Aleksander Kaaberma

<p><strong>Simple Commenter is a lightweight, visual feedback tool your clients will actually use without a single complaint.</strong></p>
<p>It masterfully balances powerful features for developers and agencies with a user experience so simple that it’s virtually foolproof for clients.</p>
<p>Say goodbye to messy emails, confusing screenshots, and endless back-and-forth. With Simple Commenter, clients leave feedback directly on your website—exactly where changes are needed.</p>
<h4>Why Agencies & Freelancers Choose Simple Commenter</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Clients don’t need to sign up</strong> – No registration barriers, no forgotten passwords</li>
<li><strong>Real-time contextual comments</strong> – Feedback appears exactly where edits are needed</li>
<li><strong>Direct file uploads</strong> – Clients can suggest image replacements and design changes</li>
<li><strong>Lightning fast</strong> – Asynchronous loading won’t slow down your site</li>
<li><strong>Works on any page</strong> – Including staging sites, password-protected pages, and localhost</li>
</ul>
<h4>What Makes Us Different</h4>
<p>Unlike complex enterprise tools, Simple Commenter is built for the reality of client work:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No client training needed</strong> – If they can click, they can use it</li>
<li><strong>No browser extensions</strong> – Works instantly in any browser</li>
<li><strong>No account required for clients</strong> – Removes the biggest friction point</li>
<li><strong>Manage from WordPress</strong> – View and reply to feedback without leaving your admin</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Visual Annotations</strong> – Clients click on any element to leave feedback</li>
<li><strong>Screenshot Capture</strong> – Automatic screenshots with every comment</li>
<li><strong>Drawing Tools</strong> – Circle issues, draw arrows, highlight problems</li>
<li><strong>File Uploads</strong> – Attach images, PDFs, and documents</li>
<li><strong>Email Notifications</strong> – Get notified instantly when clients comment</li>
<li><strong>Reply to Comments</strong> – Respond directly from WordPress admin</li>
<li><strong>Status Management</strong> – Track feedback as To Do, In Progress, or Done</li>
<li><strong>Team Collaboration</strong> – Add team members to manage feedback together</li>
<li><strong>Priority Levels</strong> – Mark urgent feedback for quick action</li>
<li><strong>Integrations</strong> – Connect to Trello, Slack, and more via webhooks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Trusted by 600+ Web Professionals</h4>
<p>Rated 5.0 on Product Hunt & AppSumo</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Life changed in under 5 minutes. Most of my clients are not super techy so I really appreciate the simplicity.” – @Dsouldiva</p>
<p>“My clients LOVED using Simple Commenter. Way better than Markup in past projects.” – @Katelyn</p>
<p>“I won’t start a project without it. I look even more professional to my clients because of this.” – @Jim Langman</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Connect your Simple Commenter account (free trial, no credit card)</li>
<li>Select your project—the widget automatically appears</li>
<li>Share your site URL—clients start leaving feedback immediately</li>
</ol>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Web design agencies collecting client revisions</li>
<li>Freelancers managing multiple client projects</li>
<li>Development teams doing internal QA</li>
<li>Anyone tired of “Can you see the thing on the left side?” emails</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Need help? We’ve got you covered:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Documentation</strong> — Read the <a href="https://www.simplecommenter.com/docs/installation/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress installation guide</a> for a detailed walkthrough</li>
<li><strong>Direct support</strong> — Visit <a href="https://www.simplecommenter.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">simplecommenter.com/support</a> to contact our team</li>
<li><strong>Community</strong> — Post plugin-specific questions in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-commenter/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org support forum</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to SimpleCommenter.com (https://www.simplecommenter.com) to provide visual feedback functionality. All comment data is processed and stored on SimpleCommenter servers.</p>
<p><strong>Data transmitted:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>User email and display name (for authentication and comment attribution)</li>
<li>Comment content, screenshots, and file attachments</li>
<li>Page URLs where feedback is submitted</li>
<li>WordPress site URL (for project identification)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Service requirements:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>A SimpleCommenter account is required (free 14-day trial available)</li>
<li>After the trial period, a paid subscription to the SimpleCommenter service is required for the feedback widget to function</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Legal:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.simplecommenter.com/terms-conditions" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.simplecommenter.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


Simple Commenter – Website Feedback tool

The website feedback tool your clients will actually use. Collect visual feedback directly on your site—no training required.

