Zinn® Connector
Publish to any WordPress site, wherever it is hosted
Pair a WordPress site with your Zinn Digital® account in one step, and the articles you write and schedule there go live on it automatically, with their images, in the category and under the author you choose.
Built for speed and SEO. Zinn® Connector adds 0 kB and 0 third-party requests to a page. Measured, not claimed. See the numbers →
Built for speed and SEO
Page speed affects where Google ranks a page and how many visitors stay on it. So instead of telling you Zinn® Connector is light, we installed it on a clean WordPress test site and measured what it adds to a page.
- 0 kBadded to the page: everything a visitor's browser downloads
- 0requests to other companies' servers
- 100 → 100Lighthouse performance score on phones, without the plugin → with it
- 91 → 91Lighthouse SEO score, without the plugin → with it
Measured on 2026-10-01: Zinn Connector 1.5.0 on a clean WordPress test site, using Lighthouse's test for phones, run 5 times and taking the middle result. Page weight counts everything a visitor's browser downloads within 15 seconds, including after a scroll. Every result, and how we measured it
Why people choose Zinn® Connector
Pair in one step
A single-use pairing code replaces copying an application password between browser tabs. You never see the credential, so it cannot be pasted in the wrong place.
You decide what may happen
Choose the author and category of every article, whether it arrives live or as a draft, and whether images, edits and notifications are allowed.
Disconnect for real
One button deletes the application password, so the credential stops working at once. Nothing on your public pages changes while it is installed.
What Zinn® Connector does
If you write your articles in Zinn Digital® and the WordPress site is hosted somewhere else, this plugin is how the two are introduced. You paste a pairing code from your dashboard, and the plugin creates a WordPress application password for itself and hands it to Zinn Digital®. You never see the credential.
Why it matters
The usual way to connect a publishing tool to WordPress is to generate an application password, copy it, and paste it into the other system. That credential then exists in your clipboard, your password manager, possibly a support ticket, and whatever window you pasted it into by mistake. Here it is created and handed over by the plugin itself, so it is never on screen and never in your hands to leak.
What is in it
Everything Zinn® Connector does, listed from the plugin itself, so this page changes when the plugin does.
Connection
- One-step pairingPaste a pairing code from your dashboard and the plugin creates and hands over its own application password.
- A status panel that explainsShows whether the site is paired and, when something is wrong, what is wrong and what to do about it.
- Real disconnectionDisconnecting deletes the application password, so the credential Zinn Digital® holds stops working immediately.
Publishing
- Scheduled articles, your rulesArticles go live or arrive as drafts, with the author and category you choose and images, edits and notifications switched on or off.
Backups and safety
- Off-site backups (optional)Files and database streamed in fixed-size chunks to object storage, so memory use does not grow with the site.
- Help without exposing secretsA support report shows you the exact, already-redacted payload before anything is sent.
What you are downloading
The facts about the file, the requirements and how to install it.
- Version
- 1.5.8
- Minimum WordPress
- WordPress 6.6
- Minimum PHP
- PHP 8.2
- Tested up to
- WordPress 7.1
- Download size
- 1311 KB
- Released
- Licence
- GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
- Written by
- Neil Lock — CEO, Zinn Digital® Ltd
What Zinn® Connector needs
WordPress 6.6 or later and PHP 8.2 or later, with WordPress application passwords enabled — they are, by default, on any site served over HTTPS. Outbound HTTPS from your web server, and a Zinn Digital® account.
How you get Zinn® Connector
Install it from WordPress.org — in wp-admin, open Plugins → Add New Plugin and search for Zinn® Connector — then pair it from your Zinn Digital® dashboard. Sites we host are already connected and do not need it.
Installing it
Or install it from wp-admin: open Plugins → Add New Plugin, search for Zinn® Connector, then install and activate it.
Download the zip
Use the download button above. Keep the file as it is — do not unzip it, because WordPress expects the archive itself.
Open Plugins → Add New Plugin in wp-admin
Sign in to your site's wp-admin, open Plugins in the left-hand menu, then Add New Plugin at the top of the page.
Upload and install
Choose Upload Plugin, select the zip you just downloaded, then Install Now. WordPress unpacks it for you.
Activate it
Choose Activate Plugin when the upload finishes. The plugin's own settings then appear in wp-admin — nothing else is required to start using it.
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Built to WordPress.org plugin-directory standards: the WordPress Coding Standards, a security review, no PHP notices, and translation-ready in every language we sell in.
Questions about Zinn® Connector
Is the plugin free?
Yes. It is free on WordPress.org, and it is only needed for sites Zinn Digital® does not host; sites we host are connected for you.
Does it work with any host?
Yes, as long as WordPress application passwords are enabled, which they are by default on any site served over HTTPS.
Can articles arrive as drafts instead of going live?
Yes. Choose drafts in the plugin's settings and read everything before you publish it.
Does it slow my site down?
No. It adds nothing to your public pages and makes no outbound request until you pair it.
Updates
On a site we host, these plugins are configured to update themselves: they check with us and WordPress installs the new version for you, with the download verified against its published checksum first. On a WordPress we do not host, there is nothing to configure and nothing phones home — come back to this page when you want the newest version, or watch the plugin's GitHub releases.
Need an older version?
Customers can download the newest release of each of the two previous major versions of every plugin in the Zinn Digital® app. It is there for a site that cannot run the current version yet — one still on an older WordPress or PHP — and for rolling back an update that caused a problem. When you can, install the current version.
Get Zinn® Connector working on a real site
Zinn® Connector runs on any WordPress site, wherever it is hosted. Every WordPress site we host also comes with our free plugins already installed.