PetBridge
Search and filter tools allowing visitors to browse adoptable pets by species, breed, age, and more.
PetBridge is a WordPress plugin designed for animal shelters and rescues to display adoptable pets directly on their website.
This pet adoption plugin connects your WordPress site to the PetBridge platform and automatically publishes adoptable pets, adoption listings, and related adoption tools. Animal shelters, humane societies, and rescue organizations can keep their adoption pages updated in real time without manually updating their website.
PetBridge allows visitors to browse adoptable pets, sign up for adoption alerts, and view shelter intake status directly on your website while your team manages pets in your shelter system or the PetBridge platform.
Why PetBridge
Running a shelter means balancing limited time, limited space, and the constant pressure to help more animals find homes. PetBridge was built to make that easier for your shelter.
Instead of spending hours updating your website, managing listings, or answering the same questions over and over, PetBridge keeps everything in sync automatically. Your adoptable pets are always up to date, your community stays informed, and potential adopters can connect with the right animal at the right time.
More importantly, it helps you move animals through your shelter faster. Real-time listings, instant alerts, and expanded visibility work together to reduce overcrowding, increase adoption rates, and give every pet a better chance at a home.
Because at the end of the day, this is not just about managing a website.
It is about helping more animals get adopted and giving your team the time and tools to focus on what matters most.
External Account Required
This plugin requires an active PetBridge account to retrieve and display adoptable pet listings and related tools.
A free tier is available, with additional features offered through paid plans.
Display Adoptable Pets on Your Website
PetBridge connects your WordPress site with widely used shelter management platforms, including PetPoint, Shelterluv, ShelterBuddy, Chameleon, RescueGroups, and more. This allows shelters to maintain a single source of truth for animal records while automatically displaying adoptable pets on their website.
When animals are added, adopted, or updated in your shelter system, those changes appear on your website in near real time without manual updates.
Organizations that do not use shelter software can also manage pets directly inside the PetBridge platform.
Adoption and Community Engagement Tools
After connecting your PetBridge account, the plugin enables several tools designed specifically for animal welfare organizations.
- Visitors can browse adoptable pets through a searchable adoption page with filters for species, breed, age, size, and gender.
- Each animal receives a dedicated detail page displaying photos, descriptions, and adoption information.
- The Surrender Status widget communicates real-time intake availability and helps shelters reduce call volume during high intake periods.
- The Pet Syndication feature pushes your adoptable pet listings to over 100 national adoption websites.
- Pet Alerts allow visitors to register their preferences and receive notifications when animals matching their criteria become available.
All of these features appear directly inside your WordPress site so visitors experience a seamless, branded adoption journey.
Designed for Animal Shelters and Rescues
PetBridge is designed specifically for animal welfare organizations. The plugin helps shelters automate pet listings, improve adoption visibility, and reduce staff workload.
Real-time data synchronization keeps listings accurate while allowing staff to focus on animal care rather than website updates.
Because all tools are embedded directly within your WordPress site, visitors can browse pets, sign up for alerts, and view surrender status without leaving your website.
PetBridge Pro & Enterprise
PetBridge Pro expands the plugin with additional customization, enhanced engagement tools, and deeper adoption features designed to help shelters increase visibility and connect more effectively with their community.
Pro & Enterprise features include:
- Concierge setup and installation on your website
- Custom styling and layout controls to match your website branding
- Expanded pet browsing and filtering options
- Support for multiple shelter locations
- ReHome community platform
- Pet Alert capabilities
- Additional layout options for adoption listings
- Priority feature updates and improvements
- Additional features outside the WordPress plugin including Electronic Kennel Cards, Digital Kiosks, Mobile Apps, and more
Learn more about PetBridge plans
Get Started
- Install and activate the plugin
- Connect your PetBridge account
- Add PetBridge shortcodes to any page
- Adoptable pets automatically appear on your website
Shelters that do not yet have a PetBridge account can create one here
Requirements
- WordPress 5.0 or newer
- HTTPS-enabled website
- Active PetBridge account
- JavaScript enabled (including jQuery)
Installation Steps
- Upload the plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory or install it through the WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to PetBridge in the WordPress Dashboard.
- Follow the setup instructions to connect your PetBridge account.
- Add PetBridge shortcodes to pages where adoptable pets should appear.
External Services
This plugin connects to the PetBridge platform to retrieve adoptable pet listings, surrender status information, and Pet Alert functionality for display on your WordPress website.
PetBridge is a third-party service operated by PetBridge, Inc.
Service endpoints used by this plugin include:
https://petbridge.com
https://petbridge.org
Data is transmitted to the PetBridge service when:
- A visitor loads a page containing a PetBridge shortcode
- A visitor uses search or filtering tools on adoption listings
- A visitor submits a Pet Alert request
- An administrator opens the PetBridge settings interface in the WordPress dashboard
Data sent to the service may include:
- Your shelter’s PetBridge Client ID
- Search filters selected by visitors (species, breed, age, sex, size, etc.)
- Basic browser request information required to load embedded content
The plugin itself does not store visitor personal information in the WordPress database.
PetBridge service policies:
Privacy Policy
The PetBridge WordPress plugin does not collect or store personally identifiable information (PII) within your WordPress site.
Pet listings, adoption data, surrender status information, and Pet Alert forms are loaded directly from the PetBridge platform through embedded content.
Visitor interactions with these features occur through the PetBridge service rather than being stored locally in the WordPress database.
Additional privacy information is available at: