Shouty WordPress Plugin
Shouty (shoutbox) is a WordPress plugin for you to receive messages from your users. It creates a custom post type called "shout" which will allow you to administer shouts from the Dashboard as you do for the default post types. You can add Shouty in a post, page or a widget using its shortcode. The shortcode has certain options for you to customize the look and function of the Shouty. Shouty also creates a custom category option which can be used to create multiple shoutboxes on your website. To do that, you should first create a category, then set it in the shortcode. Shouty shares messages using AJAX and protects your blog using Honeypot spam protection technique. Users must log in to share shouts. It doesn't accept any HTML but http and https links are converted to <a> tags when the shout is shared. You don't have to worry about unclickable links.
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Usage of Shouty over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 4 to 1 — down 3 (-75%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 2 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 2 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 2 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 2 | +0 |
| September 2023 | 2 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 2 | -2 |
| July 2023 | 4 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 4 | — |
Sites running Shouty
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