.

Measure

Let ChangeCrab distribute

Use subscribers, RSS, widgets, analytics, and Premium scheduling inside ChangeCrab.

Before and after

WordPress blog category versus dedicated changelog

Blog category Works for occasional posts, but release notes mix with editorial content and lack product update tooling.
ChangeCrab changelog Designed for entries, widgets, RSS, subscriber emails, custom domains, analytics, and scheduling.
Best together Use WordPress for storytelling and ChangeCrab for the authoritative release archive.

Example artifact

WordPress placement examples

The goal is discoverability without duplicating the release note.

Navigation labels

Product updates
Changelog
Release notes
Latest improvements
What is new
Header Footer Resources

Blog post link

We launched saved report filters today.
Read the full product update for screenshots, affected users, and rollout notes:
https://updates.example.com/saved-report-filters
Blog Proof CTA

Site embed idea

Homepage trust section
Pricing page proof
Docs sidebar
Customer portal footer
Support center updates link
Proof Site Support

What you get

Use WordPress for discovery and ChangeCrab for release operations

WordPress role

  • Navigation links
  • Launch stories
  • Marketing pages
  • Resource hub placement

ChangeCrab role

  • Release archive
  • RSS feed
  • Subscriber emails
  • Widget and analytics

Upgrade path

  • Premium scheduling
  • AI drafting
  • API workflows
  • Team and private changelog support

Buyer questions

Questions that come up before teams choose this workflow.

Should we publish release notes as WordPress posts?

You can, but a dedicated changelog usually works better for ongoing product updates because it includes subscribers, RSS, widgets, analytics, categories, and release-specific workflows.

How should WordPress link to ChangeCrab?

Add a clear product updates or changelog link in navigation, then link specific launch pages and blog posts to individual changelog entries.

Can ChangeCrab use a branded domain?

Yes. Use a domain such as updates.example.com so the changelog still feels connected to the WordPress site.

Keep WordPress clean and release notes structured.

Create a ChangeCrab changelog and link it from the site pages where buyers already look.