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Gwolle Guestbook

v4.8.0
by Marcel Pol · 4.8 (112 reviews)

Gwolle Guestbook is the WordPress guestbook you've just been looking for. Beautiful and easy.

30K+ active installs Updated Feb 18, 2025 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 7.0
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About Gwolle Guestbook

Gwolle Guestbook is a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily integrate a guestbook into your website. It offers features such as a simple form for visitors to leave entries, a clean admin interface, anti-spam measures, and the ability to import entries from other guestbooks. There is also an add-on available that provides additional functionality for the guestbook.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Gwolle Guestbook?
Gwolle Guestbook is a WordPress plugin designed to integrate a guestbook into your WordPress powered site. It offers a beautiful and easy way for visitors to leave entries, separate from your comment section.
What are some key features of Gwolle Guestbook?
Key features include an easy-to-use frontend form, a list of entries with pagination or infinite scroll, and a widget to display excerpts. It also offers a clean admin interface, dashboard widget for managing entries, and easy import from other guestbooks.
Does Gwolle Guestbook have anti-spam measures?
Yes, Gwolle Guestbook includes 7 anti-spam features such as Honeypot, Nonce, Form Timeout, Akismet, Stop Forum Spam, and Custom Quiz Question. It also supports moderation, allowing you to check entries before they are visible.
Can I customize the guestbook forms and entries?
Yes, Gwolle Guestbook provides a Simple Form Builder to select desired form fields and a Simple Entry Builder to choose which parts of each entry to display. Multiple guestbooks are also possible, and MultiSite is supported.
What administrative tools are available?
Admins can add replies to entries, and there's a log for each entry to track staff actions. It also includes IP-address and host-logging with WHOIS query links, and notification by mail for new entries.

Changelog

4.8.0

  • 2025-02-18
  • Add option for Youtube to bbcode.
  • Add function gwolle_gb_bbcode_disabled.
  • Deprecate function gwolle_gb_bbcode_img_disabled.
  • Add filter gwolle_gb_bbcode_youtube_enabled.
  • Add function ‘gwolle_gb_get_field_id()’.
  • Fix formfields to have an id attribute, for accessibility (thanks chris0815).
  • Add CSS for loginform to have text label above input field.
  • Take some hints from phpcs.
  • Update strings for Add-On.

4.7.2

  • 2025-01-22
  • Fix XSS security issue (thanks Peter Thaleikis).
  • Allow html in author_name through filter.
  • Hide invisible elements for screenreaders.

4.7.1

  • 2024-11-15
  • Better check for parameters in the shortcode.

4.7.0

  • 2024-10-02
  • Always use utf8mb4 for database tables (requires MySQL 5.5 or higher).
  • Better check for direct access of files.
  • Remove return message about ‘too fast’, not needed really.
  • Add function and action ‘gwolle_gb_enqueue’ so people can choose whether to load css or not.
  • Add filter gwolle_gb_enqueue_frontend_css.
  • Add filter gwolle_gb_bbcode_img_enabled.
  • Add function gwolle_gb_bbcode_img_disabled.
  • Also parse (or strip) BBcode in notification mails.
  • Loading plugin translations should be delayed until init action.

4.6.2

  • 2024-02-09
  • Add direct link to moderation email for quick checking of an entry (thanks Paul Bergers).
  • Add log entry entry-checked-by-email.
  • Fixes for function ‘gwolle_gb_array_flatten()’.

4.6.1

  • 2023-09-29
  • Make author email editable too.
  • Change max-height for images from 500px to 700px.
  • Add support for Litespeed Cache.
  • Fix saving meta key for book_id.

4.6.0

  • 2023-05-17
  • Add parameter ‘num_entries’ to shortcode for more flexibility.
  • For excerpt, add a Collapse link as well (thanks slavum).
  • Fix double slash for sss.js enqueue.
  • Small additions to spamfilters.
  • Drop ‘auto_detect_line_endings’ for import, deprecated in PHP 8.1.
  • Add small advertisement for a recommended plugin (free).
  • Take more hints from phpcs.
  • Update strings for Add-On.

4.5.0

  • 2023-01-24
  • Support print CSS.
  • Use ‘wp_required_field_indicator’ function from WordPress Core 6.1 if available.
  • Add filters ‘gwolle_gb_entry_read_author_info_before’ and ‘gwolle_gb_entry_read_author_info_after’.
  • Update emoji.

4.4.1

  • 2022-11-19
  • Quick fix for missing roles.

4.4.0

  • 2022-11-18
  • Use custom capabilities ‘gwolle_gb_moderate_comments’ and ‘gwolle_gb_upload_files’.
  • Refactor Admin Editor, saving new entry saves more options.

4.3.0

  • 2022-09-01
  • Dependency for jquery should be an array.
  • Make sure setting for admin list is always shown correctly.
  • Move setting for antispam security question to antispam settings tab.
  • Set max-height for images as well.
  • Add class to form if user is logged in or not.
  • Add ‘clear:both’ to metabox lines.
  • Support Siteground Cache plugin for clearing cache.
  • Use html5 on all themes.
  • Add filter ‘gwolle_gb_header_text’.
  • Add function ‘widget_single_view()’ to widget to avoid duplicate code.
  • Only use ‘gwolle_gb_ajax_callback’ for callbacks.
  • Update strings for add-on.

