Ben Roberts

<p>Boomerang provides a simple interface for your users or customers to provide feedback about your goods or services. While created with feature requests in mind, you can use Boomerang to collect any form of feedback from your customers, staff, potential leads and so on.</p>
<p>It all starts with a board. And with Boomerang, you can create as many as you want. Boards contain Boomerangs. These are the individual pieces of feedback your users provide. Whenever a user creates a ‘Boomerang’, it is assigned to a chosen board. So if you are a software company with multiple products, you are all set. If you run a chain of hotels, each hotel can have a board, and you can easily keep track of your feedback.</p>
<p>Here’s where Boomerang get’s really clever. Each board has its own set of options. Because we know that collecting feedback may not be done the same way across your whole product or service offer. So go ahead and customise each one accordingly.</p>
<h3>✨ Features</h3>
<h4>A Modern User Interface</h4>
<p>Boomerang features a slick user interface, closer to alternatives such as Canny or Frill. If you’ve used those (and cringed at the price they charge) you’ll feel right at home. Boomerang comes with it’s own global styles, so you can get started right away. However, if you are a web designer and happy using CSS, you can turn these off for a more native, non-opinionated experience.</p>
<p>For administrators, nearly everything can be achieved on the front-end. Delete a Boomerang. Change it’s status. And so on. You deserve a great experience too.</p>
<h4>Granular Control</h4>
<p>The most basic Boomerang has a title, and some content. That’s it. Everything else a Boomerang might need, can be switched on individually. When you create a board, these are all turned off by default. The easiest way to learn what the features do is to turn them on, one at a time. Experiment with how feature rich you want your Boomerangs to be. And if you need a bit more guidance, each feature has a description to tell you more.</p>
<h4>The Boomerang Block</h4>
<p>The Boomerang archive comes with everything you need to create and list Boomerangs. A modern, AJAX-enabled form. AJAX-enabled filters to narrow down the Boomerang list. But how do you display it? Add your Boomerang listing to any page, using the Boomerang shortcode (you’ll see this at the top of each board’s settings page). Even easier, you could use the Boomerang Block to pick a board you’ve already created, and add that directly into your block editor.</p>
<h4>Statuses</h4>
<p>Some plugins don’t let you edit your statuses. Boomerang gives you full control over them. You create them, you edit them, you assign them to Boomerangs. And you do all that in the Boomerang Status Center. You’ll find it in the Boomerang menu.</p>
<h4>Amazing Help and Support</h4>
<p>Feel free to ask questions in the plugin support forum. You can see the link at the top of this page. Alternatively, you will find a ‘Contact Us’ item on the Boomerang menu.Please don’t hesitate to reach out! We really want to meet you, and find out more about how you are using Boomerang. When you activate Boomerang, you will be asked to opt in to receive emails from us. We don’t do spam. We hate it. But if you choose to opt in, we can send you updates on how our website is getting on, and what new features we have planned.</p>
<h3>💲Premium Features</h3>
<p>We have a huge number of premium features available. To see how powerful our Professional Edition is, head to our <a href="https://boomerangwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">website</a>. Features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Quick Polls</li>
<li>Boomerang Merging</li>
<li>Better styling, colored statuses, improved layouts</li>
<li>Bug Management</li>
<li>Guest Submissions</li>
<li>Anonymous voting</li>
<li>Boomerang Editing</li>
<li>Related and suggested Boomerangs, to reduce duplication</li>
<li>Google reCaptcha v3 integration</li>
<li>Crowdfunding (for when you can’t justify developing an idea, but your users want to pay for it)</li>
<li>Custom Fields</li>
<li>Audit Logging</li>
<li>IgnitionDeck integration</li>
<li>BuddyPress/BuddyBoss integration</li>
<li>Status change notifications</li>
<li>New comment notifications</li>
<li>And much, much more…</li>
</ul>
<h3>⚙️ Getting Started</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate Boomerang. Opt in so we can send you updates on how Boomerang is evolving.</li>
<li>Change your permalinks under Settings > Permalinks. You probably don’t want to call your feature requests Boomerangs, right?</li>
<li>Create you first board. Use our shortcode or block to add it to any page.</li>
<li>Create your first Boomerang. It won’t look like much.</li>
<li>Head to your board’s settings page in the back-end, and configure it any way you choose.</li>
<li>If you get stuck, or have an amazing idea for Boomerang, head to the support forum.</li>
</ol>
<h3>📧 Connect with us</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/boomerangWP/" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a></p>


Boomerang – Feature Request Platform

A slick, modern feature request and feedback platform for WordPress. Visit us at boomerangwp.com.

