Title: Idea Factory
Author: Nick Haskins
Published: <strong>ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 11, 2014</strong>
Last modified: ಆಗಷ್ಟ್ 19, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Idea Factory

 ‍[Nick Haskins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nphaskins/) ಮೂಲಕ

[ಡೌನ್ಲೋಡ್](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/idea-factory.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/#description)
 * [‍ವಿಮರ್ಶೆಗಳು‍](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/#developers)

 [‍ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/)

## ವಿವರಣೆ

Idea Factory was born out of necessity, and the frustration of the lack of plugins
that did exactly what I wanted it to do. This plugin allows users to submit new 
ideas from the front-end, and vote on them. Currently it allows a user to vote once
per idea, then locks them out. It’s also currently limited to logged in users, for
now.

 * AJAX powered front-end submission and voting
 * Works for both logged in and logged out users
 * 1 vote allowed per user per idea
 * Emails the admin of a new submission
 * Automatic setup or use anywhere with a shortcode
 * Optionally set a threshold where each idea will be given a status based on total
   votes and emails the admin
 * Automatic status grading
 * Extensible with hooks and actions on events
 * More ideas loaded with AJAX on front-end
 * Mobile friendly

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * What you see when you visit yoursite.com/ideas
 * [[
 * User submit new ideas within a popup modal
 * [[
 * New ideas are logged as a custom post type
 * [[
 * You can change a few settings here
 * [[
 * And more settings here

## Installation

#### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
 2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
 3. Select `idea-factory.zip` from your computer
 4. Click ‘Install Now’
 5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

#### Using FTP

 1. Download `idea-factory.zip`
 2. Extract the `idea-factory` directory to your computer
 3. Upload the `idea-factory` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

## FAQ

  Can I override the layout?

Yep. Copy the file from idea-factory/templates/template-ideas into your theme and
it will use your file instead. Note, you’ll need to keep track of updates to the
source file and update accordingly. Check out using hooks, actions, or filters for
adding, or changing things.

## ‍ವಿಮರ್ಶೆಗಳು‍

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/134259d4a541f326a5062b6e4ae46e22255bc3a1d3787de37b37e3aaa612af95?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working on 4.9.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-4-9-1/)󠁿

 [phoyocontact](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phoyocontact/) ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 26, 2017

I tried everything indicated here but it still does not work.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ebb462d79449f8d63a845a26258c4453da9e23e6cbf32740c49c4c685ffc29f5?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Got it working in 5 minutes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/got-it-working-in-5-minutes/)󠁿

 [bfeist](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bfeist/) ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 29, 2016

The only thing I would like to be able to change, is for public voting to be optionally
controlled via cookie instead of IP. I know this wouldn’t work for public stuff,
but I’m using this within an intranet for internal suggestion box, and we all come
from the same IP.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/83130d79a5a44396fdd547d7aa73fe52da6735a0fe7b4844fd1565ebe216ff81?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[SUCH potential…but no longer works 🙁](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/such-potential-but-no-longer-works/)󠁿

 [sergeantash](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeantash/) ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 12, 2016 
2 replies

I have been looking for an ‘Ideas’ plugin for a while, this one just looks perfect
as its neat, tidy and compact BUT I am so frustrated that it doesn’t work with the
latest Wordpress 🙁 no matter what I try, I just can’t get the ideas to show on 
the front-end, it simply states “No ideas exist, why not create one”. Such a shame,
if the author can revamp this plugin, I promise and commit to make a donation.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07e9c4b1289d203d95a94cdcaf209ebc9a36fee10bbc7bf83a45c74855feb34c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Nice Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-plugin-1713/)󠁿

 [Dave Anthony](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mobilerockstar/) ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 3, 2016

This is really gonna help me get some feedback thanks guys!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d96a01b345ca0956dc08e3a4c611e20cf3406be0f4d1affcfe83f8ffa9cdbf61?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[no fuss](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-fuss-2/)󠁿

 [eminozlem](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eminozlem/) ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 3, 2016

simple to the point

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81f295334d3c8eb911dbddcf45dc8ba220d52739b5c44e291609e5f9eebc5c70?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-536/)󠁿

 [nickthegreek82](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickthegreek82/) ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ 3, 
2016 3 replies

Unfortunately it does not work with the lated Wordpress version. It is a great idea,
but it does not work. In my case, ideas are not shown in the frontend, even they
exist in the backend and they are published. I tried for a couple of hours to debug
the code, but I give up. It is a matter of minutes for the developer of the script
to find the bug and fix it. For any other programmer it will take days to fix it.
So, it does not worth the effort. Please, developers, take some time to fix this,
as it is a great plugin.

 [ Read all 13 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Idea Factory” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

ಕೊಡುಗೆದಾರರು

 *   [ Nick Haskins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nphaskins/)
 *   [ tmeister ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tmeister/)

“Idea Factory” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/idea-factory/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Idea Factory” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/idea-factory)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/idea-factory/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/idea-factory/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/idea-factory/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/idea-factory/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * NEW – Added an option to enable public voting
 * NEW – Added a reset button to reset public votes
 * NEW – Added “Author” to the Ideas
 * FIXED – Fixed strings that were not translatable
 * FIXED – Fixed minor security that would allow vote spoofing
 * FIXED – Added capability checks to reset events
 * FIXED – Only show the Idea Status if threshold is “on” in the ideas list
 * FIXED – Fixed broken check for admin notification
 * FIXED – Frontend UI improvements
 * FIXED – Added high priority to load the plugin styles after the theme styles 
   to avoid CSS override and to not use !important.

#### 1.1

 * NEW – Added a “threshold” option where, when set with a numerical value such 
   as 10, each idea will then be automatically approved or declined based on reaching
   10 or more total votes and will send the site admin an email with the status 
   update
 * NEW – Added a dropdown box on all ideas to manually change the status
 * NEW – Added an option to manually reset all votes on all ideas back to zero
 * NEW – Added a status column within the edit posts screen to show the status of
   each idea
 * NEW – Added a shortcode [idea_factory] to show the ideas and voting form with
   options to hide the form, votes, or voting
 * NEW – Added an option to disable the automatic archive
 * TWEAK – Instead of posts being put into draft when the option is selected, they
   are put into “pending” allowing proper review

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release

## ಮೆಟಾ

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿ ನವೀಕರಿಸಿದ್ದು **11 ವರ್ಷಗಳು ರ ಮುನ್ನ**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.3.34**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/),
   ಮತ್ತು [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/idea-factory)
 * ಟ್ಯಾಗ್‌ಗಳು
 * [feedback](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feedback/)[idea](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/idea/)
   [user submission](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-submission/)[vote](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vote/)
   [voting](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/voting/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kn.wordpress.org/plugins/idea-factory/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  10 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/reviews/)

## ಕೊಡುಗೆದಾರರು

 *   [ Nick Haskins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nphaskins/)
 *   [ tmeister ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tmeister/)

## ‍ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿ

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/idea-factory/)

## ದೇಣಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿ

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