Alpaca Issue Tracker is a powerful yet simple issue tracking system that lives inside your WordPress admin. Built with the WordPress philosophy in mind, it provides a Trello-like kanban board interface for managing bugs, feature requests, and project tasks. Key Features Kanban Board Interface – Drag
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.0.
SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 19, 2026
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About this tool.
Alpaca Issue Tracker is a powerful yet simple issue tracking system that lives inside your WordPress admin. Built with the WordPress philosophy in mind, it provides a Trello-like kanban board interface for managing bugs, feature requests, and project tasks.
Key Features
Kanban Board Interface – Drag-and-drop issues between and within fully customizable status columns
Automatic Context Capture – Browser info, page context, and technical details are saved with each bug report submitted from the front end
Built for WordPress – Uses native WordPress components, post types, taxonomies and database tables
Extensibility – Developers can add custom functions and integrations via conventional WordPress actions & filters
Respects User Permissions – Integrates with WordPress user roles and capabilities
Screenshot Capture – See exactly what the user saw, captured and processed locally within the browser
Comment and Activity Thread – A unified view of each issue’s progress, supporting attachment uploads and user mentions
Priority Management – Flag high-priority items and set deadlines
Assignee System – Assign issues and checklist items to team members
Email Notifications – Instant or daily digest email notifications for the issues you care about
Translation Ready – Fully localized and ready for translation into any language (including RTL support)
No Artificial Limitations – Use on as many sites, with as many users, issues, attachments and interactions as you need
Perfect For
Freelance developers managing client sites
Small agencies tracking bugs and feature requests
Development teams needing lightweight project management
Clients performing QA on a new site
Account managers responsible for rolling retainer contracts
Enterprises and government bodies needing extra reassurance on hosting
How It Works
Clients don’t have the time or knowledge to provide detailed technical reports when they spot a problem. But developers can’t do their job without that detail. Alpaca Issue Tracker solves this by automatically capturing all the technical context WordPress already knows about each page request.
When a user reports an issue via the Alpaca Issue Tracker front-end toolbar, the plugin silently captures: – A screenshot of what the user can see – Browser and device information – Current page URL and template – Queried object details and HTTP headers – Any JavaScript errors
This gives developers everything they need to reproduce and fix issues quickly, with zero burden on the client.
Issues can also be created on the admin side, meaning Alpaca Issue Tracker can also be used as a complete project management system, to plan new features or track internal tasks.
Third-Party Libraries
Alpaca Issue Tracker includes runtime copies or bundled output from the following GPL-compatible libraries:
Bowser – MIT license – https://github.com/bowser-js/bowser
DOMPurify – MPL-2.0 option from (MPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0) – https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify
Marked – MIT license – https://marked.js.org/
PrismJS – MIT license – https://prismjs.com/
PropTypes – MIT license – https://github.com/facebook/prop-types
SnapDOM – MIT license – https://github.com/zumerlab/snapdom
Recommended Plugins
Alpaca Issue Tracker uses user images throughout its interface, for extra humanity. We recommend Simple Local Avatars as a reliable solution for processing and hosting photos of your users without using an external service.
Development
Source code and build configuration are available at: https://github.com/rareview/alpaca-issue-tracker
Building from Source
01Clone the repository
02Run npm install
03Run npm run lint
04Run npm run build
05Run npm run zip to create a distributable package
The distributed plugin includes compiled JavaScript and CSS assets. The source files, dependency manifests, and build instructions are available in the repository above. Composer dependencies are used for development tooling and coding standards checks.
Privacy Policy
By default, issue data, screenshots, and technical information are stored in your WordPress database and/or filesystem. If an administrator enables Fix With AI, an authorized user’s drafting request can send issue details, comments, screenshot URLs, captured technical context, and site environment details to the configured AI provider. Sending a draft to GitHub creates an issue in the configured repository. Review your AI provider and GitHub privacy settings before enabling this optional feature.
Credits
Developed by Rareview®
See it in action
Screenshots & previews.
Project Board organizes issues by status with labels, assignees, deadlines, watchlist state, and priority indicators.Issue details keep priority, due dates, assignees, labels, checklist items, attachments, and the comment timeline in one place.Project Activity shows a chronological feed of issue comments and updates across the board.Context Capture lets users report an issue from wp-admin with an optional high-priority flag and technical context.Notification preferences let each user control instant and daily digest updates for issue activity.Configure keeps board statuses, labels, deleted items, cards, and global settings inside WordPress.Frontend issue capture lets logged-in users report problems from public pages without opening wp-admin.Email Templates let admins edit instant and daily digest email content with a live preview.
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Getting started.
01Install and activate the plugin as normal.
02Admin users can configure status columns and issue labels at: Project Board / Configure
03Admin users can edit the design of Alpaca Issue Tracker email notifications at: Project Board / Email Templates
04All users can set up personal notifications about issue progress: Project Board / My Notifications
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Frequently asked questions.
Who can see the Alpaca Issue Tracker interface?
By default, only logged-in users can see the Alpaca Issue Tracker toolbar and report issues. Administrators have full access to the project board and all issues.
Does this work with Gutenberg?
Yes! Alpaca Issue Tracker is built using WordPress Gutenberg components for a native WordPress experience.
Can I customize the Status columns and Labels?
Yes, of course! You can add extra columns and labels, and change their names or presentation order, on the Configure screen.
Can I customize the card presentation?
Yes! You can choose which metadata points are shown on cards in the Board view, for just the right amount of information at a glance.
Is this compatible with multisite?
Alpaca Issue Tracker works on multisite installations, with each site having its own independent project board. An aggregation view across sites is planned for a future release.
What kinds of notifications can Alpaca Issue Tracker send?
Alpaca Issue Tracker ships with a highly configurable email notification system. You can choose to receive instant notifications of activity relevant to you and your issues; or a daily digest of all activity. You can even design the email templates using a block-based editor.
You can @-mention another user within the text of a comment, to send them a notification. A search window will appear as soon as you type an @ symbol.
Alpaca Issue Tracker’s notification engine has been built with extensibility in mind: additional channels will be added in the future.
Where is the data stored?
Issue data is stored in your WordPress database’s core tables using custom post types and taxonomies. The optional Fix With AI feature sends issue context to a configured AI provider and creates issues in the configured GitHub repository when an authorized user uses it.
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