The WP Cafe Pabbly integration sends your reservation and food order data to Pabbly Connect through a webhook. When a customer books a table or places an order, WP Cafe passes the details to Pabbly, so you can push them into your CRM, email tool, spreadsheet, or any of the apps Pabbly supports.
Pabbly Connect links apps and automates the flow of data between them. With this integration you collect data from your reservation forms and, through WooCommerce, your food orders, then route it wherever you need without writing code.
Requirements #
- A Pabbly Connect account (free or paid).
- WP Cafe active on your site, with the reservation or food ordering feature set up.
- WooCommerce (required for food order data, since WP Cafe handles ordering through WooCommerce).
Step 1: Login and Create a Workflow #
- Go to accounts.pabbly.com and create a Pabbly account with your details, or sign up with Google.
- Open Pabbly Connect by clicking Access Now.
- Click Create Workflow to start your first connection, then give it a name.
- Then save and setup the trigger that receives WPCafe data.
Step 2: Setup Trigger and Create Workflow #
In the workflow, set the trigger:
- In the Trigger step, search for and select Webhook by Pabbly.
- Choose the event Catch Webhook.
- Pabbly generates a unique Webhook URL (e.g. https://connect.pabbly.com/workflow/sendwebhookdata/…). Click Copy.
- Leave the Pabbly tab open it waits for the first request so you can verify the connection later.
Step 3: Enable Pabbly in WPCafe #
Go to WPCafe → Settings & Tools → Integrations and turn on Pabbly. Open its configuration, paste the webhook URL you copied from Pabbly, and save the settings. WPCafe now POSTs customer data to that URL on every new booking.
Step 3: Create an Action #
Back in Pabbly, choose an app to act on the data. Then select what should happen when the trigger event fires, so the reservation or order data lands where you want it.
Step 4: Test the Trigger #
After you build the automation, you can view it from your dashboard.
To test the response, select your automation and click Webhook Response. This runs the trigger so you can confirm the data comes through.
| Note: The reservation trigger fires from your WP Cafe reservation form. Make a real test reservation with valid input so Pabbly has data to capture. |
When the webhook captures the data, the response goes automatically to the configured action. For a full walkthrough of how Pabbly Connect works, see the Pabbly Connect documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) #
| Q1: Why is my food order data not reaching Pabbly? Reservation data and order data use separate webhooks. The Pabbly card in WP Cafe covers reservations. For orders, you also connect a WooCommerce webhook under WooCommerce → Settings → Advanced → Webhooks with its status set to active. |
| Q2: Do I need a paid Pabbly plan for this? No. A free Pabbly Connect account works for testing and light use. As your number of tasks and workflows grows, you may need a paid plan, but the WP Cafe integration itself does not require one. |
| Q3: The webhook test shows no data. What should I check? First confirm the webhook URL in WP Cafe matches the one from your Pabbly workflow, and that you saved the settings. Then submit a real test reservation, since Pabbly only captures data when the trigger event actually fires. |
Conclusion #
The WP Cafe Pabbly integration moves your reservation and order data into the apps you already use, with no code. Set up the webhook, enable Pabbly in WP Cafe, and add a WooCommerce webhook when you need order data as well.
