TaskPress

🎯 Perfect For

• Development teams managing sprints and backlogs
• Marketing teams tracking campaigns and content calendars
• Agencies managing multiple client projects
• Freelancers organizing their work and deadlines
• Product teams planning features and releases
• Support teams tracking tickets and issues
• Any team that needs visual project management

📋 How It Works

1. 01Create a Board – Set up a board for your project or team
2. 02Add Lists – Create workflow columns (e.g., “To Do”, “In Progress”, “Done”)
3. 03Create Cards – Add tasks with titles, descriptions, labels, and due dates
4. 04Assign Members – Assign cards to team members
5. 05Drag & Drop – Move cards between lists as work progresses
6. 06Collaborate – Add comments, edit descriptions, track activity
7. 07Track Progress – Monitor everything from your WordPress dashboard

👥 User Roles

Project Manager – Full access to create, edit, and delete boards, lists, and cards. Can manage all aspects of projects and team members.

Project Member – Access to assigned boards with ability to manage their own cards, add comments, and update task status.

Administrator – Full access to all TaskPress features plus plugin settings and configuration.

📱 Shortcode

Use the [taskpress] shortcode to display boards on any page or post:

[taskpress]

This creates a standalone app-like experience for your team members, perfect for creating a dedicated project management page.

💻 Developer Friendly

• Clean Code – Well-documented, modular code structure
• WordPress Standards – Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices
• AJAX Endpoints – Comprehensive AJAX API for custom integrations
• Hooks & Filters – Action and filter hooks for extensibility
• Modern JavaScript – Clean JavaScript with jQuery and SortableJS
• Namespaced – Proper PHP namespacing to avoid conflicts
• Secure – Security-first approach with nonce verification and sanitization

🔒 Privacy

TaskPress does not collect or store any personal data outside of your WordPress installation. All data is stored in your WordPress database and follows WordPress privacy standards. No external services are contacted, and no data is transmitted to third parties.

Support

Beta Testing Support:

For support and to report beta issues, please visit:

• WordPress.org Support Forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/taskpress/
• GitHub Issues: https://github.com/jakaria-istauk/taskpress/issues
• Documentation: Check the docs/ folder in the plugin directory

Your feedback is valuable for improving the plugin! When reporting issues, please include:

• WordPress version
• PHP version
• Active theme and plugins
• Steps to reproduce the issue
• Expected vs actual behavior
• Screenshots (if applicable)
• Browser and device information

Contribute

TaskPress is open source software. We welcome contributions!

Ways to Contribute:

• Report bugs and issues
• Suggest new features
• Improve documentation
• Beta testing and feedback
• Code contributions
• Translations

Development:

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/jakaria-istauk/taskpress
• Coding Standards: WordPress Coding Standards
• Testing: Thoroughly test all changes
• Pull Requests: Welcome for bug fixes and features

Third Party Libraries

TaskPress includes the following third-party libraries:

• SortableJS – MIT License – Drag and drop functionality Version: 1.15.0
• Homepage: https://sortablejs.github.io/Sortable/
• License: https://github.com/SortableJS/Sortable/blob/master/LICENSE

Select2 – MIT License – Enhanced select dropdowns

• Version: 4.0.13
• Homepage: https://select2.org/
• License: https://github.com/select2/select2/blob/develop/LICENSE.md

All libraries are included locally and do not make external requests. No data is transmitted to third parties.

Roadmap

Planned for 1.0 Stable:

• Enhanced error handling and validation
• Performance optimizations
• User feedback integration
• Comprehensive testing suite
• Improved accessibility (WCAG compliance)
• Enhanced mobile experience
• Better internationalization support
• Advanced security hardening

Future Enhancements:

• Real-time collaboration with WebSockets
• File attachments on cards
• Email notifications and alerts
• @mentions in comments
• Advanced filtering and search
• Time tracking functionality
• Analytics and reporting dashboard
• Card templates and automation
• Third-party integrations (Slack, Teams, etc.)
• Custom themes and branding

Credits

Development:

• Built with ❤️ for the WordPress community
• Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices
• Inspired by Trello’s intuitive interface

Special Thanks:

• WordPress community for best practices and support
• Trello for UI/UX inspiration
• SortableJS for excellent drag-and-drop library
• All beta testers and early adopters

License

TaskPress is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.