Jose Varghese

<p>Ever wondered if your readers actually find your articles helpful? <strong>Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback</strong> makes it incredibly easy for your visitors to tell you if your content hits the mark.</p>
<p>We built this plugin because we wanted a lightning-fast alternative to heavy survey plugins and a much better option than basic vote counters. It adds a clean, friendly “Was this page helpful?” widget right at the bottom of your posts, pages, or WooCommerce products.</p>
<p>Visitors simply click Yes or No, and they can optionally drop a quick comment to explain why. You get a real-time picture of exactly what’s working and what needs improvement, right inside your WordPress dashboard. If you’re looking for the best WordPress feedback plugin that balances simplicity with powerful analytics, you’ve found it!</p>
<p>No third-party services, no tracking scripts, no bloat. All data stays in your own database.</p>
<h4>Why use Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback?</h4>
<p>Most feedback plugins are either too simple (just a vote counter) or too complex (full survey tools). This plugin sits in the sweet spot: it’s quick for visitors to use, gives you genuinely useful data, and has the professional features – GDPR tools, rate limiting, email alerts, analytics charts – that serious sites need without paying for a SaaS platform.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<p><strong>Widget & Placement</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Easy Setup</strong> – works out of the box with sensible defaults; no configuration required to get started</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong> – insert the widget anywhere using the native block editor</li>
<li><strong>Shortcode</strong> – place the widget manually with <code>[hmahf_widget]</code> in any classic editor, page builder, or text widget</li>
<li><strong>Content Type Selection</strong> – choose which post types display the widget (posts, pages, custom post types, WooCommerce products)</li>
<li><strong>Per-Post Disable Toggle</strong> – hide the widget on individual posts from the editor sidebar without touching global settings</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Hide on Old Posts</strong> – optionally stop showing the widget on posts older than a set number of days</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Support</strong> – display the widget on product pages</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Appearance</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>5 SVG Icon Styles</strong> – choose from Thumbs, Stars, Hearts, Faces, or Arrows with a live visual picker in Settings; icons update across the widget, feedback form, dashboard cards, and admin bar</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Text</strong> – change every text element (title, subtitle, button labels, success messages, form text) to match your brand voice</li>
<li><strong>Clean Design</strong> – professional, minimal layout that fits any theme without CSS conflicts</li>
<li><strong>Mobile Responsive</strong> – touch-friendly buttons, stacked layouts on small screens</li>
<li><strong>Accessibility Ready</strong> – full keyboard navigation and ARIA screen reader support</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Feedback Collection</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Optional Written Comments</strong> – visitors who click “Not helpful” can explain why in a short text field</li>
<li><strong>Vote Change / Retraction</strong> – a “Changed your mind?” link lets visitors update their vote after submitting</li>
<li><strong>Duplicate Submission Prevention</strong> – cookie-based, IP-based, or open (your choice)</li>
<li><strong>Rate Limiting</strong> – server-side protection against spam (max 5 submissions per IP per hour)</li>
<li><strong>AJAX Powered</strong> – smooth experience with no page reloads</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Analytics & Reporting</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Analytics Dashboard</strong> – overview cards showing total, positive, negative, and ratio stats; cards use your selected icon style</li>
<li><strong>30-Day Trend Chart</strong> – pure CSS bar chart showing daily positive and negative counts over the last 30 days (no external libraries)</li>
<li><strong>Distribution Chart</strong> – CSS conic-gradient donut showing your overall positive/negative split</li>
<li><strong>Statistics Page</strong> – per-post feedback breakdown with sortable columns and date/post-type filters</li>
<li><strong>Feedback List</strong> – browse, filter, and search all individual feedback entries and comments with pagination</li>
<li><strong>CSV Export</strong> – export your statistics data with one click</li>
<li><strong>Admin Bar Stats</strong> – The WP admin bar shows today’s feedback counts with your selected icons, keeping them visible to administrators at all times</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Notifications & Privacy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Email Notifications</strong> – get an email alert (including the visitor’s comment) whenever a visitor submits negative feedback; configure the recipient address as needed</li>
<li><strong>GDPR Tools</strong> – configurable data retention period (auto-purge entries older than N days) and one-click deletion of all collected data</li>
<li><strong>IP Anonymization</strong> – The plugin masks IP addresses in the admin feedback display</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Developer-Friendly</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Four Action/Filter Hooks</strong> – <code>hmahf_widget_html</code>, <code>hmahf_max_submissions_per_hour</code>, <code>hmahf_before_feedback_submit</code>, <code>hmahf_after_feedback_submit</code></li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong> – fully internationalized with proper text domains</li>
<li><strong>No External Dependencies</strong> – no CDN calls, no third-party APIs, no tracking</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Documentation and knowledge base sites</li>
<li>Blog posts and tutorials</li>
<li>Help centre articles</li>
<li>WooCommerce product pages</li>
<li>Any content where knowing what resonates helps you improve</li>
</ul>
<h4>Customization Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable the feedback widget globally</li>
<li>Select which content types show the widget</li>
<li>Choose from 5 SVG icon styles via a visual picker</li>
<li>Customize all widget and form text to match your brand</li>
<li>Choose duplicate-submission prevention method (cookie, IP, or none)</li>
<li>Set cookie expiration in days</li>
<li>Auto-hide widget on posts older than N days</li>
<li>Per-post disable toggle from the editor sidebar</li>
<li>Configure data retention period for GDPR compliance</li>
<li>Set a custom email address for negative-feedback notifications</li>
</ul>
<p>We take your privacy seriously. The plugin safely stores all feedback data as WordPress post meta right in your own database. It never sends anything to an external service.</p>


Help Metric Article Helpful Feedback

Add a "Was this page helpful?" feedback widget to WordPress. Includes beautiful icon styles, analytics, email alerts, and GDPR tools.

