Installation

Requirements

• WordPress 6.9 or newer
• PHP 8.0 or newer

Install the plugin

1. In WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the Octa Editor ZIP, and click Install Now. You can also copy the plugin folder into wp-content/plugins/.
2. Click Activate.

That’s it. The editor panel, bulk import page and REST API are available immediately.

Optional integrations

Octa Editor detects these plugins automatically when they are active and includes their data in the document.

• Advanced Custom Fields adds your custom fields as the fields object.
• Yoast SEO or Rank Math provides the SEO title and description as the seo object.

No configuration is required. If none are installed, those parts of the document are simply omitted.

Enable the REST API

The external REST API authenticates with Application Passwords, which are built into WordPress. Set one up in three steps.

1. Go to Users → Profile for the account the automation will use.
2. Under Application Passwords, create a new password and copy it.
3. Use the username and application password as HTTP Basic Auth credentials.

The account’s capabilities decide what it can read and write. See the REST API overview.

Updates

Octa Editor delivers its own updates and is not on the WordPress.org directory. Updates appear in Dashboard → Updates and on the Plugins screen like any other plugin. If your install is configured for a private update source, an update token is set under Tools → Octa Editor → Settings.