- 2026-05-19
- by LethaldiranMX
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DeveloperPublic roadmap, ideas board, and feature voting plugin for WordPress. Collect customer feedback, prioritize by votes, ship product updates users can s …
Stop paying a third-party service just to talk to your own users
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 puts the same workflow inside your own site. Visitors submit ideas, vote on what they want most, and watch roadmap items move from “Up Next” through “In Progress” to “Released” without ever leaving your brand.
Live demo and Pro details: simpleboardswp.com
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 site, not a third-party subdomain.
- Agencies sharing roadmap visibility with clients in a portal they already own.
- Membership and community sites turning member ideas into shipped features.
- Internal product teams running roadmap planning entirely inside the WordPress admin.
What it actually does
A public ideas board. Visitors submit ideas, including guests with no account required. Each idea gets voting, threaded comments, categories, and statuses. You see real demand instead of guessing.
A kanban-style public roadmap. Status columns (call them “Up Next”, “In Progress”, “Released”, or anything you want) show progress so users stop emailing your team for updates.
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.
Editable everything. Status names, status colors, category labels, the “Share an idea” button text, email notification copy. All editable without code.
Designed to not break your theme. The public stylesheet is scoped and uses CSS custom properties, so the board renders consistently whether your site runs Astra, Kadence, GeneratePress, Blocksy, or the default Twenty-Twenty themes.
One-click LoopedIn migration. Coming from LoopedIn? Import the CSV with titles, descriptions, statuses, dates, and vote counts preserved. Pick “allow duplicates” or “overwrite by title”.
Why it is different
- Lives inside WordPress. No SaaS subscription, no separate domain, no SSO setup.
- No external accounts required. Guests can vote and submit without signing up.
- Your data stays on your server. Votes, ideas, comments, and emails live in your database. No third party reads them.
- GPL licensed and open source. You own what you install. Modify it, extend it, audit it.
Free features
- Public roadmap and ideas board, on the same page or split across two pages.
- Voting and threaded comments on every item.
- Guest submissions without forcing visitors to register.
- Search, filter, and sort on both ideas and roadmap, toggleable per board.
- Custom statuses with color, plus a “Release stage” flag so completed items show “Released” instead of “Due”.
- Custom categories with color.
- Moderation tools: bulk-edit, reject, or publish from the WordPress admin.
- LoopedIn CSV importer with vote counts and duplicate-handling.
- Editable email notification templates for new submissions and rejections.
- Editable submission button text to match your brand voice.
- Per-item subscriptions for users who want updates, plus one-click unsubscribe.
- 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 and product updates with unread badges and dismissible cards.
- Workflow automations. Auto-promote ideas to roadmap when a vote threshold is hit. Auto-change status when a checklist finishes. 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, vote button shape, column width, and three preset themes (Clean Light, Midnight Glass, Aurora Soft) without writing CSS.
- Saved theme presets. Build a design once, reuse it across boards.
- Torin AI assistant. Analyze incoming ideas by intent, find duplicates, suggest the next action.
Common use cases
- Replacing a paid Canny, UserVoice, or LoopedIn subscription with a self-hosted alternative.
- Adding a public roadmap to a WordPress plugin or theme’s own site, on a
/roadmappage. - Running a “feature requests” portal for a SaaS marketing site.
- Sharing roadmap visibility with agency clients without giving them admin logins to internal tools.
- Collecting community feedback on a membership site or course platform.
- Internal product planning inside the WordPress admin for teams already living in WordPress.
More info, live demo, and support: simpleboardswp.com
Email: [email protected]
