Title: MerchantKits Attendance Manager Author: Khalid Durani Published: July 3, 2026 Last modified: July 3, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/merchantkits-attendance-manager/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =3594853) ![](https://ps.w.org/merchantkits-attendance-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =3594853) # MerchantKits Attendance Manager By [Khalid Durani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khaliddurani/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager.1.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/) ## Description MerchantKits Attendance Manager brings simple, powerful attendance tracking and leave management to your WordPress dashboard. Built for small businesses, it covers the full cycle: employees, shifts, clock in/out, leave requests and approvals, reporting, and optional AI-powered insights. #### Key features * **Employee management** — add employees, link them to WordPress users, assign shifts, and track employment type and status. * **Clock in / out** — via the `[mkam_clock_in]` shortcode or the REST API. Captures IP and optional geolocation, detects lateness, and calculates worked hours and overtime. * **Shifts** — flexible shift definitions with grace periods, working days, breaks, and overnight support. * **Leave management** — leave requests with balances, overlap detection, minimum- notice rules, approval workflow, and email notifications. * **Admin dashboard** — at-a-glance stats, today’s activity, and one-click leave approvals. * **AI Insights (BYOK)** — generate smart attendance summaries and detect absence patterns using your own OpenAI API key. * **Self-service shortcodes** — `[mkam_clock_in]`, `[mkam_my_attendance]`, `[mkam_leave_request]`, and `[mkam_my_leaves]`. * **CSV export** — employees, attendance, and leave records. * **REST API** — full `mkam/v1` namespace for integrations. ### Privacy / External Services This plugin optionally connects to OpenAI’s API (https://api.openai.com) for AI- powered attendance insights. * Data is sent only when you explicitly click “Generate Summary” or “Detect Patterns”, or when you enable the optional AI weekly digest email * The data sent includes employee names together with aggregated attendance statistics( counts of present/absent/late/on-leave days and overtime hours) for the selected period — this is required so the generated report can reference specific employees * No other personal data (email, phone, IP address, salary, etc.) is sent * Requires you to provide your own OpenAI API key in plugin settings * No data is sent without your direct action (or, for the weekly digest, without you enabling that setting) OpenAI Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/privacy/ OpenAI Terms of Service: https:// openai.com/terms/ ## Screenshots [⌊Admin dashboard with attendance stat cards and today's activity.⌉⌊Admin dashboard with attendance stat cards and today's activity.⌉[ Admin dashboard with attendance stat cards and today’s activity. [⌊Employee management list table.⌉⌊Employee management list table.⌉[ Employee management list table. [⌊Attendance log with filters and export.⌉⌊Attendance log with filters and export .⌉[ Attendance log with filters and export. [⌊Leave requests with one-click approve/reject.⌉⌊Leave requests with one-click approve/ reject.⌉[ Leave requests with one-click approve/reject. [⌊AI Insights dashboard.⌉⌊AI Insights dashboard.⌉[ AI Insights dashboard. [⌊Frontend clock in/out widget.⌉⌊Frontend clock in/out widget.⌉[ Frontend clock in/out widget. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install via the Plugins screen. 2. Activate **MerchantKits Attendance Manager** through the Plugins menu. 3. Visit **Attendance Settings** to configure your company, attendance rules, and notifications. 4. Add employees under **Attendance Employees**. 5. Optionally add your OpenAI API key under **Attendance Settings AI Settings** to enable AI insights. ## FAQ ### Do I need an OpenAI account? Only if you want AI insights. The plugin uses a Bring-Your-Own-Key model — add your own OpenAI API key in the settings. All other features work without it. ### Can employees clock in from the front end? Yes. Place the `[mkam_clock_in]` shortcode on any page. Employees must be logged in and linked to an employee record. ### Are emails customizable? Yes. Email templates can be overridden by copying them into `your-theme/mkam/email/`. ### Is my data sent anywhere? No data leaves your site unless you explicitly use the AI features. When you do, attendance statistics — including employee names — are sent to OpenAI to generate the insight. See the Privacy section below. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/35076797a51fcdc05d44980495bcf2f2f9569c02b5a37be20535bd11b19d4a1e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpfull!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpfull-127/)󠁿 [fasihullahsolangi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fasihullahsolangi/) July 6, 2026 This plugin has proven to be very useful to me. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “MerchantKits Attendance Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Khalid Durani ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khaliddurani/) [Translate “MerchantKits Attendance Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/merchantkits-attendance-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/merchantkits-attendance-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/merchantkits-attendance-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/merchantkits-attendance-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.2 * Fixed: Approved leave days now appear as “on leave” on the employee attendance calendar ([mkam_my_attendance]). #### 1.1.1 * Added: Freemius integration for seamless Pro upgrades and in-dashboard license management. * Added (Pro): Natural-language AI queries — ask questions about your attendance data in plain English. * Added (Pro): Geofenced clock-in — restrict clock-in to within a radius of a location. * Added (Pro): Inline leave-policy editor — add, edit, and delete leave policies from Settings. * Added: 7-day free trial for Pro features. * Changed: Uninstall cleanup now runs via the Freemius after_uninstall hook. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.2** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Tags * [attendance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attendance/)[clock in](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clock-in/) [HR](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hr/)[leave management](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/leave-management/) [Time Tracking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time-tracking/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/merchantkits-attendance-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/merchantkits-attendance-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Khalid Durani ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khaliddurani/) ## Support Got something to say? 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