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Let visitors record and send voice messages right from your site – no login, no forms, no typing – and manage every recording from one dashboard. Voice Feedback | Pricing | Support Why Voice Feedback? Typing feedback takes effort, so most visitors never do it. Voice Feedback makes it easy for visitors to leave audio feedback – and even screen video feedback – on your WordPress site. They simply record their voice; no login or personal details needed. The plugin adds a voice recording field to your site using a floating drawer, a notification/banner style, a sticky button, a Gutenberg block, or a shortcode. All voice messages are saved in the admin panel, where you can listen to them, mark them as resolved, manage, or delete them as needed. Perfect for blogs, portfolios, education sites, product pages, or any website where collecting user feedback matters. Built with a lightweight, user-friendly interface for reliable voice feedback collection. Free Features Voice Recording Field for Users: Visitors record their voice directly from your site without needing an account. Review Before Submit: Users can play back their message before sending and re-record if needed. Admin Voice Library: All submitted voice messages are stored in an organized dashboard. Playback and Management: Listen to each recording, mark it as resolved, or delete it. Full Customization: Customize every Voice Feedback instance to match your site design and workflow. Multiple Display Options: Show a voice feedback drawer site-wide, or add specific instances via block or shortcode. Smooth Animations: Animated feedback forms create a polished, professional user experience. Lightweight and Secure: No personal data is collected; focused only on voice-based interaction. Spam Protection & CAPTCHA: Protect your site from automated spam bots using Cloudflare Turnstile and rate limiting – completely free. Pro Version Here is what’s new in Voice Feedback Pro: Admin Email Notifications: Get instant email alerts when a user submits voice feedback. Customize the subject and message body, with the option to attach the recorded audio file. Screen Recording Option: Users can record their screen along with their voice for clear, actionable feedback. Advanced Display Triggers: Control when the global feedback appears – always show, after a scroll limit, when the user reaches the bottom, on scroll down, when a target section enters view, after X seconds, or while a target section is visible. Hide on Scroll Up: Automatically hide the feedback form when users scroll up for a cleaner browsing experience. Position Control: Change where your global feedback appears on the screen. Advanced Customization: Fully customizable color, background color, text typography, and responsiveness. How to Use Install and activate the Voice Feedback plugin. A voice feedback drawer appears automatically on your site. Visit Voice Library → Settings to customize or disable the drawer. To place feedback on specific pages, add the Voice Feedback Gutenberg block or generate a shortcode from the Voice Library menu. Listen to and manage submissions from the Voice Library dashboard. Use Cases Collect user voice feedback and suggestions. Add audio comments or voice comments to blog posts. Enable clients to send quick voice updates. Get spoken UX feedback or testimonials. Receive spoken suggestions or bug reports. Upcoming Features Contact form integration with voice field Integration with project/task management tools Check out our other WordPress Plugins HTML5 Audio Player – Best audio player plugin for WordPress. PDF Poster – A fully-featured PDF Viewer Plugin for WordPress. StreamCast – A fully-featured Radio Player Plugin for WordPress. 3D Viewer – Display interactive 3D models on the webs. Source Code You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: Voice Feedback on GitHub External Services This plugin connects to the following external services. Connections are made only from the plugin’s admin dashboard pages and are not triggered for your site’s visitors on the front end. bPlugins API Service: bPlugins product API – https://api.bplugins.com What it does: When you open the plugin’s dashboard, the plugin requests product information (such as the plugin’s own details and other plugins by bPlugins) so it can display product cards, version information, and upgrade options. What data is sent: A request is made to the bPlugins API endpoint with the product identifier (e.g. https://api.bplugins.com/wp-json/bpl/v1/products/{id}). No personal data or site content is sent as part of this request. When: Only while an administrator is viewing the plugin’s dashboard in wp-admin. Terms of Service: https://bplugins.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy/ WordPress.org Plugins API Service: WordPress.org Plugins Info API – https://api.wordpress.org What it does: The dashboard queries the public WordPress.org Plugins API to list other plugins published by the author (titles, icons, ratings, active installs, etc.). What data is sent: A public, read-only query request (e.g. https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[author]=bplugins). No personal data is sent. When: Only while an administrator is viewing the plugin’s dashboard in wp-admin. Terms of Service: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ Privacy Policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ Third-Party Libraries This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries. Freemius SDK Source: https://freemius.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk License: GPLv3 – https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt Purpose: Provides opt-in usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. bpl-tools Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls. External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

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