Trail Status WordPress Plugin
Keep hikers, mountain bikers, and outdoor enthusiasts informed with real-time trail conditions directly on your WordPress site. The Trail Status plugin makes it easy to display and manage the current status of trails — whether open, closed, muddy, or anything in between — with a fully customisable setup that fits any outdoor organization, trail association or recreation website.
Features
- Flexible permissions — Authors and above can update current conditions; editors and admins manage trails and status names, keeping your workflow organised
- Custom statuses — Create up to 10 trail statuses with custom names and colour coding so visitors can read conditions at a glance
- Trail images — Add images to individual trails, with placeholder images automatically used when none are set
- Trail links — Link trails to dedicated pages for maps, descriptions or additional information
- Custom ordering — Set the display order for both trails and statuses to match your preferences
- Notes & embedded videos — Add notes at the end of your listings, including embedded video content, with separate notes available for the widget and shortcode
- Multiple display sets — Widgets and shortcodes can each show different sets of trails and notes, giving you full layout flexibility
- Default status set — Comes pre-loaded with a starter set of statuses similar to Trailfork’s trail conditions, so you can get up and running quickly
Widget Settings in the Admin
Admin Status List Page with Inline Editing
Add Trail Page
Trail Status Updates Page
List Shortcode with YouTube Embed
Widget on 2016 Theme
Admin Trail List Page Using Datatables
Block Shortcode with a Simple Note
Shortcode Usage
Table List Shortcode: [trail-status] Blocks Shortcode: [trail-status-blocks]
Options
show_images (default: yes)
color_text (default: yes)
box_shadow (default: yes)
small_images (default: no)
Examples
[trail-status show_images=’yes’ color_text=’no’ box_shadow=’yes’ small_images=’yes’] [trail-status-blocks show_images=’yes’ color_text=’yes’ box_shadow=’no’ small_images=’no’]Version 1
The first version was a custom plugin that only showed three trails and there were only three statuses to choose from. It was only deployed on one website. The second version of this plugin is a complete rebuild from the first. It allows you to set up to ten different statuses along with custom colors for each. Before it was even complete, the second version was used as the base for two custom plugins.
