Inboard

Inboard for CMS & platform plugins

The installation guide built for SaaS that lives inside a platform.

You ship a Shopify app, a WordPress plugin, a Webflow integration — and setup still doesn't end at the install button. There's an API key to paste, a widget to place, a webhook to register. Inboard catches the user the moment the plugin lands and walks them through the rest, inside a widget that sits in your plugin's settings screen.

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The pain

“Install the plugin” is step one of seven. Nobody tells the user that.

“They install the app on Shopify. Then they never set their API key. The app does nothing. They uninstall it three days later.”
“Our plugin settings page is a wall of fields. We've watched users on Loom — they stare at it for ninety seconds, click away, and never come back.”
“Every plugin store reviews us on 'didn't work.' It worked. They didn't finish setup.”

The flow

What your users hit today vs. what Inboard delivers.

Without Inboard
With Inboard
Plugin installs. Settings page is 12 fields. User guesses which ones matter.
Plugin installs. Inboard widget renders in your settings pane. Walks them through fields in order.
"Why isn't it working?" support ticket, followed by "oh, I didn't paste the API key."
Each requirement verified as it's completed. No dead-ends. No ghost installs.
You tell them in docs to connect a webhook. They don't.
Webhook requirement flagged in widget. Test ping verified. ✓

A setup flow, end-to-end

One plugin install. Five requirements. One verified finish.

After the user installs your app on Shopify, your embedded Inboard widget walks them through these steps in order. Each one is verified before the next unlocks.

  1. 1
    Paste your Acme API key

    Required placeholder. The widget validates against your API before it moves on.

    Key accepted, account matched
  2. 2
    Choose which pages the widget appears on

    Your admin-authored checklist. Inboard renders it inline — no toggle-hunting in a settings tree.

    Selection persisted to your backend
  3. 3
    Register the webhook endpoint

    URL auto-filled with the user's store domain. We send a test ping from your server.

    Ping acknowledged
  4. 4
    Verify the storefront script loaded

    HTTP check against the user's .myshopify.com domain — we confirm your script tag is present and your globals are bound.

    Script live on storefront
  5. 5
    (Optional) Turn on order-sync

    ENV-var-style requirement. Skippable at install — they can come back to it later.

    Skipped or enabled

Five ✓s. The plugin is fully set up. Your activation event fires. The user sees value before they close the tab.

Platforms

Where a plugin install is the start of setup, not the end.

Host platform
Deep integration surface
Shopify (app)
Shopify Admin embedded app
WordPress (plugin)
WP settings page, post-activation redirect
Webflow (integration)
Webflow Designer panel
Squarespace (extension)
Squarespace extension settings
WooCommerce
WooCommerce settings tab
Ghost
Ghost Admin custom integration
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Pricing

Pay for installs that worked.

Every plan bills on verified installs — when your API key is validated, your webhook is pinged, and your script is live. If the install didn't finish, you don't pay for it.

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Free tier
Free
No credit card required
  • 50 verified installs / month
  • Embedded Inboard widget inside your plugin's admin UI
  • API-key, webhook, and storefront-script verification
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FAQ

What plugin founders ask before they ship Inboard.

Can the widget render inside my plugin's own admin UI?

Yes. Drop the <script> into your plugin's settings template. Shadow DOM isolation means it won't collide with the host platform's styles or yours. Mobile-ready for Shopify admin on iPad.

What counts as a verified install for a plugin?

You choose the definition per requirement. For most plugins, verification is a combination of: API key validated, webhook pinged successfully, storefront script loaded. The widget only marks the user verified-installed when all declared requirements pass.

How is this different from the host platform's own onboarding?

Shopify, WordPress, and others give you zero first-run guidance. You're on your own after "install." Inboard is the first-run experience you'd build in-house — except we maintain the platform quirks (new Shopify admin vs. old, block themes vs. classic, etc.) so you don't have to.

Different vertical?

Pick the install problem that matches your SaaS.

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See the 90-second clip of your post-install flow.

Tell us which host platform you ship on — Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Squarespace. We'll send you a clip of Inboard running the post-install walkthrough for an app on that platform.

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What you get
  • One looping clip of the post-install walkthrough on your host platform
  • Short note on the platform-specific gotchas we handle (new vs. old Shopify admin, block vs. classic themes, etc.)
  • A live Inboard sandbox wired to your plugin's requirements