Clayton Collie

<p><a href="https://bugherd.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">BugHerd</a> is the world’s simplest visual feedback tool for websites. BugHerd turns the tedious task of issue tracking into a streamlined process. Point and click to highlight issues and manage them through to completion using the BugHerd Kanban board. Loved by thousands of great teams worldwide to manage projects across the web, ensuring no website feedback falls through the cracks.</p>
<h3>How it works</h3>
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<p>BugHerd’s simple website feedback and bug tracking tool sits on top of your website and lets you and your stakeholders log website feedback instantaneously.</p>
<p>The feedback and comments are pinned to the website element, letting your team access it directly from the webpage. Website bug and issue tracking has never been easier.</p>
<h3>BugHerd features</h3>
<h3>Easy website annotations</h3>
<p>Get clear, actionable feedback from your team and clients with website annotations, pinned directly on the webpage, without leaving the website.</p>
<h3>Feedback on designs & deliverables</h3>
<p>Discover the best way to get marketing asset feedback from your stakeholders.</p>
<h3>Actionable bug reports</h3>
<p>Automatically capture complete and contextual info from the feedback or bug submitted (including screenshots, video, browser, OS & CSS selector data)</p>
<h3>Integrated kanban board</h3>
<p>BugHerd’s task board makes it easy to triage the feedback from your team, clients and stakeholders. Remove duplicate tasks, assign them to your team for completion, and set severities. Comment on tasks to further clarify them with clients or with your team.</p>
<h3>Video feedback</h3>
<p>Create walkthroughs to give feedback and report bugs on your website with BugHerd’s video feedback tool.</p>
<h3>Public feedback widget</h3>
<p>Capture and manage website feedback from visitors or users, without requiring them to be invited into a BugHerd project. BugHerd’s public feedback tool lets you customize an always-on feedback experience, perfect for live websites.</p>
<h3>BugHerd WordPress plugin features</h3>
<p>BugHerd’s WordPress plugin removes the need to add code to your website, or to install the extension. Simply install the plugin once, then turn it on and off as required. You and your stakeholders can use BugHerd on both your websites and the WordPress Admin.</p>
<p>Find out how to install the <a href="https://support.bugherd.com/en/articles/84872-install-the-bugherd-wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">BugHerd WordPress plugin here</a>.</p>
<h3>BugHerd integrates with your favorite tools</h3>
<p>Looking to integrate our website feedback and bug tracking tools into your workflow seamlessly? BugHerd is designed to be a complete all-in-one solution for managing website feedback, but some teams prefer to integrate with tools they previously used for resolving web bugs and issues.<br />
BugHerd has 2-way integration with your favorite tools And we’re always adding new integrations to meet our customers needs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Jira</li>
<li>Trello</li>
<li>Asana</li>
<li>Monday.com</li>
<li>ClickUp</li>
<li>Slack</li>
<li>GitHub</li>
<li>Basecamp</li>
<li>Drupal</li>
<li>Zapier</li>
<li>Make</li>
<li>Harvest</li>
<li>Linear</li>
<li>FullStory</li>
<li>LogRocket</li>
</ul>
<h3>Get Started with a free trial</h3>
<p>Try BugHerd free for 7 days. You can get started at <a href="https://bugherd.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bugherd.com/ </a></p>
<h3>Q&A</h3>
<h3>What is BugHerd?</h3>
<p>BugHerd is the world’s simplest visual feedback tool for websites. You will never need to second guess what your client meant by the feedback they sent via email or on a spreadsheet.</p>
<h3>Do I need to sign up?</h3>
<p>Yes, in order to use BugHerd, you will need to sign up for an account at <a href="https://bugherd.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bugherd.com/</a>. All BugHerd accounts come with a 7-day free trial, so that you have enough time to work out which plan you need for the work that you do. Our plans are available from $41/month.</p>
<h3>Do I need to install anything?</h3>
<p>Yes, you need to install the BugHerd WordPress plugin. It’s available on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/bugherd/#description" rel="ugc">WordPress plugin library</a> and you can install it directly from your WordPress Dashboard. Follow these <a href="https://support.bugherd.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002180976-Install-the-BugHerd-Wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">installation instructions</a> for more information.</p>
<h3>Does BugHerd work on a local or staging environment?</h3>
<p>It works on both! Once you install the plugin, you can use it on staging links, production links or even admin pages you’re editing, making it easy to leave feedback on pages</p>
<h3>Can I contact BugHerd if I have an issue?</h3>
<p>Absolutely! Our support team would love to help you out. You can email us at support@bugherd.com.</p>
<h3>How to Install</h3>
<ol>
<li>Log in to your WordPress Admin.</li>
<li>Click on the Plugins tab in your WordPress Site. The Plugins window opens.</li>
<li>In the search box, type BugHerd to search for the BugHerd plugin.</li>
<li>Click on the BugHerd plugin to open it.</li>
<li>Click the Install and activate button next to BugHerd. BugHerd will install and open the Settings menu.</li>
<li>You’ll need to enter your Project Key from BugHerd to enable the Plugin. Use these instructions to find your Project Key in BugHerd.</li>
<li>If you want BugHerd on your WordPress Admin pages, select the Also show <em>BugHerd on WP Admin pages?</em> option.</li>
<li>Open your new site. The BugHerd sidebar appears on the right side of your site`, ready to capture feedback. You, your team and your clients you invite to your BugHerd project will be able to leave feedback or video clips with feedback about the site.</li>
<li>If you’ve chosen to show BugHerd on your WordPress Admin pages, you’ll also be able to see the sidebar and leave feedback on pages in the Admin regarding setup of the page, metadata, required tags, etc.</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="https://support.bugherd.com/en/articles/84872-Install-the-BugHerd-Wordpress-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">View more information here</a>.</p>


