Would you like to push code snippets from the WPCode Library to your sites without logging in to each one?

In this guide, we’ll show you how to let the WPCode Library deploy snippets to your site and approve each deploy with a passkey.

• Enabling Deploys on Your Site
• Approving Deploys with a Passkey
  • Checking Which Sites Are Protected
  • Adding Another Passkey
  • Approving a Deploy
• Opt-In Only Deployment
• Frequently Asked Questions

Before you get started, make sure WPCode is installed and activated on your WordPress site.

Enabling Deploys on Your Site

To get started, we’ll turn on deploys for your site. You switch this on per site, when you connect that site to your WPCode Library account.

From your WordPress admin sidebar, go to Code Snippets » Settings.

If your site is already connected to the library, you’ll need to reconnect it with deploys enabled. Next to WPCode Library Connection, click Disconnect from the WPCode Library. If your site isn’t connected yet, skip this step.

Now, click Connect to the WPCode Library.

A new window opens. Log in to your WPCode account if you’re asked to. Then, check the Enable pushing snippets from the library to your site option.

With WPCode 2.4.1 or later, a note appears below the option. It explains that you’ll approve each deploy with a passkey. When you’re ready, click Connect to WordPress.

If your account already has a passkey, the window closes and your settings page reloads. Your site is connected.

If your account doesn’t have a passkey yet, the window asks you to add one first. Next, enter your WPCode account password. Then, click Create passkey.

Your browser then asks you to create the passkey with the fingerprint, face, or PIN you use to unlock your device. Once it’s created, the window closes and your site is connected. If your device can’t set up a passkey, the window tells you, and you can try again from a different device.

Done! The WPCode Library Connection setting shows the Disconnect from the WPCode Library button again. You can now deploy snippets from the library to this site.

Approving Deploys with a Passkey

A passkey makes sure every deploy is approved by you, on your device. Signing in to your WPCode account isn’t enough on its own to send code to your site.

Your passkey stays on your device, and WPCode never sees it. Your site checks each deploy against the passkeys that were on your account when you connected it. If the approval doesn’t match, the site refuses the code.

Checking Which Sites Are Protected

The WPCode Library shows how each of your sites is connected. After you sign in to the library, go to My Sites. The Security column shows Passkey for sites that need a passkey to approve deploys.

Sites connected with an older version of WPCode keep working as they did before. To protect one of them, update WPCode on that site to 2.4.1 or later. Then reconnect it from its WordPress admin while you’re signed in to your WPCode account.

Adding Another Passkey

If you deploy from more than one device, give each device its own passkey. In the WPCode Library, go to Deploy Security and click Add passkey.

Give the passkey a name you’ll recognize, such as the device it’s on. Next, enter your account password. Then, click Create passkey and confirm on your device when your browser asks.

A new passkey covers the sites you connect from now on. Sites that were already connected keep working with your existing passkeys. To let the new passkey approve deploys to those sites as well, reconnect them.

Each passkey on the Deploy Security page also has a Remove link. Once a passkey is removed, it can no longer approve deploys. That’s useful if you lose the device it’s on.

Approving a Deploy

When you deploy a snippet to a passkey-protected site, the review step shows each site you picked. Next, use the Active switch beside a site to choose whether the snippet runs there after the deploy. When you’re ready, click Authorize with your passkey and confirm on your device.

One approval covers every site in the deploy. The approval expires after two minutes. If it runs out first, nothing is deployed, and a Try again button lets you approve the same sites again.

To lock a site so its snippets can only change this way, see our guide on using remote-only mode.

Opt-In Only Deployment

Deploying snippets from the library to your site is opt-in. When you connect a site, you choose whether to check the option that enables deploys. That way, deploys only reach the sites you choose.

You can change your mind at any time by reconnecting your site to the library. Disconnecting and connecting again without the option checked turns deploys off. Your site stays connected either way, so you can still save snippets from the plugin to your private library and use the AI features.

That’s it! You now know how to enable deploys from the WPCode Library and approve each one with a passkey. Next, take a look at our guide on 1-click installs from the WPCode Library.

Frequently Asked Questions

Below, we’ve answered some of the most common questions about deploying snippets from the WPCode Library.

Do I need a passkey to deploy?

For sites you connect with WPCode 2.4.1 or later and deploys enabled, yes. Every deploy to those sites needs your passkey. Sites connected on older versions keep deploying as before until you update WPCode on them and reconnect.

What if I lose the device my passkey is on?

Remove that passkey from the Deploy Security page so it can’t approve deploys. Then add a passkey on your new device and reconnect your sites so it can approve deploys there.

Does checking my sites need a passkey?

No. Only deploying or updating snippets needs approval. Reading a site’s list of snippets doesn’t.