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Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)

Patrick Garman

Spellhammer

<p>Keeping a list of all the feature requests you get from your users can be a cumbersome task. Maybe you’re managing your customer feedback all via spreadsheet and adding “+1″s to requests? Perhaps you’re using an expensive third party solution?</p>
<p>Whatever method you use, chances are it costs you time <em>AND</em> money.</p>
<p><strong>Simple Feature Requests</strong> aims to make the process of collecting customer feedback and idea management <em>much</em> easier for you. Now you can let your users submit requests themselves and vote on the ones they want to see in your product — all from within your existing WordPress website.</p>
<h4>Simple Feature Requests Free</h4>
<p>The free version of the plugin provides the following features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Accept user-submitted feature requests.</li>
<li>Users can vote on features they want to see included in your product.</li>
<li>Users can comment on feature requests using the native WordPress commenting system.</li>
<li>Admins can approve and manage feature requests.</li>
<li>Intelligent search before submitting user feedback.</li>
<li>Sort/filter by “Latest”, “Top”, “My Requests”, and “Status”.</li>
<li>Select status from “Pending”, “Published”, “Under Review”, “Complete”, “Started”, “Planned”, and “Declined”.</li>
<li>Ability to add custom statuses (requires code snippet).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Simple Feature Requests Pro</h4>
<p>The <a href="https://simplefeaturerequests.com/?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version</a> of Simple Feature Requests provides enhanced features that make idea management even more effortless.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/setup-categories?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Categorize feature requests</a> to improve and organize the feature request process for your users.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/bulk-edit-statuses?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Bulk change request statuses</a> to save you time managing user feedback.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/getting-started/shortcodes#the-roadmap-shortcode-pro?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Add a roadmap</a> to keep your users updated about where your product is heading.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/enable-notifications?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Enable email notifications</a> for status changes or new comments, so your users keep in the loop.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/limit-votes?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Limit votes</a> per user to ensure they vote on only essential features.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/image-uploads-v-2.2.0?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Image Uploads</a> for feature requests.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/custom-statuses-v-2.2.0" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Statuses</a> for feature requests.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/multiple-boards" rel="nofollow ugc">Multiple Boards</a> for grouping feature requests.</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/pro-features/custom-labels" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom request labels</a> to allow you to rename ‘request’ and ‘requests’ to whatever is most appropriate for your use-case.</li>
<li>Allow Guest Voting for visitors without a user account.</li>
<li>Integration with Advanced Custom Fields. Collect additional information from your users. Currently supported fields: Text, Email, URL, Number, Textarea, Select, Checkbox, Radio</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://simplefeaturerequests.com/pricing/?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a></p>
<h4>Pro Feature Highlight: Product Roadmap</h4>
<p>Simple Feature Requests makes it easy to create a comprehensive product roadmap based on the customer feedback you’ve received.</p>
<p>Our roadmap shortcode presents your product’s requests in a kanban view, organized by request status.</p>
<p>You can configure which status columns to display in the roadmap and use the shortcode multiple times throughout your website.</p>
<p>A product roadmap is essential for any product-based business. It allows you to keep your users in the loop about upcoming features and when to expect them.</p>
<p><a href="https://simplefeaturerequests.com/pricing/?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a></p>
<h4>Useful Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.simplefeaturerequests.com/?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://simplefeaturerequests.com/?utm_source=SFR&utm_medium=wp.org&utm_campaign=Readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Feature Requests Pro</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Customizing Simple Feature Requests templates in your theme</h3>
<p>Simple Feature Requests allows you to fully customize templates for your theme. The templates that are available for customization are available in the <code>templates</code> folder of the plugin.</p>
<p>To create customized templates:</p>
<ul>
<li>In your theme folder, create the folder <code>simple-feature-requests</code>.</li>
<li>Copy the template from the plugin, including the directory structure.</li>
<li>Customize the new file(s) in the theme folder.</li>
</ul>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>Given a theme folder of <code>my-theme</code>, and a need to customize the ACF output:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create the folder in the theme, <code>simple-feature-requests</code>.</li>
<li>From the plugin templates folder, copy <code>compat/acf/single.php</code> into the <code>simple-feature-requests</code> folder.</li>
<li>Edit as desired.</li>
</ul>
<p>The result will be the following in the theme folder: <code>my-theme/simple-feature-requests/compat/acf/single.php</code>.</p>


Simple Feature Requests Free – User Feedback Board

Nice and simple way to track feature requests for our plugins. It could do with some extra features like the ability to set the page/slug but the pro update adds most of the extra stuff I need. 

Great job! Recommended. 

Simple and Easy


As I write this review, I’m giving one star for a simple but serious reason. I can’t understand why any developer would expect people to pay an outrageous $169 just to unlock guest voting for visitors without a user account. That’s just wrong. If it’s my site, I should have full control over my data and let users vote or post freely. I tested the free version and honestly, it’s solid but disabling guest voting is a dealbreaker for me. That’s why I’m leaving one star.


Guest Voting Shouldn’t Cost $169

Collect and manage user feedback using your existing WordPress website. Prioritize the product features important to you and your customers.

Boomerang – Feature Request Platform vs Simple Feature Requests Free – User Feedback Board