--- title: "WordPress App Builder: Native iOS & Android | GoodBarber" description: "Turn your WordPress site into a native iOS and Android app. A free plugin syncs your posts, categories and comments; each new post sends a push." canonical_url: "https://www.goodbarber.com/wordpress-app-builder/" lang: en --- # WordPress App Builder: Native iOS & Android | GoodBarber WordPress app builder # The WordPress app builder for native iOS and Android apps A free plugin brings your posts into an app with its own design. You keep publishing in WordPress, and your readers get a push. No code, no developer, no second editor to learn. The app is compiled for iOS and Android, with a web version of the same app on top. [Start for free](https://www.goodbarber.com/create/)[See the pricing](https://www.goodbarber.com/pricing/) From your WordPress site - Every public post, with its images - Your categories, as filters - Comments, read and posted from the app - Each new post, with an automatic push Added by GoodBarber - Native apps for iOS and Android - A web version of the same app - Your app's own design, not your theme - A chatbot that answers from your posts You publish once, in WordPress. The app follows. ## Wrap the site or sync the content? Most WordPress app builders show your website inside an app. GoodBarber brings your posts into native screens. Both are fair choices; here is what changes. | What matters | GoodBarber (synced posts, native app) | A wrapped website (WebView) | What it means for you | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | Screens | Screens built for a phone, in your app's design | Your mobile theme, inside an app shell | The app reads like an app, not like your site in a frame | | Speed | Posts and images pre-processed, compressed and cached by GoodBarber | As fast as your mobile site | A heavy theme no longer slows your readers down | | Plugin features | Posts sync; plugin features stay on the website | Checkout, forms and member areas work as on the site | If your site's value lies in its plugins, a wrapper fits better | | User accounts | Accounts are created in the app; WordPress users do not sync | WordPress logins work inside the site | Content syncs, people do not: passwords stay where they are | | Push notifications | Automatic for every new post, plus manual and scheduled push | Offered by most tools | Readers hear about each new post without you writing a push | | Apple review | Every screen is already an app screen | Must add app-like value on top of the site (guideline 4.2) | Apple asks for more than a repackaged website | Wrapping wins when your site's value lies in its plugins. Syncing wins when it lies in what you publish. Pick the one that matches your site, even if it is not ours. Read our [guide to turning a WordPress site into an app](https://www.goodbarber.com/blog/wordpress-to-app-how-to-turn-your-site-into-a-native-mobile-app-a1632/): the three methods and the main tools, compared. ## From WordPress to the stores, in four steps 01 ### Install the free plugin In WordPress, search for GoodBarber among the plugins, install it and copy the key it gives you. The plugin has been listed in the WordPress plugin directory since 2012. It is developed and maintained by the GoodBarber team. Free The plugin and the WordPress extension 02 ### Connect your site In your GoodBarber back office, add a WordPress section, enter the address of your site and paste the key. Your categories become filters, and readers comment from the app. The extension works with Content and eCommerce apps. 1 key to connect your site, nothing to code 03 ### Build the app around your posts Pick a layout for your posts, then add the sections that make it an app: push notifications, a contact page, a map, an agenda, videos. The [Chatbot](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/rag-chatbot-ai/) can index your WordPress section and answer readers from your own posts, with a link to the source. Native Swift on iOS, Kotlin on Android 04 ### Publish in the stores The iOS and Android apps come with the Premium plan, the web version with every plan. Your readers get a push each time you publish a post. Apple rejected about 42% of the first submissions our publishing team handled over the last 12 months; 91% of those apps were accepted once the team stepped in. [GoodBarber Takes Care](https://www.goodbarber.com/app-publishing-service/) can handle the submission for you. $55 a month, billed yearly, for iOS, Android and the web version (Premium plan) ## Your posts come to the app. Your users stay on your site. ### Synced from WordPress - Public posts, with their images - Categories, as filters in the app - Comments, read and posted from the app - Search, most popular and load more - An automatic push for every new post ### Stays on your website - User accounts and passwords: readers sign up in the app - Members-only posts: only public posts sync - Pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products - Your theme and the features of other plugins ## WordPress app questions What people ask before they connect their site. **Setting up the plugin?** The help center walks you through each step, with screenshots. [Open the help center](https://www.goodbarber.com/help/) What is a WordPress app builder? A tool that turns the content of a WordPress site into an app for iOS and Android. Some tools show the website inside an app shell, a WebView. GoodBarber syncs your posts into a native app with its own design, through a free plugin. Is the app native or a WebView? Native. GoodBarber compiles the app in Swift for iOS and in Kotlin for Android, and shows your posts in the app's own screens instead of loading your web pages. How much does a WordPress app cost? The plugin and the WordPress extension are free. You pay for the GoodBarber plan that publishes the app: the iOS and Android apps from the Premium plan, the web version from the Standard plan. Every plan is on the [pricing page](https://www.goodbarber.com/pricing/), and you can connect your site during the 30-day free trial, with no credit card. Do my WordPress users and members carry over to the app? No. The plugin syncs content, not people: subscribers, members and their passwords stay in WordPress. Readers who need an account create it in the app, with GoodBarber's [login tools](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/authentication/), and their data is hosted in Europe like the rest of the app. Posts reserved to members stay on the website, since only public posts sync. Do pages and WooCommerce products sync too? No, only public posts. Pages are rebuilt with the app's native sections, such as About, Contact or Map. For a shop, a GoodBarber eCommerce app has its own catalog, which you can import from a CSV file. Does it work with a site hosted on WordPress.com? Yes. WordPress.com sites use a dedicated connector that only needs the address of the blog, with no plugin to install. My site is not on WordPress. Can it become an app? Yes, if it publishes its content in a format GoodBarber can read. There are connectors for [Squarespace](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/squarespace/), Substack, Medium, Blogger and any [RSS feed](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/rss/), plus a custom JSON feed for other CMSs. A site with no feed is rebuilt once in GoodBarber's CMS. ## Keep exploring [The WordPress extension](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/wordpress/)[The Chatbot extension](https://www.goodbarber.com/extensions/rag-chatbot-ai/)[Publishing service](https://www.goodbarber.com/app-publishing-service/)[The no-code app builder](https://www.goodbarber.com/app-builder/)[Pricing](https://www.goodbarber.com/pricing/) ## Your WordPress site, as an app Connect your site during the 30-day free trial. No credit card, no developer. [Start for free](https://www.goodbarber.com/create/)[See the pricing](https://www.goodbarber.com/pricing/)