Dear Project Manager

Dear Project Manager is a powerful WordPress plugin that transforms your website into a complete project management platform. Perfect for agencies, freelancers, and organizations that need to showcase projects, manage team applications, and track project submissions.

Key Features:

• Project Showcase – Display beautiful project portfolios with custom post types
• Team Management – Create teams and assign members to projects
• Application System – Allow users to apply for projects with custom forms
• Submission Tracking – Team members can submit project reports and updates
• User Status Validation – Smart permission system to control access
• Beautiful Templates – Tailwind CSS-styled frontend templates
• Custom Comments – Discussion system for project collaboration
• Admin Dashboard – Comprehensive admin interface for managing everything

Perfect For:

• Design agencies showcasing client work
• Development teams managing projects
• Educational institutions with student projects
• Freelancers building their portfolio
• Non-profits managing volunteer projects

Development

Technical Details:

• Custom post types: project, team, project_application, project_submission
• Meta fields for project details (URL, status, difficulty, duration, tags, client)
• AJAX-powered application and submission forms
• Role-based permission system
• Meta query optimization for team/project relationships
• WordPress coding standards compliant
• Secure nonce verification on all forms
• Sanitized and escaped output throughout

Hooks & Filters:

The plugin provides various hooks and filters for developers to extend functionality:

• project_mp_user_status – Filter user status validation
• project_mp_application_submitted – Action after application submission
• project_mp_submission_saved – Action after report submission
• project_mp_team_assigned – Action when user assigned to team

Privacy Policy

This plugin stores user application data including:
* User name and email (from WordPress user account)
* Application text/approach
* Project submission reports
* Team assignments

All data is stored in the WordPress database and follows WordPress data retention policies. No data is sent to external services.

Support

For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit:
https://github.com/im-bipo/Project-PM

Credits

• Tailwind CSS for styling framework
• WordPress for the amazing platform

1. Upload the bipo-project-manager folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. A new “Project” page will be automatically created
4. Navigate to Projects > Add New to create your first project
5. Configure project details, teams, and permissions as needed

1. 

   Project archive page showing all projects

2. 

   Single project page with application form

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Project custom post type with meta fields
• Team management system
• Application handling via AJAX
• Submission tracking
• User status validator
• Frontend templates with Tailwind CSS
• Admin enhancements and custom columns
• Custom comments template
• Shortcode support