A separate paid Pro version with unlimited subscribers is available from the developer's website: https:\/\/demo.devsolutionsfinder.com\/sga-store\/<\/p>\n\n
Status Guard Alerts Lite is developed and maintained by karticklnsel (kartick@lnsel.com) on behalf of lnsel.com (https:\/\/lnsel.com).<\/p>\n\n
Status Guard Alerts Lite lets a site owner set a short status alert\n(\"Office closed today due to weather\", \"Service disruption on Route 4\",\n\"We've moved locations!\") in seconds from a phone or the WordPress admin.\nThe alert:<\/p>\n\n
[ssal_alert_banner]<\/code>)<\/li>\n- Can optionally be emailed instantly to your email subscribers<\/li>\n
- Can optionally be texted instantly to your SMS subscribers (Twilio)<\/li>\n
- Can also just be updated on the website with nothing sent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Also included: CSV export of subscriber lists, and an alert history with\none-click reuse and delete.<\/p>\n\n
Visitors subscribe via the [ssal_email_signup]<\/code> and [ssal_sms_signup]<\/code>\nshortcodes. The owner manages both lists (add\/remove\/export) under\nSite Alerts<\/strong> in the WP admin.<\/p>\n\nEach list (email and SMS) supports up to 25 active subscribers.<\/p>\n\n
Why not a marketing-suite plugin<\/h4>\n\n
Most all-in-one marketing plugins gate SMS and automation behind\nexpensive ecommerce-tier pricing. Status Guard Alerts Lite instead talks\ndirectly to SMTP2GO<\/strong> (https:\/\/www.smtp2go.com) for email and\nTwilio<\/strong> (https:\/\/www.twilio.com) for SMS. You create your own\naccounts, paste the keys into Site Alerts \u2192 Settings<\/strong>, and pay those\nproviders directly. No middleman markup.<\/p>\n\nSetup<\/h4>\n\n\n- Install & activate the plugin.<\/li>\n
- Go to Site Alerts \u2192 Settings<\/strong>:\n\n
\n- Email: sign up at smtp2go.com, create an API key (Settings \u2192 API\nKeys), paste it into the SMTP2GO field, and set your From\nName\/Email. Or fill in your own SMTP server instead.<\/li>\n
- SMS (optional): create a Twilio account, buy a number, and paste\nthe Account SID, Auth Token and From Number.<\/li>\n
- Use Test Delivery<\/strong> at the bottom to confirm both work.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n
- Add
[ssal_alerts_page]<\/code> to a page (e.g. a \"Get Alerts\" page) so\nvisitors can subscribe.<\/li>\n- Go to Site Alerts \u2192 Set Alert<\/strong> whenever there's an update. Type\nthe message, check the box to show it on the site, and check\n\"Email list\" and\/or \"SMS text list\" only if you want it actively\nsent out. Hit Publish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
Alert Expiry<\/h3>\n\n
Every alert can have an optional expiry date\/time<\/strong>. When it passes,\nthe website banner automatically switches to a default \"all clear\"\nmessage (configured under Settings, leave it blank to just hide the\nbanner instead). This only updates the website; it does not send\nanother email or text, since the original alert was already delivered\nwhen published.<\/p>\n\nShortcodes<\/h3>\n\n\n[ssal_alert_banner]<\/code> \u2014 the alert banner (also shows automatically\nif \"Auto-display\" is enabled in Settings).<\/li>\n[ssal_email_signup]<\/code> \u2014 email subscribe form.<\/li>\n[ssal_sms_signup]<\/code> \u2014 SMS subscribe form, shown with your consent text.<\/li>\n[ssal_email_unsubscribe]<\/code> \u2014 self-service \"enter your email to\nunsubscribe\" form. It never unsubscribes on submit; it emails a\nconfirmation link to the address entered, so only the actual inbox\nowner can complete it.<\/li>\n[ssal_alert_history limit=\"10\"]<\/code> \u2014 a styled table of recent alerts.<\/li>\n[ssal_alerts_link]<\/code> \u2014 a styled button linking to your Alerts page\n(set the URL once under Settings \u2192 Website Banner \u2192 Alerts Page URL,\nor pass url=\"...\"<\/code> directly).<\/li>\n[ssal_alerts_page]<\/code> \u2014 drop this single shortcode on a page to get\nthe signup forms + unsubscribe + recent history, already laid out\nand styled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nSMS subscribers can reply STOP to any text; Twilio handles opt-outs\nautomatically for standard numbers.<\/p>\n\n
External services<\/h3>\n\n
This plugin connects to the following services only when the site administrator configures them.<\/p>\n\n
Data sent: Subscriber email addresses and alert email content when notifications are sent.<\/p>\n\n
Purpose: Deliver email notifications requested by site administrators and subscribers.<\/p>\n\n
Service provider: SMTP2GO\nTerms of Service: https:\/\/www.smtp2go.com\/terms\/\nPrivacy Policy: https:\/\/www.smtp2go.com\/privacy\/<\/p>\n\n
Service provider: Twilio\nData sent: Subscriber phone numbers and alert text when SMS notifications are sent.\nPurpose: Deliver SMS notifications requested by site administrators and subscribers.\nTerms of Service: https:\/\/www.twilio.com\/legal\/tos\nPrivacy Policy: https:\/\/www.twilio.com\/legal\/privacy<\/p>\n\n\n
1.3.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added an optional link to the separate Pro version (Plugins screen, a Pro Version page and a small Dashboard box). No notices, no tracking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Clarified plugin ownership and author information for the WordPress.org review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Updated plugin author and contributor details to match the submitting account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: SMS text alerts via Twilio (signup form, subscriber list, test\ntext, send on publish).<\/li>\n
- Each list (email and SMS) supports up to 25 active subscribers.<\/li>\n
- Removed all upgrade prompts and links.<\/li>\n
- Uninstall leaves shared data alone if Status Guard Alerts Pro is installed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.7<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed: the email signup and unsubscribe forms did nothing on submit\n(the front-end script used outdated action\/field names).<\/li>\n
- Fixed: a fatal error when sending SMS or a test SMS.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the subscriber-limit messages said 30 instead of the real limit.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the SMTP Encryption and Provider dropdowns now keep their saved\nvalues, and the SMTP settings labels can be translated.<\/li>\n
- Fixed: the \"Email list\" option now also works when only SMTP (not\nSMTP2GO) is configured. Removed an \"SMTP Email\" checkbox that had no effect.<\/li>\n
- Uninstall now clears the scheduled queue event and the DB version option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed a handful of direct-database-write calls that were missing their\nno-caching justification comments, updated \"Tested up to\", and\nreworded the short description to plain English wording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Resolved all issues reported by the WordPress Plugin Check tool:\ntext domain now matches the plugin slug, all custom-table SQL uses\n $wpdb->prepare() with identifier placeholders, missing translator\ncomments added, nonce\/sanitization documented throughout, removed\nthe now-unnecessary
load_plugin_textdomain()<\/code> call, and raised the\nminimum WordPress version to 6.2 (required for the %i<\/code> placeholder\nused in the query fixes above).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Initial release of the Lite edition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Post a status alert on your website in seconds, and send it to your email and SMS subscribers right away.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/378470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378470"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/karticklnsel"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=378470"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=378470"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=378470"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=378470"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=378470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}