DAEXT

<p>This plugin lets you easily add a “Was it helpful?” survey on your blog or knowledge base pages.</p>
<p>Use this quick pool to understand if your content resonates with your audience and apply the proper improvements to your website.</p>
<h3>Pro Version</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://daext.com/helpful/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Version</a> of this plugin is now available with additional features such as the ability to send email notifications when new feedback is received, export the feedback data, download the single feedback in PDF format, options to configure the feedback form position, and more.</p>
<h3>Why should you use a “Was this helpful? Yes/No” survey to improve your content?</h3>
<p>People are willing to share feedback when they do not have to make an effort to open the survey and fill out a lengthy form. Consequently, a simple “Was this helpful? Yes/No” feedback form is ideal for finding issues in your articles.</p>
<h3>How the plugin applies the “Was this helpful?” survey to your WordPress site?</h3>
<p>The plugin, using filters, automatically applies the feedback form at the end of the articles that belong to the configured custom post types. The form includes a custom question like “Was this helpful?” (or “Do you find this article helpful?”, “Would you recommend it?”, etc.), buttons to submit positive or negative feedback, and an optional field that lets the user send a feedback comment.</p>
<h3>Browse the feedback data</h3>
<p>The plugin collects the feedback value (positive or negative) and, optionally, a comment from the user. These data are stored in a custom plugin database table and available to you in the Statistics menu or from a dedicated Post sidebar section.</p>
<h4>Statistics menu</h4>
<p>The statistics menu displays statistics on the feedback received by the posts. Here, you will find essential metrics like the positive feedback ratio and the number of positive and negative feedback. In addition, the plugin will also present details on the single feedback values and feedback comments in a dedicated submenu.</p>
<p>We have also included the ability to filter the statistics. So you can, for example, quickly find posts that need improvements by displaying only the ones with a specific positive feedback ratio.</p>
<h4>Feedback menu</h4>
<p>The feedback menu shows the single feedback received by the articles. Filters are available and can be used, for example, to find submissions received on a specific date, comments that include certain keywords, and more.</p>
<h4>Post sidebar section</h4>
<p>The plugin adds a new dedicated section named “Helpful” in the block editor sidebar. Here you can easily monitor positive and negative feedback while editing the articles.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Limit multiple feedback on the same article</h4>
<p>Prevent multiple form submissions by using cookies or by checking the user IP.</p>
<h4>Apply “Was this helpful?” only to specific custom post types</h4>
<p>A dedicated option allows you to apply the “Was this helpful?” survey only to specific post types. Use this option, for example, to collect feedback only on your knowledge base pages and not on your blog articles and pages.</p>
<h4>Feedback comments</h4>
<p>Receive comments from the users. With a dedicated option, you can enable this feature under the following alternative conditions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Always</li>
<li>After a positive feedback</li>
<li>After a negative feedback</li>
<li>Never</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multiple Rating Buttons Styles</h4>
<p>Select between multiple types of rating buttons. Your options include text-only buttons, icons, and text buttons with icons.</p>
<h4>Customizable SVG for the icons</h4>
<p>We included high-quality icons in SVG format to submit the ratings.</p>
<p>Currently, the following SVG icons are available:</p>
<ul>
<li>Happy face</li>
<li>Sad face</li>
<li>Thumb up</li>
<li>Thumb down</li>
</ul>
<p>Note that from the plugin options, you can select your favorite icons and customize the icon’s colors.</p>
<h4>Content customizations</h4>
<p>Configure the exact textual content displayed in the form. With this feature, you can, for example, change the “Was this helpful?” question to common variations like “Do you find this article helpful?”, “Would you recommend it?”</p>
<p>Here you can also configure the other sentences included in the form. For example, you can encourage the user to leave a feedback comment with sentences like “We’re glad that you liked the post! Let us know why.”, “How can we make it better?”, “We’re sorry to hear that. Please let us know how we can improve.”</p>
<h4>Typography customization</h4>
<p>Easily configure the font family, font size, font style, font weight, and line height of any textual element displayed in the feedback form.</p>
<p>In addition, you can load custom Google Fonts by including the embed code in a dedicated plugin option.</p>
<h4>Colors Customizations</h4>
<p>You can customize the color of any displayed form element with dedicated options.</p>
<h4>Spacing</h4>
<p>Configure the margin and padding of the form elements with dedicated options.</p>
<h4>Back-end customizations</h4>
<p>Customize the back-end menus of the plugin, for example, by restricting the plugin menus only to users with specific capabilities, configuring a custom number of paginated items, and more.</p>
<h4>Test mode</h4>
<p>Test the “Was this helpful?” form with a dedicated “Test Mode” option before going live.</p>
<h4>Configure the feedback comment length</h4>
<p>Limit the maximum number of characters the users can include in the feedback comment.</p>
<h4>Enable the form on a per-post basis</h4>
<p>Enable or disable the feedback form on a per-post basis with a toggle available in a dedicated section of the block editor sidebar.</p>
<h4>Other Plugins from us</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin, please check out our other projects on <a href="https://daext.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">our website</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>This plugin makes use of the following resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/select2/select2" rel="nofollow ugc">Select2</a> licensed under the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">MIT License</a></li>
</ul>


Helpful – Article Feedback Plugin

Easily add a "Was it helpful?" survey on your blog or knowledge base pages with this article feedback plugin.

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