Dan's Annotator

Contributors: danl
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.1 License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Lightweight front-end annotation tool with threads, tagging, and collaborator sessions.

Description

Dan's Annotator lets logged-in users (and invited collaborators) highlight elements on any page and discuss them in threaded comments. It adds a floating UI to create, browse, and close annotation threads, plus @-mentions with email notifications.

Features

• Custom database tables for threads, comments, tags, and collaborators (created on activation).
• Admin bar toggle to enable/disable annotation mode for logged-in users.
• Front-end badges showing counts and a side panel UI for reading/posting comments.
• @username tagging with autocomplete and email/admin-notice notifications.
• REST API endpoints used by the front-end JavaScript.
• Optional outside-collaborator links with scoped sessions.

Installation

1. Upload the dans-annotator directory to your wp-content/plugins folder.
2. Activate the plugin in WP Admin (tables are created on activation).
3. While logged in, use the admin bar toggle to enable annotation mode on the front-end.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.