4.2.2

  • 2022-03-16
  • Change options for number of words in widget to more reasonable options.
  • Add class ‘gwolle-gb-ajax’ to form and list if configured so it can be used more widely.
  • Add class as well to ‘#gwolle-gb-total’.
  • Remove ‘»’ character from frontend.
  • Place “clearboth” divs inside div for form field, compatibility with zass theme.
  • Add filter ‘gwolle_gb_formclass’ for class of frontend form.
  • Add filter ‘gwolle_gb_button_text’ for simpler changing the button text.
  • Add function ‘gwolle_gb_array_flatten()’ and use it instead of ‘print_r()’.
  • Always add nonce to the upload form, so we can use it if desired.
  • Remove old translation files from plugin, GlotPress should be used.

4.2.1

  • 2021-12-09
  • Fix pagination, always use ‘int’, not the ‘float’ from ‘ceil()’.
  • Fix editor checkboxes, use int, not string.

4.2.0

  • 2021-11-18
  • Security fix for CSRF, use ‘sanitize_text_field’ for user_email on author search.
  • Thanks Erwan from wpscan.
  • Use more ‘esc_attr’ when appropriate.
  • Add option for character limit in content of entry.
  • Add function ‘gwolle_gb_check_maxlength’.
  • Add function ‘gwolle_gb_count_characters’.
  • Load markitup.js in footer.
  • Run update hook in ‘init’ instead of ‘admin_init’ to support background updates.
  • No need to check if function ‘current_user_can’, ‘user_can’, ‘is_multisite’ and ‘has_shortcode’ exist.
  • Drop support for WP 3.4 and using ‘get_current_theme’.
  • Some updates from phpcs and wpcs.

4.1.2

  • 2021-05-05
  • Add more classes to text elements, for better customization.
  • Better explain how to add a new user to notifications.
  • Fix PHP error when addon is set as active but not available in plugins folder.

4.1.1

  • 2021-03-01
  • Fix deprecated jQuery calls with WP 5.6 and jQuery 3.5.
  • Fix form submission when using http on a https website or viceversa.

4.1.0

  • 2021-01-27
  • Add notification email on moderation.
  • Support WP Rocket for clearing cache.
  • Add span around “from” text in frontend.
  • Add “required” parameter to search widget.
  • Better test for empty string of email subscribers.
  • Change ‘intval()’ to ‘(int)’.
  • Change ‘strval()’ to ‘(string)’.

4.0.8

  • 2020-10-21
  • Security fix: always escape formdata in ‘gwolle_gb_add_formdata()’.
  • Thanks Nicolas SURRIBAS.

4.0.7

  • 2020-10-06
  • Remove placeholders in form, labels should be enough.
  • Fix closing/opening of postboxes.
  • Check for double entries is now a filter, so that it can be disabled.

4.0.6

  • 2020-08-10
  • Fix blocklist.

4.0.5

  • 2020-07-21
  • Add blocklist (taken from add-on).
  • Also use blocklist from WordPress Core.
  • Fix datetime in RSS to be RFC 822 compliant.
  • Add support for user ID in import (based on email address).
  • Support editing of author ID in Editor.
  • Add class ‘gwolle-gb-widget’ to widget ‘ul’ element.
  • Fix saving certain settings on some hosts.
  • Update strings for add-on.

4.0.4

  • 2020-06-21
  • Fix svn issue.

4.0.3

  • 2020-06-21
  • Remove ‘:’ from form labels.
  • Remove part of the label for anti-spam question.
  • Fix class of messages on error (red/green).
  • Fixed a few actions for ‘gwolle_gb_save_entry_admin’.
  • Remove ‘gwolle_gb_antispam_label’ filter.
  • Metabox opens now with a softer fade effect.
  • Use standard From addres ‘wordpress@domain.com’ as default.
  • Add function ‘gwolle_gb_get_user_ip()’ for CDN or proxy.
  • Add filter ‘gwolle_gb_include_proxy_ips’ for using this with a CDN or proxy.
  • Fix bugs in book_id functions.

4.0.2

  • 2020-05-15
  • Redo dismiss button for form in CSS.
  • Improve CSS for dark themes.
  • Set error for select element on ‘div.input’.
  • Add postbox on main admin page when add-on is active.
  • Update strings for add-on.

4.0.1

  • 2020-05-04
  • Fix emoji in frontend form.
  • Set timestamp in editor to hidden again.
  • Make some CSS more specific.

4.0.0

  • 2020-04-28
  • Many CSS ids and classes have changed, please review your custom CSS.
  • Plugin supports multiple forms on one page now.
  • Fix serialized options.
  • Add pause on hover for super-simple-slider.
  • Fix updating of datetime on admin editor.
  • Fix double class attributes in form.
  • Run timeout function only once, set timout to 1 second.
  • Remove separators from BBcode icons.
  • Add loading=”lazy” attribute to bbcode images.
  • Add filters ‘gwolle_gb_author_origin_prefill’, ‘gwolle_gb_author_content_prefill’ and ‘gwolle_gb_author_content_label’.
  • Deprecate ‘gwolle_gb_content_label’ filter.
  • Update strings for add-on.

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