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SimpleBoards is the WordPress roadmap plugin that puts your public roadmap, ideas board, and feedback board on your own site instead of a separate SaaS subdomain. Visitors submit feature requests, vote on what they want most, and watch roadmap items move from “Up Next” through “In Progress” to “Released”. Your customer feedback, votes, and release timeline all live in your own WordPress database, on your own domain, indexable by search engines.
Live demo and Pro details: simpleboardswp.com
What SimpleBoards does
A public ideas board. Visitors submit feature requests, including guests with no account required. Every idea gets voting, threaded comments, categories, and statuses, so you see real demand instead of guessing.
A kanban roadmap. Status columns (“Up Next”, “In Progress”, “Released”, or anything you want) show progress so users stop emailing for updates. Drag-and-drop reordering, color-coded statuses, and a “Release stage” flag for shipped work.
Feature voting that drives real decisions. Sort by most voted, filter by category or status, and put your roadmap effort where the demand is loudest. Logged-in users and guests both vote, with one vote per identifier enforced at the database level.
Editable everything. Status names and colors, category labels, the “Share an idea” button text, and email notification subjects and bodies are all editable from the WordPress admin.
Theme-resilient by design. The public stylesheet is scoped and uses CSS custom properties, so the board renders consistently on Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, and the default Twenty Twenty-X themes.
Stop paying for a SaaS feedback tool
If you run a WordPress site, you already pay for hosting and you already have a user base. Paying $50 to $400 a month for a SaaS feedback tool to host your public roadmap on a separate subdomain feels backward. SimpleBoards runs the same workflow inside your own site, on a /roadmap page or any page you choose.
Your votes, ideas, comments, and emails live in your own WordPress database, with no third party reading them, no SSO setup, and no monthly subscription. The plugin is GPL licensed, so you can modify, extend, or audit it whenever you want.
Who it is built for
- WordPress plugin and theme authors collecting feature requests from real users.
- SaaS founders who want a public roadmap on their main marketing site, not a third-party subdomain.
- Agencies sharing roadmap visibility with clients in a portal they already own.
- Membership, community, and course sites turning member ideas into shipped features.
- Internal product teams running roadmap planning inside the WordPress admin.
Free features
- Public roadmap and ideas board, on the same page or split across two pages.
- Feature voting and threaded comments on every item.
- Guest submissions and guest voting without forcing visitors to register.
- Search, filter, and sort on both ideas and roadmap views, toggleable per board.
- Custom statuses and categories with colors, plus a “Release stage” flag for shipped work.
- Moderation tools to bulk edit, reject, or publish from the WordPress admin.
- LoopedIn CSV importer with vote counts and duplicate handling.
- Editable email notification templates and submission button text to match your brand.
- Per-item subscriptions with one-click unsubscribe links.
- Pretty permalinks and a
[sbir_board product="board-slug"]shortcode for any page. - Theme-resilient public CSS so the board stays predictable across themes.
Pro add-on
SimpleBoards Pro adds the things teams ask for after their first month of use:
- Private boards. Restrict by role so internal planning stays internal.
- Announcements tab and widget. Publish a changelog of release notes with unread badges and dismissible cards.
- Workflow automation. Auto-promote ideas when a vote threshold is hit, auto-change status when a checklist finishes, and notify by email when an item goes overdue.
- Checklist progress on cards. Track sub-tasks on roadmap items with a visible progress bar.
- Design controls. Layout, colors, typography, and preset themes (Clean Light, Midnight Glass, Pulse) without writing CSS. Saved presets reuse a design across boards.
- Torin AI assistant. Analyze incoming ideas by intent, find duplicates, suggest the next action.
Common use cases
- Replacing a paid LoopedIn subscription with a self-hosted alternative you fully control.
- Adding a public roadmap to a WordPress plugin or theme’s own site on a
/roadmappage. - Running a feature requests portal on a SaaS marketing site.
- Sharing roadmap visibility with agency clients without giving them admin access.
- Collecting customer feedback on a membership site or course platform.
Privacy Policy
Roadmap and Feedback Plugin for WordPress — SimpleBoards uses Appsero SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Learn more about how Appsero collects and uses this data.
More info, live demo, and support: simpleboardswp.com
Email: contact@simpleboardswp.com
Screenshots
Public roadmap board with kanban columns showing planned, in progress, and shipped work. 
Design controls let you match the public roadmap board to your site’s brand without writing CSS. 
Built-in dark mode for the public roadmap and ideas board. 
Ideas board with feature voting, top voted sidebar, and a submit-an-idea button. 
Guest submission form for feature requests, no account required. 
Roadmap item drawer with checklist tasks so users see how close a feature is to shipping. 
Workflow automation rules that promote ideas and notify your team on status changes. 
Full design controls for board layout, columns, typography, and spacing. 
Per-board customization for column headers, card backgrounds, borders, and text colors. 
Torin AI ranks every feature request by votes and comments to find your highest-value ideas. 
Torin AI duplicate detection finds overlapping ideas so you can merge them. 
Announcements tab for posting release notes on the public board. 
CSV importer for LoopedIn ideas, roadmap items, and vote counts. 
Notification email editor for submissions, status changes, and rejections.
Installation
- Upload the
simpleboards-roadmapfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. - Activate SimpleBoards in your Plugins list.
