Community fundraisers, membership drives and WordPress site owners tracking a big goal are the ones who reach for Ultimeter, using it to show visitors exactly how close a campaign is to its target with a goal meter or progress bar built right into the site.

Behind that meter sit a handful of actions, updating the progress by a set amount, adjusting it up or down by a single point, changing the goal itself when a stretch target is reached, and updating the meter's colour to mark a milestone. None of that requires touching the WordPress dashboard once the automation is in place.

Connect Ultimeter to Mobile Message through Zapier and a text message can move that meter without anyone logging in at all. When a supporter texts in a pledge, the reply can be matched to Ultimeter's update progress action so the bar shifts straight away, a confirmation reply can nudge the count up one point at a time, and a milestone text can raise the goal itself for the next stretch target. Each of these runs one way, from the text through to Ultimeter, rather than any ongoing sync between the two.