WA Fronted is a WordPress app, with a 4.5 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
WA Fronted is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by jesperb. With a rating of 4.5★ from 2 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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WA Fronted is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by jesperb — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How WA Fronted works
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The core concept with Fronted is that theme and plugin developers incorporate their configuration filter and/or add-on in their plugin or theme. However since version 1.3.5, it will automatically configure itself to make post_content, post_title and post_thumbnail editable if no other options are set.
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Documentation
To report bugs or feature requests, please use Github issues
Features
[x] Support for extensions and integrations
[x] Supports Custom Post Types
[x] Supports Custom Fields (see supported fields for more details)
[x] Advanced Custom Fields support (see supported ACF fields for more details)
[x] WooCommerce support for simple product types (see supported WooCommerce fields for more details)
[x] Supports Shortcake
[x] Utilizes TinyMCE (thanks to isuelde)
[x] Autosave
[x] Post revisions (step through and see changes live)
[x] Live value validation
[x] Automatic oEmbed conversion upon paste
[x] Automatic url to link conversion
[x] Image upload by dropping an image into the editable area
[x] Drag image to move it within the editable area
[x] Automatic changing of image size to load when changing size of image in content
[x] Edit featured image
[x] Shortcode rendering & editing
[x] Show unsaved changes warning if leaving page
[x] Ability to edit other common columns from the posts table
[x] Ability to set post as featured
[x] Ability to set post parent to hierarchical post types
[x] Ability to edit custom excerpt
[x] Allow/Disable comments
[x] Ability to edit fields saved in the wp_options table
[x] Edit and add taxonomies (both custom and native)
[x] Basic RTL support
[x] Choice-based fields with dropdown-select
[x] CTRL + click on link in editor to open in new tab/window
[x] Automatic config of post_content, post_title and post_thumbnail if no settings are set, can be turned off by setting auto_configure to false
[x] Check/Set post locks
[x] Possible to create new posts from frontend
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Frequently asked questions
What is WA Fronted?
WA Fronted is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by jesperb.