Description
Some Plus Report Post is a powerful and easy-to-use plugin that allows your website visitors to report inappropriate, spam, or policy-violating content — including individual comments. Site administrators can review reports, receive email notifications, and automatically take action when reports exceed a threshold.
Key Features
- User Reporting: Visitors can report content with customizable reasons
- Comment Reporting: Visitors can report individual comments, not just posts
- Admin Dashboard: Comprehensive reports management interface with stats
- Admin Notifications: Receive an email every time a new report is submitted
- Threshold Actions: Automatically unpublish or trash a post when report count exceeds a limit
- Customizable Reasons: Define your own report reasons
- Post Type Support: Enable reporting for any public post type
- Rate Limiting: Prevent spam reports with built-in rate limiting
- Guest Reporting: Optionally allow non-logged-in users to report
- Spam Protection: Built-in honeypot blocks automated form submissions
- Privacy Notice: Show a GDPR-friendly notice inside the report modal
- Data Retention: Automatically delete old reports after a configurable number of days
- CSV Export: Download all reports as a spreadsheet
- Shortcode Support: Place report buttons anywhere with
[sprp_report] - Auto-Append: Automatically add report buttons to post content
- Advanced Filtering: Filter reports by post type, status, item type, reason, and date range
- AJAX Submission: Smooth, no-refresh reporting experience
- Accessible: WCAG 2.1 compliant modal with focus trap and keyboard navigation
- Translation Ready: Fully internationalized
How It Works
- Install and activate the plugin
- Configure settings under Reports Settings
- Choose which post types should have reporting enabled
- Customize report reasons (or use the built-in defaults)
- Visitors can now report content and comments using the report button
- Review and filter reports under Reports
- Take action: delete, unpublish, dismiss, or let the threshold automation handle it
Shortcode Usage
Display the report button anywhere:
[sprp_report]
Target a specific post:
[sprp_report post_id="123"]
Add a custom CSS class to the button:
[sprp_report class="my-custom-class"]
For Developers
Some Plus Report Post is built with extensibility in mind:
- Action hook:
sprp_report_submitted( $report_id, $post_id, $reason_id, $reason_text )— fires after a report is saved - Clean, well-documented code following WordPress Coding Standards
- Namespace
SomePlusReportPost\with SPL autoloader - All queries use
$wpdb->prepare()
Privacy Policy
Some Plus Report Post stores the following data:
- For logged-in users: User ID and report details (post ID, reason, additional note, date)
- For guests: IP address (for rate limiting) and report details
No data is sent to external servers.
To limit how long data is stored, use the Data Retention setting under Notifications & Automation to automatically delete reports after a set number of days. All stored data is permanently deleted when the plugin is uninstalled.
Credits
- Developed by Some Plus
- Built with WordPress Coding Standards
- Icons from Feather Icons (MIT License)
Screenshots
Report button displayed after post content
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Go to Plugins Add New in your WordPress admin
- Search for “Some Plus Report Post”
- Click “Install Now” and then “Activate”
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin zip file
- Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin
- Upload the zip file and click “Install Now”
- Activate the plugin
Configuration
- Go to Reports Settings
- Select which post types should have reporting enabled
- Optionally enable Auto Append Report Button so the button appears automatically
- Customize report reasons as needed
- Set up email notifications and threshold actions under Notifications & Automation
- Save your settings
FAQ
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Can guests report content?
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Yes, you can enable guest reporting in the settings. Guest reports are tracked by IP address for rate limiting purposes.
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Can visitors report comments?
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Yes. When comment reporting is active, a Report button appears below each approved comment automatically. Reports are tracked separately for posts and comments.
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How do I customize the report reasons?
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Go to Reports Settings and scroll to the “Report Reasons” section. Add, edit, or remove reasons as needed. If you save custom reasons, the default reasons are replaced entirely.
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Can I use this with custom post types?
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Yes. Any public post type registered on your site appears in the settings, and you can enable reporting for any of them.
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How do I receive email notifications for new reports?
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Go to Reports Settings Notifications & Automation, enable Admin Email Notification, and enter the email address you want to notify.
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What is the Threshold Action?
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When the number of pending reports for a post reaches the configured count, the plugin can automatically: move the post to draft (Unpublish), send it to trash, or just send you an urgent email without touching the post. Each post only triggers this once.
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How do I reset the threshold for a post?
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Delete the
_sprp_threshold_triggeredpost meta from the post. You can do this under the post editor’s Custom Fields panel, or via WP-CLI:wp post meta delete <post_id> _sprp_threshold_triggered -
Is the plugin GDPR compliant?
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The plugin stores IP addresses (for guest rate limiting) and report details. You should mention this in your privacy policy. Use the Data Retention setting to automatically delete old reports after a set number of days. All data is permanently removed when the plugin is uninstalled.
You can also enable a Privacy Notice in settings to display a note inside the report form.
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Can I export reports?
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Yes. Click the Export CSV button on the Reports page to download a spreadsheet of all reports. The export respects the filters currently applied, so you can export only pending reports, or only reports from the last 30 days, etc.
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Yes. The button uses the class
sprp-buttonand the wrapper usessprp-wrapper. Add CSS to your theme’s stylesheet or via Appearance Customize Additional CSS. -
How do I prevent spam reports?
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The plugin includes built-in rate limiting (configurable maximum reports per user or IP per 24 hours) and a honeypot field that silently blocks automated form submissions.
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What happens when I deactivate the plugin?
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Reports and settings are preserved. Only scheduled cleanup events and transient caches are cleared. Data is removed only when you permanently delete (uninstall) the plugin.
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What happens when I uninstall the plugin?
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The reports database table, all plugin options, and the admin capability are permanently removed. This cannot be undone.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Some Plus Report Post” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Changelog
1.5.0
- Added comment reporting — visitors can now report individual comments
- Added admin email notifications on new report submission
- Added threshold actions — automatically unpublish, trash, or get alerted when a post exceeds a report count
- Added data retention — automatically delete reports older than a configurable number of days
- Added privacy notice — optionally display a GDPR notice inside the report form
- Added CSV export — download all reports (with active filters applied) as a spreadsheet
- Added honeypot spam protection to the report form
- Added five report filters: Post Type, Report Status, Item Type, Reason, and Date Range
- Added “Reported” column to admin list (Post / Comment / Post + Comment)
- Added Notifications & Automation settings section with eight new options
- Improved admin list table column layout and added white-space: nowrap to narrow columns
- Database table extended with item_type and comment_id columns (existing installs upgraded automatically)
1.1.2
- Minor internal fixes
1.1.0
- Internal update
1.0.0
- Initial release
- User content reporting with customizable reasons
- Admin dashboard for managing reports
- Shortcode support
- Auto-append option for post types
- Rate limiting and spam protection
- Guest reporting option
- Full internationalization support