Free public roadmaps for WordPress
NiroRoadmap turns a WordPress page into a public roadmap, as a Kanban board, a list or a timeline. Visitors see what is planned, in progress and shipped, then vote, comment and suggest ideas.
Answering the same questions by email does not scale, and a static changelog only shows the past. A public roadmap shows the plan in one place. Votes, comments and suggested ideas tell you what people care about most.
Features
Show the roadmap as Kanban columns, a sortable table, or a timeline by quarter, month or Now / Next / Later. A switcher lets visitors pick.
Upvote or downvote without an account. One vote per visitor per item, enforced on the server.
Visitors discuss an item in its popup, with threaded replies and a Team badge on staff replies. Built on native WordPress comments.
Visitors send ideas from the board. Similar items show while they type, and nothing goes public until you approve it.
Search the board, sort by votes, newest or most commented, and filter by tag or product. Filtered links are shareable.
Add a target date or quarter, release version, link, cover image and effort size. Keep private notes for your team.
Every status change is recorded with who and when. Optionally show visitors the path an item took.
Editors and administrators move and reorder items right on the public board.
Run a separate roadmap per product and label items with tags like Payments or Checkout.
Light, dark or auto color scheme, accent color, corner radius and custom CSS, all without touching code.
Place a board with the [niroroadmap] shortcode or the Roadmap block. Each board can have its own options.
Columns scroll sideways and snap into place, the toolbar folds into one button, and the list can open first on narrow screens.
Feedback
Votes, comments and suggested ideas all happen on the board. Each one is optional, so you switch on only what you want to moderate.
Views
The Board, List and Timeline views share the same items, search and filters, and open the same popup. Voting and comments work in each.
Workflow
Logged-in editors drag items between columns on the public page. Everyone else sees a read-only board.
For developers
Items are a regular custom post type with taxonomies for status, product and tag. A REST API and a set of hooks cover the rest.
How it works
Install NiroRoadmap from Plugins → Add New. It creates a Roadmap page and four statuses: Under Review, Planned, In Progress and Completed.
Rename statuses, pick colors and drag them into order. Add products and tags if you need them.
Go to NiroRoadmap → Add New. Give each item a status, and optionally a product, tags and a target.
In NiroRoadmap → Settings, enable comments, idea suggestions, the search toolbar or the view switcher.
Visit the Roadmap page, or place the board anywhere with the shortcode or the Roadmap block.
FAQ
No, unless you want them to. Anyone can upvote or downvote an item, and each visitor gets one vote per item. To require a login, change Settings → Voting → Who can vote.
Yes, once you turn on Settings → Comments. Comments appear in the item popup with threaded replies and are moderated like any WordPress comment, so your spam plugin applies. You can require a login and close comments automatically when an item is completed.
Yes, once you turn on Settings → Submissions. Ideas are saved as Pending and stay hidden until you approve them from the Items list. Similar items are shown while the visitor types, which cuts down on duplicates.
Yes. Turn on the view switcher in Settings → Views, or use [niroroadmap view="timeline"] on one board. The timeline groups items by their target: by quarter, month or Now / Next / Later. Dragging works on the Board only.
Editors and administrators, while logged in. They can drag items directly on the public board. Everyone else sees a read-only board.
Yes. Assign items to a product, then use the shortcode [niroroadmap product="ID"] with that product's term ID from NiroRoadmap → Products.
Not easily. Besides a first-party cookie, votes are matched by a salted hash of the visitor's IP address and browser, so clearing cookies does not reset a vote. If you prefer cookies only, return an empty string from the niroroadmap_vote_fingerprint filter.
It uses your theme's fonts and a neutral design. Choose a light, dark or auto color scheme and an accent color in Settings → Appearance, or override its CSS custom properties.
It makes no requests to external services. Votes are stored as hashes with the item, vote and time; raw IP addresses and user agents are never stored. Comments and ideas keep the details you ask for, and email addresses are never shown on the board. Mention the vote hashes in your privacy policy.
By default your roadmap items, votes, comments, statuses, products, tags, settings and the Roadmap page are kept. To remove everything, turn on Settings → Advanced → Delete all data when the plugin is uninstalled before you delete it. The Roadmap page is always kept.
Yes. The older [roadmap] shortcode still works alongside [niroroadmap].
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