Use WP Foreman as an app

WP Foreman works in any browser, but you can also add it to your phone’s home screen or your computer like an app. It opens full screen in its own window, with its own icon, and can send you push notifications even when it isn’t open. There’s nothing to download from an app store and nothing to update: it’s always the latest version.

On your phone

iPhone and iPad

1. Open app.wpforeman.com in Safari or Chrome and sign in.
2. Tap Share (in Safari it’s in the toolbar; in Chrome it’s at the right of the address bar).
3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
4. Open WP Foreman from the new icon on your home screen. You’ll need to sign in once in the app.

Android

1. Open app.wpforeman.com in Chrome and sign in.
2. Tap Add to home screen on the card on your dashboard, or Install app in Chrome’s ⋮ menu.

On phones, the dashboard shows a card with these steps until you add the app or close the card.

Shortcuts (Android): press and hold the icon to jump straight to Sites, Updates or Ask the Foreman.

On your computer

• Chrome or Edge (Mac or Windows): open app.wpforeman.com and click the install icon at the right of the address bar (a screen with a down arrow), or ⋮ › Cast, save and share › Install page as app in Chrome, or … › Apps › Install this site as an app in Edge.
• Safari on a Mac: open app.wpforeman.com and choose File › Add to Dock.

It then opens in its own window from the Dock, Start menu or Launchpad. You don’t have to install it on a computer to get push notifications: they work in the browser too.

Push notifications

Get an alert on your phone or computer when something needs you, even when WP Foreman isn’t open:

• A site goes down (confirmed from more than one location), and when it’s back up.
• A backup fails.
• A form stops working, and when it works again.
• The morning report’s one-line summary, when your report email goes out.

1. On the phone or computer, go to Settings › Notifications and click Turn on under Push notifications. Allow notifications when your phone or browser asks.
2. Click Send a test to check it arrives.
3. Untick any kinds you don’t want. Your choice applies to every device you’ve turned on.

• Turn it on for each device separately, for example your phone and your laptop.
• iPhone and iPad: add WP Foreman to your home screen first and turn push on from the app you open there. That’s an Apple rule; Safari tabs can’t get push notifications.
• Pushes and emails are separate. Switching one off doesn’t change the other. Email settings are on the same page.

If something doesn’t work

• No “Add to Home Screen” on iPhone: scroll down the Share sheet; it’s below the first row. In Chrome, it’s under Share too.
• No push notifications arrive: check notifications are allowed for WP Foreman (on iPhone: Settings › Notifications › WP Foreman; in a browser: the site settings for app.wpforeman.com), and that Focus or Do Not Disturb isn’t on. Then click Send a test again.
• It says “No signal”: the phone is offline. Your backups and checks keep running on our servers either way.
• Remove it like any app: press and hold the icon and remove it. That turns off push for that device too.

Getting around on a phone

• The menu is behind the button at the top left.
• The Field manual (the book icon) and Ask the Foreman (the Foreman’s face) are at the top right.
• Inside a site, a bar along the bottom takes you to Overview, Backups, Plugins and Log in one tap. More has the rest of the site’s sections, Site settings and All sites.
• The dashboard shows the job board (what needs you) first, then the crew.