WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker

Description

WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker is a standalone employee time clock, attendance, and timesheet tracker for WordPress. Developed by WPChef (https://wpchef.online). It helps small businesses, agencies, offices, field teams, clinics, contractors, nonprofits, and service companies track employee work hours directly inside WordPress.

Add a simple shortcode to any page and employees can clock in, clock out, start and end breaks, and review their recent attendance. Administrators can view attendance entries, adjust times manually, review event evidence, run basic daily reports, and export records to CSV.

WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker does not require Gravity Forms, GravityView, WooCommerce, or any other form plugin. It uses custom database tables built for attendance tracking.

Features

• Custom database tables for attendance records and event evidence.
• Employee clock in and clock out.
• Break in/out with optional break notes.
• Frontend employee dashboard using shortcode.
• Admin attendance list.
• Basic daily and weekly reporting through date filters.
• IP address capture for clock events.
• Simple device type capture such as Mobile, Tablet, or Desktop.
• Optional browser GPS location capture for Clock In, Start Break, and Clock Out.
• Optional Google Maps Platform address lookup when a Google Maps API key with the Geocoding API is configured.
• Manual admin adjustment for attendance entries.
• Company location, timezone, and shift start/end settings.
• CSV export.
• WordPress user role support.

Shortcode

Use this shortcode on any protected employee page:

[wpchef_attendance]

Location Capture

Location capture is optional and can be enabled from WPChef Tracker > Settings. When enabled, the employee browser asks for location permission during Clock In, Start Break, and Clock Out. The plugin records latitude, longitude, accuracy, readable address when available, event time, IP address, and simple device type as attendance evidence.

This plugin does not include geofencing, radius restriction, or distance-based blocking.

External Services

If you add a Google Maps Platform API key in the plugin settings and enable the Geocoding API for that key, the plugin can send captured GPS coordinates to Google Maps Platform to convert those coordinates into a readable address for attendance evidence. The free plugin does not require this service for basic attendance tracking, and it does not enforce geofencing.

Google Maps Platform Terms of Service: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Maps API key setup documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key
Google Maps Geocoding API documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start

Who Can Use WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker?

WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker is designed for general business use, including:

• Small businesses and offices.
• Remote teams.
• Field service companies.
• Cleaning companies.
• Staffing agencies.
• Home care and healthcare agencies.
• Therapy offices and clinics.
• Delivery teams.
• Security teams.
• Nonprofits and volunteer teams.
• Contractors and service teams.

Privacy Notes

WPChef Attendance stores attendance records in your WordPress database. Clock events may store the employee’s WordPress user ID, clock event time, IP address, simple device type, browser user agent for internal evidence, and browser GPS coordinates when location capture is enabled.

This plugin does not send attendance data to a third-party service unless a site administrator configures a Google Maps Platform API key for address lookup. When address lookup is configured, captured GPS coordinates may be sent to Google Maps Platform to retrieve a readable address. Site owners are responsible for informing employees about attendance monitoring according to their local employment, labor, privacy, and data retention requirements.