Patrick Schlesinger

<p><strong>PagePin</strong> gives WordPress agencies and developers two tools for client feedback and bug reporting — <strong>Pinshots</strong> for screenshot-based bug reports and <strong>Pinpoints</strong> for DOM-based comment threads. Self-hosted, GDPR compliant, no cloud dependencies.</p>
<h4>Pinshots — Bug Reporting</h4>
<p>Screenshot-based feedback with visual markers. Place numbered markers anywhere on the page, add notes, and capture everything in a single screenshot. Perfect for quick bug reports, design reviews, and client feedback rounds.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Three Marker Types</strong> — Negative (red) for bugs, Positive (green) for approvals, Note (orange) for comments</li>
<li><strong>One-Click Screenshots</strong> — Capture the current page instantly with all markers included</li>
<li><strong>Email Delivery</strong> — Send feedback with screenshot attachment to up to 5 recipients</li>
<li><strong>Custom Watermark</strong> — Brand every screenshot with your own text</li>
<li><strong>Adjustable Compression</strong> — Image quality from 10% to 100%</li>
<li><strong>Undo/Redo</strong> — Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y to undo and redo marker placements</li>
<li><strong>Drag & Drop</strong> — Reposition markers by dragging them to the correct location</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pinpoints — Client Feedback</h4>
<p>DOM-based comment threads attached directly to page elements — like Google Docs comments, but for your live website. Comments persist even when the page layout changes, making it ideal for ongoing collaboration and iterative design feedback.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Element-Attached Threads</strong> — Click any element to start a comment thread on it</li>
<li><strong>Smart Element Matching</strong> — Comments survive layout changes through CSS selectors, content fingerprinting, and multi-signal scoring</li>
<li><strong>@Mentions</strong> — Mention team members or external guests in comments to notify them</li>
<li><strong>Resolve & Reopen</strong> — Mark threads as resolved and reopen them when needed</li>
<li><strong>Sidebar Overview</strong> — All pinpoints listed in a slide-out sidebar with unread badges</li>
<li><strong>Visual Indicators</strong> — Numbered badges on the page show where pinpoints are attached</li>
<li><strong>Tag System</strong> — Organize pinpoints with custom colored tags (Bug, Design, Content, Urgent, or your own)</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Pin</strong> — Press Ctrl+Alt+F (or click the floating button) and click anywhere on your site</li>
<li><strong>Capture</strong> — Screenshot, element position, and browser context are captured automatically</li>
<li><strong>Ship</strong> — Feedback is delivered to your inbox or discussed in a pinpoint thread</li>
</ol>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<p><strong>Screenshots & Markers</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Three annotation tools with automatic numbering</li>
<li>Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Alt+F to activate, keys 1/2/3 for tool selection</li>
<li>Customizable floating feedback button with inactivity auto-hide</li>
<li>Dual screenshot engines (html2canvas and html-to-image)</li>
<li>Touch support for tablets and mobile devices</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Collaboration</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>External Collaborators</strong> — Invite anyone via Magic Link email or shareable URL (no WordPress account needed)</li>
<li><strong>Collaborator Reuse</strong> — Grant existing guests access to additional pinpoints without creating new links</li>
<li><strong>@Mention Notifications</strong> — Mention collaborators in comments to send email notifications with Magic Link access</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Grant Access</strong> — Mentioning a collaborator automatically grants them access if they don’t have it yet</li>
<li><strong>Share Modal</strong> — Internal link for team members, external sharing with guest dropdown or new guest creation</li>
<li><strong>Thread Notifications</strong> — All thread participants (including collaborators) are notified of new comments</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Link Expiry</strong> — Set Magic Links to expire after 7, 30, or 90 days</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Admin & Management</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Admin dashboard with feedback statistics and quick links</li>
<li>Feedback overview with status filters (New, Sent, Resolved) and bulk actions</li>
<li>Post/Page metabox showing pinpoint count per content</li>
<li>Admin bar integration with live feedback counter badge</li>
<li>Collaborator management with type display, inline email editing, and access control</li>
<li>Tag management with custom colors and usage statistics</li>
<li>8-step setup wizard for first-time configuration</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Security & Access Control</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Role-based access — control who can create, view, and resolve feedback</li>
<li>Granular pinpoint permissions (create, view, resolve per role)</li>
<li>Spam protection: honeypot, submission timing, rate limiting with escalation</li>
<li>Optional CAPTCHA: reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile</li>
