Roadmap Plugin Settings Guide

Overview

The Roadmap Plugin now includes comprehensive settings with product-specific options and a cleaner admin menu structure.

Admin Menu Structure

The admin menu has been reorganized to avoid duplicates:

1. Roadmap Items - Main menu for managing roadmap items
2. Products - Manage products and their specific settings
3. Settings - Global plugin settings with tabs for:

• General Settings
• Statuses Management
• Categories Management
• Notifications

Key Features

1. Default Status for New Items

• Set a global default status for new roadmap items
• Each product can have its own default status
• User suggestions can have a separate default status (e.g., "Under Review")

2. Product-Specific Settings

Each product can have its own:

• Default status for new items
• Enable/disable voting
• Enable/disable comments
• Enable/disable suggestions
• Custom theme color
• Items per page

3. Clean Admin Interface

• No duplicate menu items
• Statuses and Categories are managed under Settings
• Products have their own dedicated page with settings modal

Usage

Setting Global Defaults

1. Go to Roadmap Items → Settings
2. In the General tab, set:

• Default Status for New Items
• Items Per Page
• Enable/disable features globally

Configuring Products

1. Go to Roadmap Items → Products
2. Click "Settings" on any product card
3. Configure product-specific options
4. Save settings

Managing Statuses

1. Go to Roadmap Items → Settings
2. Click on the "Statuses" tab
3. Click "Manage Statuses" to add/edit/delete statuses

Default Statuses

The plugin comes with these default statuses:

• Planned - Items being considered
• In Progress - Items currently being worked on
• Completed - Finished items
• Under Review - Items being evaluated (good for suggestions)

API Integration

When creating items via API:

• If no status is provided, the global default status is used
• For suggestions, the suggestion default status is used
• Product-specific defaults override global defaults

Shortcode Usage

Each product has its own shortcode displayed on the Products page:

[roadmap product="main"]
[roadmap product="mobile"]

Notes

• All new roadmap items are created with status "published" by default
• Settings are cached for performance
• Product settings are stored as term meta
• Global settings use WordPress options API

Updated on: 25/09/2025