This plugin was initially based on the Trail Status plugin but heavily modified to suit the needs of the local outdoors community in the Prince George, BC, Canada region.

The Trail Monitor plugin allows you to display the status of trails on your website while also integrating trail information into your current website structure. Any visitor can submit trail status updates for review and optional anti-spam along with notification features have been added to limit bad actors from disturbing your content (nothing is foolproof).

It is free and the latest version is available for download: here

 

Features

  • Widget
  • Shortcode for showing:
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      • Trails in a list format
      • Trails in a block format
      • Add trail status (with optional anti-spam Google reCAPTCHA)
    • Add images to trails for display in the shortcode
    • Placeholder images for trails without images
    • Add links to the trails
    • Support for embedded YouTube video in the comment field
    • Set up statuses, including their color
    • Trail name and status can be the status color
    • The order of both trails and statuses can be set
    • Notes can be added at the end which can include embedded videos
    • Separate notes for the shortcode and widget
    • Initial set of trail conditions
    • Admin that allows authors and higher users to update the current conditions

Installation

= Plugin Settings =
Hiking Trail ‘Category Type’ to Monitor Statuses: Optionally lets you indicate which wordpress post category relates to trails. These are then selectable in the Name field when entering new trail statuses.
Google Recaptcha API Key v2 (anti-spam): Optional anti spam Google recaptcha API Site key.
Google Recaptcha API Secret Key v2 (anti-spam): Optional anti spam Google recaptcha API Secret key.
Send Notifications ‘from’ Email Address: Optional email address to send notifications ‘from’. (if none specified we usue the default wordpress admin email)
Send Notifications ‘to’ Email Address: Optional email address to send notifications. (currently one email per day is sent if at least 1 trail status has been submitted on that day. The wordpress ‘admin’ email is used as the ‘from’ sender email address)

= Shortcode Usage =
Trail List Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status]
Trail Blocks Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-blocks]
Trail Table List Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-list]
Add Trail Status Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-submit]
Embed Youtube video Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-youtube]

= Options =
show_images: Show’s the trail image. Trails without an image will get a placeholder image. (default: yes)
color_text: Set the text color for the trail name and status by the status. (default: yes)
box_shadow: Add box shadow to trail images. (default: yes)
small_images: If yes, the max-width of the trail images will be 50px. If no, the image will be the full thumbnail size. (default: no)
border: If yes, the table list will show a border. (default: no)

= Examples =
[vstm-trail-status]
[vstm-trail-status show_images="yes" color_text="no" box_shadow="yes" small_images="yes"]
[vstm-trail-status-blocks show_images="yes" color_text="yes" box_shadow="no" small_images="no"]
[vstm-trail-status-list show_images="yes" color_text="no" box_shadow="yes" small_images="yes" border="no"]
[vstm-trail-status-submit][[[trail-status-youtube width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://youtu.be/E8x8VqCPn5g”]]]