<li>Rate limit escalation (5 min <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 15 min <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 1 hour <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 6 hours <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 24 hours)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Privacy & Standards</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>100% self-hosted — your server, your database, your data</li>
<li>GDPR compliant — no external calls unless CAPTCHA is enabled</li>
<li>Clean uninstall — all data removed when plugin is deleted</li>
<li>Multilingual — English and German included, translation-ready</li>
<li>WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS 3.0) and PHPStan Level 5</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Web Agencies</strong> — Collect and manage client feedback across projects</li>
<li><strong>Developers</strong> — QA testing, bug reporting, and code review workflows</li>
<li><strong>Support Teams</strong> — Visual bug reports from users with full context</li>
<li><strong>Design Reviews</strong> — Attach comments to specific design elements for iterative feedback</li>
<li><strong>Content Teams</strong> — Request page changes with visual annotations</li>
<li><strong>Client Onboarding</strong> — Share feedback links with clients who don’t have WordPress accounts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Public Feedback Mode</h4>
<p>Enable public feedback to allow website visitors (even without login) to submit visual feedback. Protected by multiple spam prevention measures:</p>
<ul>
<li>Honeypot fields</li>
<li>Submission timing checks</li>
<li>Rate limiting per IP and session</li>
<li>Optional CAPTCHA (reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile)</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information visit <a href="https://pagepin.io" rel="nofollow ugc">pagepin.io</a></p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Website: <a href="https://pagepin.io" rel="nofollow ugc">pagepin.io</a></li>
<li>Support: service@pagepin.io</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third Party Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external services ONLY when you explicitly enable CAPTCHA protection:</p>
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA (v2 or v3)</h4>
<p>When enabled, user interaction data is sent to Google for spam verification.<br />
* Service: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/<br />
* Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy<br />
* Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms</p>
<h4>hCaptcha</h4>
<p>When enabled, user interaction data is sent to hCaptcha for spam verification.<br />
* Service: https://www.hcaptcha.com/<br />
* Privacy Policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy<br />
* Terms of Service: https://www.hcaptcha.com/terms</p>
<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile</h4>
<p>When enabled, user interaction data is sent to Cloudflare for spam verification.<br />
* Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/<br />
* Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/<br />
* Terms of Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/</p>
<p><strong>Important:</strong> No data is sent to external services unless you explicitly enable CAPTCHA in the plugin settings. Without CAPTCHA, the plugin operates entirely on your own server.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<h4>Data Collection</h4>
<p>This plugin collects and stores the following data locally on your WordPress server:</p>
<p><strong>For authenticated users (logged-in):</strong><br />
* User ID (WordPress user reference)<br />
* Feedback content (screenshots, markers, messages)<br />
* Page URL where feedback was submitted<br />
* Timestamp</p>
<p><strong>For public/anonymous feedback (when enabled):</strong><br />
* Email address (if provided by the visitor)<br />
* IP address (for rate limiting only)<br />
* Session token (anonymous identifier)<br />
* Feedback content (screenshots, markers, messages)<br />
* Page URL and timestamp</p>
<p><strong>For external collaborators (when enabled):</strong><br />
* Display name<br />
* Email address (optional, for Magic Link invitations and @mention notifications)<br />
* Authentication token (for session-based access)<br />
* Access grants (which pinpoints the collaborator can view)<br />
* Last access timestamp</p>
<h4>Data Retention</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feedback data:</strong> Stored until manually deleted by an administrator</li>
<li><strong>Rate limiting data (IP/Session):</strong> Automatically deleted after 24 hours</li>
<li><strong>Screenshots:</strong> Stored until feedback is deleted</li>
<li><strong>Collaborator data:</strong> Stored until manually deleted by an administrator</li>
</ul>
<h4>Data Location</h4>
<ul>
<li>Database: WordPress database tables (prefixed with your WordPress table prefix)</li>
<li>Screenshots: <code>/wp-content/uploads/pagepin/</code> directory</li>
</ul>
<h4>GDPR Compliance</h4>
<ul>
<li>All data is stored locally on your server</li>
<li>No analytics or tracking is performed</li>
<li>No data is shared with third parties (unless CAPTCHA is enabled)</li>
<li>Data can be exported and deleted upon request via WordPress admin</li>
<li>IP addresses are pseudonymized after rate limit period</li>
</ul>
<h4>Consent</h4>
<p>For public feedback mode, we recommend:<br />
* Linking to your privacy policy in the feedback form<br />
* Enabling the GDPR consent checkbox in plugin settings<br />
* Informing visitors about data collection in your site’s privacy policy</p>


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