Front End PM vs BeepMate – Forms to your messaging app

BeepMate connects your WordPress site’s forms directly to WhatsApp. Whenever a visitor submits a form on your website, you’ll receive an instant WhatsApp message with their information. Key Benefits Instant Notifications: Get form submissions delivered to your WhatsApp in real-time Better Response Times: Reply to inquiries directly from your phone, wherever you are Works With Any Form: Compatible with all WordPress form plugins that use the mail system No Complex Setup: Works automatically with your existing forms Attachment Support: Receives files submitted through forms How It Works The plugin integrates with WordPress’s email system to capture form submissions and redirect them to WhatsApp using the BeepMate API. It works alongside your existing email notifications, ensuring you never miss an important message. You do not need to configure SMTP or any mailer settings (unless you want to) – it works even without a mailer. Features Works with all WordPress form plugins (Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Ninja Forms, Forminator etc.) Simple configuration with your BeepMate API key Multiple API connection methods for compatibility with all hosting environments Preserves special characters and emoji Debug mode for troubleshooting Maintains your existing email workflow External services This plugin connects to BeepMate API (beepmate.io) to send form submission data to WhatsApp. It sends form submissions including text content and any attachments to the BeepMate service whenever a form is submitted on your site. This service is provided by BeepMate: Privacy Policy. Requirements WordPress 6.5 or higher PHP 7.4 or higher A BeepMate account (get your FREE account and FREE API key at beepmate.io) A WhatsApp account External services This plugin connects to BeepMate API (beepmate.io) to send form submission data to WhatsApp. It sends form submissions including text content and any attachments to the BeepMate service whenever a form is submitted on your site. This service is provided by BeepMate: Privacy Policy. Technical Details How It Works Technically BeepMate intercepts WordPress emails at the PHPMailer level, right before they’re sent. When a form is submitted: The plugin hooks into phpmailer_init to capture the email content It extracts the recipient, subject, message body, and any attachments The information is formatted for WhatsApp The plugin connects to the BeepMate API using one of two methods (wp_remote or file_get_contents) The message is delivered to your configured WhatsApp number All of this happens without modifying your existing forms or email system. Configuration Options BeepMate API Key: Your unique API key from BeepMate that authorizes the connection. User ID: The phone number (with country code, no spaces or symbols) that will receive the WhatsApp messages. Redirect All Forms: When set to “Yes,” all form submissions will be sent to WhatsApp. When “No,” the plugin remains inactive. API Method: The technical approach used to connect to the BeepMate API: – wp_remote: The recommended method, works on most servers. – file_get_contents: An alternative if wp_remote is disabled on your server. Debug Mode: Enables detailed logging for troubleshooting. Debugging If you’re experiencing issues with the plugin, you can enable Debug Mode in the settings. This will log detailed information about: – Form interceptions – Message preparation – API calls – Response codes and errors Logs can be found in your WordPress debug log (if WP_DEBUG is enabled) or in your server’s PHP error log. API Structure The plugin uses BeepMate’s API with the following structure: – For text-only messages: https://beepmate.io/send?key=YOUR_KEY&id=YOUR_ID&msg=MESSAGE – For messages with attachments: A POST request to https://beepmate.io/send with multipart/form-data Security Considerations The plugin: – Sanitizes all user input – Uses WordPress nonces for form submissions – Checks user capabilities before allowing settings changes – Hides the API key in logs – Properly escapes all output Extending the Plugin Developers can hook into the plugin’s functionality using these functions: – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_prepare_message: Formats message content for WhatsApp – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_send_to_beepmate: Handles the API connection – beepmate_whatsapp_forms_debug: Controls debug logging Known Limitations Currently supports sending to a single WhatsApp number Depends on the standard WordPress email system being used by forms Some form plugins that implement custom email sending may not be compatible

Front End PM is a Private Messaging system to your WordPress site.This is full functioning messaging system from front end. The messaging is done entirely through the front-end of your site rather than the Dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area. Some Front End PM PRO Features Multiple Recipients Only admin Group message Email Piping Read Receipt Email template Announcement Email queue Role to Role Block View Details Some Useful Link Basic Admin Settings Basic Walkthrough Remove minlength Remove menu button If you want paid support you can contact with me through Front End PM paid support Features Works through a Page rather than the dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area! Users can privately message one another Threaded messages/Individual message Ability to embed things into messages like YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, WordPress TV, more. Notification sound. Desktop notification. Admins can send a public announcement for all users to see or to perticular role(s). Admins can set the max amount of messages a user can keep in his/her box per role basis. This is helpful for keeping Database sizes down. Admins can set how many messages to show per page in the message box. Admins can set how many user to show per page in front end directory. Admins can set will email be sent to all users when a new announcement is published or not. Admins can set “to” field of announcement email. Admins can set Directory will be shown to all or not. Admins can block any user to send private message. Admins can set time delay between two messages send by a user. Admins can see all other’s private message. Admins can block all users to send new message but they can send reply of their messages. Admins can hide autosuggestion for users. There are three types of sidebar widget. Users can select whether or not they want to receive messages Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when they receive a new message. Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when a new announcement is published. Users can block other users. Translation please use wordpress translation. Github https://github.com/shamim2883/front-end-pm/