Webhook not being triggered

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  blogwealthpack · Member · Apr 10, 2017 at 8:06 am

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  I have set up an webhook by following the tutorial at https://en.support.wordpress.com/webhooks/ . But the webhook is never triggered when the corresponding event occurs. What is the problem?

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  dave2swords · Member · Apr 10, 2017 at 8:43 am

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  Hi there
  What URL are you configuring the Webhook to send the HTTP POST to? If it is back to your WordPress.COM URL, it won’t work. You need a site that can accept http post which will then forward the notification.

  dave

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  blogwealthpack · Member · Apr 10, 2017 at 9:26 am

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  Yes, I know that basic thing. I have configured the webhook to send ID, post_content, and some other fields for action publish_post to the URL http://203.17.194.145/wordpresshook/ . The URL is working fine and is capable of accepting the POST parameters. I have checked from multiple IP addresses.

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  dave2swords · Member · Apr 10, 2017 at 10:07 am

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  Ok great!
  That wasn’t made clear in your original question, and we get questions from all levels of technical acumen here.

  Were you able to test 203.17.194.145/wordpresshook/ and get a successful forward from a different source? It is accepting POSTs but is it relaying?

  I have also tagged this so the WordPress folks will take a look.

  dave

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  blogwealthpack · Member · Apr 10, 2017 at 10:19 am

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  Yes, the URL can be accessed from a different source.