- Go to SimpleBoards > Boards and create your first board.
- Add
[sbir_board product="your-board-slug"]to any page or post. - Publish the page. Visitors can submit ideas and vote right away.
For step-by-step setup with screenshots, see the SimpleBoards documentation.
FAQ
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Is this a self-hosted alternative to SaaS feedback tools?
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Yes. The free plugin covers a public ideas board, feature voting, threaded comments, and a kanban roadmap. The Pro add-on covers announcements, workflow automation, and design controls that competing SaaS tools charge $30 to $300 a month for. If you need enterprise SSO or multi-team workspaces, those tools still have an edge. For everyone else, SimpleBoards replaces the subscription cleanly.
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How is this different from a Trello or Notion roadmap embed?
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Trello and Notion are not built for public product feedback. They have no voting, no per-item subscriptions, no guest submissions, and embedded views render like an iframe stitched onto your site. SimpleBoards renders natively inside your theme, supports guest voting, and is indexable on your own domain.
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Will it slow down my site?
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The plugin uses prepared SQL with proper indexes, batched meta priming, and an object-cache layer for vote counts. Boards with thousands of items stay responsive, and no external HTTP requests happen during page render.
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Will it conflict with my theme?
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The public CSS is scoped and uses CSS custom properties, so theme styles cannot override layout or contrast accidentally. The plugin is tested on Twenty Twenty-X, Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, and Blocksy. If you hit a theme conflict, email support and we will look at it.
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How do I add a public roadmap to my WordPress site?
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Create a board in SimpleBoards > Boards, then place
[sbir_board product="board-slug"]on any page or post, replacingboard-slugwith your board’s slug. You can run separate boards for different products and reuse a board on multiple pages. -
Can one board show both roadmap and ideas?
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Yes. Each board can show the roadmap tab, the ideas board tab, or both. Per-board settings control which view appears by default and whether filter and sort controls show on each tab.
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Can people submit feature requests without logging in?
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Yes. Enable Allow guest submissions in SimpleBoards > Settings. Guests provide a name and email, and their submissions land in the same moderation queue as logged-in submissions for you to approve or reject.
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Can users filter, sort, and vote on ideas?
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Yes. Filter by category or status, and sort by newest, oldest, or most voted. Feature voting works for logged-in users and guests, with one vote per identifier enforced at the database level. Filter and sort controls can be shown or hidden per board.
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Can I import existing feedback from LoopedIn?
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Yes. The Settings > Import screen accepts LoopedIn CSV exports. It preserves titles, descriptions, statuses, dates, and vote counts. Pick whether to allow duplicate titles or overwrite existing items by title.
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Can I import vote counts manually?
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Yes. The item edit screen has a Votes field where you set the total directly. Useful when you have an aggregate number but no individual vote rows, or when migrating from a system that does not export per-user data.
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Are there email notifications for new ideas and status changes?
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Yes. Admins can be notified of new submissions, and submitters can subscribe to per-item status updates with one-click unsubscribe. Email subject lines and bodies are editable in Settings > Emails to match your brand voice and language.
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Is there a Pro version with workflow automation?
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Yes. Pro adds private boards, announcements, workflow automation, design controls, checklist progress, and the Torin AI assistant. Workflow automation auto-promotes ideas when a vote threshold is hit, changes status when a checklist finishes, and sends overdue notifications by email. See simpleboardswp.com for details and pricing.
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Where do I get support?
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Email contact@simpleboardswp.com or open a thread in the plugin’s wordpress.org support forum.
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Contributors & Developers
“Roadmap and Feedback Plugin for WordPress – SimpleBoards” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.6
- Added: opt-in usage telemetry via Appsero. No data is collected unless the admin clicks Allow on the in-plugin notice. Helps us troubleshoot faster and make product improvements. See the Privacy Policy in the Description for full details.
1.0.5
- Fix: deleting the plugin from WP Admin no longer shows a misleading “Deletion failed:” message. Server-side deletion was already succeeding, but trailing whitespace in
uninstall.phpcorrupted the AJAX response. Cleaned the file per WordPress coding standards.
1.0.4
- Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 7.0.
- Roadmap board: bold column-header style uses a borderless soft gradient tint; header height tightened from 56px to ~48px.
- Drag-and-drop: kanban placeholder is now consistent in size across every column.
- Search-icon button matches the border token of adjacent dropdowns for one consistent toolbar row.
1.0.3
- Settings screen: tabs switch instantly with no page reload, and a single Save Changes button commits every tab at once.
1.0.2
- Free install: “Workflow Automation” and “Design” tabs no longer appear on the board setup screen unless the Pro add-on is active (previously rendered as empty tabs).
1.0.1
- Theme compatibility: board forces its configured width without modifying theme wrappers, with specific Twenty Twenty-Five, Twenty Twenty-Four, and Astra fixes.
- Ideas sidebar is shielded from block-theme styling. Comment edit buttons inline with formatting; guest comment submission shows a dismissible confirmation banner.
1.0.0
First stable release of the SimpleBoards public roadmap, ideas board, and feature voting plugin. Includes shortcode embedding, threaded comments, per-item subscriptions, guest submissions, custom statuses and categories with colors, LoopedIn CSV import with vote counts, and theme-resilient styling.