BugHerd

BugHerd is the visual feedback tool for websites.

Themeisle

<p>Add a maintenance page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance, add a coming soon page for a new website or create a landing page for an existing site. User with admin rights gets full access to the blog including the front end.</p>
<p>Activate the plugin and your blog is in maintenance-mode, works and only registered users with enough rights can see the front end. You can use a date with a countdown timer for visitor information or set a value and unit for information.</p>
<p>Also works with WordPress Multisite installs (each blog from the network has its own maintenance settings).</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fully customizable (change colors, texts and backgrounds).</li>
<li>Subscription form (export emails to .csv file).</li>
<li>Countdown timer (remaining time).</li>
<li>Contact form (receive emails from visitors).</li>
<li>Coming soon page;</li>
<li>Landing page templates;</li>
<li>WordPress multisite;</li>
<li>Responsive design;</li>
<li>Social media icons;</li>
<li>Works with any WordPress theme;</li>
<li>SEO options;</li>
<li>Exclude URLs from maintenance;</li>
<li>Bot functionality to collect the emails in a friendly and efficient way;</li>
<li>GDPR Ready;</li>
</ul>
<h4>Bugs, technical hints or contribute</h4>
<p>Please give us feedback, contribute and file technical bugs on <a href="https://github.com/andrianvaleanu/WP-Maintenance-Mode" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repo</a>.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Developed by <a href="https://themeisle.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Themeisle</a></p>
<h4>What’s Next</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://optimole.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Optimole</a> – Optimole is your all-in-one image optimization solution for WordPress & beyond.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpshout.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPShout</a> – In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers</li>
<li><a href="https://revive.social/" rel="nofollow ugc">Revive Social</a> – Revive Old Posts helps you keep your content alive and in front the audiences that matter.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.codeinwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeinWP</a> – CodeinWP stands for all-things-WordPress. From web design to freelancing and from development to business, your questions are covered.</li>
<li><a href="https://domainwheel.com" rel="nofollow ugc">DomainWheel</a> – Free Short Website name generator, with the help of AI, for instant ideas.</li>
</ul>
<p>Check-out <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/" title="Themeisle blog" rel="nofollow ugc">our blog</a> to learn from our <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/category/wordpress/reviews/" title="WordPress Reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Reviews</a> and see other <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/category/wordpress-plugins/" title="WordPress Plugins Comparisons" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress plugins</a>.</p>


LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

I discovered some times ago that there is an add for Otter Blocks in Custom CSS setting in Gutenberg. I did not investigate and the last update of Lighstart force to install Otter Blocks when you go to Gutenberg management for Maintenance Page. Deactivating Lightstart resolves the problem. So don’t install this plugin, there is a bunch of alternative.

Add Ad for Otter in Custom CSS setting in Gutenberg


Initially I installed the plugin and there was an "optimize images" checkbox (enabled by default), that I did not look carefully into. After the plugin was installed, I noticed that some kind of optimization plugin had been installed. That was fine as I felt it was my mistake for not looking into that more carefully,



Today I find another plugin on our site, a plugin called "Otter Blocks".



This is quite a shady practice - probably done to boost the installs and visibility of the other plugins.


Installs other plugins without notice


After installing a plugin that initially appears uncomplicated and straightforward, you are immediately greeted with aggressive promotions for Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg. In a short span, a new message emerges: "Elevate your content's visibility with ease! Discover Revive Old Posts, a state-of-the-art plugin from the creators of Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg. Effortlessly reshare both old and new content on social media platforms, attracting unprecedented traffic."



Given that "unprecedented traffic" seems to be just a catchy phrase coined by marketers to lure in users, the entire promotional tactic can be overbearing for those seeking a clutter-free experience. Such aggressive marketing feels intrusive, disregards user preferences, and does not align with a community-oriented ethos.


Bombarded with excessive promotions


This plugin installs other crap ware on your site. Stay away.


Installs crapware


Theoretical this is a great plugin allowing users to design and change their "Maintenance" page in Gutenberg. But in reality it hung my WP admin upon activation. And the site is not available. Too many re-directs.Also the so called templates do install an extra plugin "Otter" which might be handy. But a little confusing. 


Looks great, but has issues

Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder that adds a splash page to your site that it's perfect for a coming soon page, maintenance or landing page.

BugHerd vs LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder