{"id":311101,"date":"2026-07-07T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/prayerpop-free\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:51:47","slug":"prayerpop","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/fao.wordpress.org\/plugins\/prayerpop\/","author":23510925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.6.0","stable_tag":"1.6.0","tested":"7.0.2","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"PrayerPop \u2013 Chat & Prayer Requests","header_author":"\u00d6sain O\u00dc","header_description":"Prayer request workflow plugin with a frontend bubble, admin review, and notifications.","assets_banners_color":"769bce","last_updated":"2026-08-03 07:51:47","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/osain.ee\/","rating":5,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":195,"num_ratings":1,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.5.10":{"tag":"1.5.10","author":"osain","date":"2026-07-07 23:36:53"},"1.5.11":{"tag":"1.5.11","author":"osain","date":"2026-07-11 22:36:31"},"1.5.12":{"tag":"1.5.12","author":"osain","date":"2026-07-12 00:10:16"},"1.6.0":{"tag":"1.6.0","author":"osain","date":"2026-08-03 07:51:47"}},"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":1},"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3599658,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3599658,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256},"icon.svg":{"filename":"icon.svg","revision":3599660,"resolution":false,"location":"assets","locale":false}},"assets_banners":{"banner-1544x500.jpg":{"filename":"banner-1544x500.jpg","revision":3599658,"resolution":"1544x500","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":500},"banner-772x250.jpg":{"filename":"banner-772x250.jpg","revision":3599658,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":"","width":772,"height":250}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.5.10","1.5.11","1.5.12","1.6.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"<a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> bubble on a church website.","2":"Prayer request form opened from the frontend bubble.","3":"Submissions list for reviewing incoming prayer requests.","4":"Notification settings for immediate, daily, or weekly email updates.","5":"Style settings for customizing the bubble and form.","6":"Text customization settings for changing visitor-facing wording.","7":"Simple visitor chat and the shared WordPress inbox."}},"plugin_section":[262246],"plugin_tags":[6970,17518,4906,960],"plugin_category":[39],"plugin_contributors":[270529],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-311101","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_section-dashboard-widgets","plugin_tags-church","plugin_tags-ministry","plugin_tags-notifications","plugin_tags-prayer","plugin_category-business","plugin_contributors-osain","plugin_committers-osain"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/prayerpop\/assets\/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3599658","banner_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/prayerpop\/assets\/banner-1544x500.jpg?rev=3599658","banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/prayerpop\/assets\/icon.svg?rev=3599660","icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/prayerpop\/assets\/icon.svg?rev=3599660","icon_2x":false,"generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> is a prayer request and simple chat plugin for WordPress churches, ministries, and Christian organizations. It helps you collect prayer requests, answer visitor messages, and send notifications from WordPress. With PrayerPop Pro, churches can also receive testimonies and run flexible <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/prayer-campaigns\/\">Prayer Campaigns<\/a> with prayer slots for things like 24h prayer, camps, Sundays, events, or focused prayer seasons.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead of asking people to find an email address, fill out a long form, or send prayer requests through scattered messages, PrayerPop gives your website one clear place for prayer. Visitors can submit a request from any page, and your team can review, approve, archive, email, and manage everything inside WordPress.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> is useful when you want to:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Receive prayer requests through your church website<\/li>\n<li>Organize incoming submissions in one admin screen<\/li>\n<li>Review requests before your team acts on them<\/li>\n<li>Send prayer requests by email<\/li>\n<li>Get immediate, daily, or weekly notification summaries<\/li>\n<li>Connect visitors to a simple prayer submission workflow<\/li>\n<li>Customize the wording, colors, bubble style, and form behavior<\/li>\n<li>Reduce spam with honeypot, minimum time, rate limit, and cooldown protection<\/li>\n<li>Keep prayer request management inside WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Let visitors message your team through a simple classic chat<\/li>\n<li>Reply from a shared WordPress chat inbox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>What PrayerPop makes simpler<\/h4>\n\n<p>Prayer requests often arrive through email, social messages, paper cards, and conversations with different team members. <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> brings those requests into one clear workflow. Your website becomes the entry point, and WordPress becomes the place where your team can manage what happens next.<\/p>\n\n<p>The free plugin focuses on two essentials: collecting and reviewing prayer requests, and a straightforward visitor chat with a shared WordPress inbox.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Core features<\/h4>\n\n<p><strong>Prayer request collection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Floating <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> bubble for frontend prayer request submissions<\/li>\n<li>Prayer request submission form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Review and admin workflow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Admin submissions screen for review and moderation<\/li>\n<li>Approve, Decline, Archive, Trash, Restore, and Mark as Answered actions<\/li>\n<li>Bulk actions for email sending, approval, decline, answered status, editing, archiving, and trashing<\/li>\n<li>Basic filters in the admin submissions list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Simple visitor chat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>One classic chat layout using your existing PrayerPop styling<\/li>\n<li>Required visitor name and message, with an optional reply email<\/li>\n<li>Shared WordPress inbox with conversation history and unread indicators<\/li>\n<li>Admin replies plus close, reopen, and permanent deletion controls<\/li>\n<li>Email alerts for new visitor messages and team replies<\/li>\n<li>Secure visitor sessions that let people return to their conversation in the same browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Notifications and settings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Email notifications with immediate, daily, or weekly scheduling<\/li>\n<li>Required admin review for incoming requests<\/li>\n<li>Retention period cleanup controls<\/li>\n<li>Primary color, global font family, bubble position, bubble animation, and bubble icon settings<\/li>\n<li>Text customization with JSON export and import<\/li>\n<li>Built-in documentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Need a larger prayer workflow?<\/h4>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> Pro adds testimonies, public <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/demo-wall\/\">prayer and testimony walls<\/a>, engagement actions, sharing, <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/prayer-campaigns\/\">Prayer Campaigns<\/a>, Divi modules, custom popup extras, and optional AI assisted moderation.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/prayer-campaigns\/\">Prayer Campaigns<\/a> let churches create focused prayer signups with time slots. You can use them for 24h prayer, church camps, Sunday services, outreach events, prayer weeks, or any situation where people need to sign up for a specific prayer time.<\/p>\n\n<p>See the full <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/features\/\">PrayerPop Features<\/a> page or the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/demo-wall\/\">submissions wall<\/a> for examples.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy &amp; Data Handling<\/h3>\n\n<h4>Stored data<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Submission content is stored as WordPress posts (<code>prayer_request<\/code> post type).<\/li>\n<li>Metadata includes name\/anonymous marker, submission type, public marker, moderation status, and answered-prayer note when used.<\/li>\n<li>When Chat is enabled, conversation records store the visitor name, reply email, message history, conversation status, unread state, and timestamps in custom WordPress database tables.<\/li>\n<li>Plugin settings are stored in WordPress options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Browser storage<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Local anti-spam\/cooldown tracking is used for submission protection.<\/li>\n<li>Chat uses a secure, HTTP-only browser cookie to reconnect a visitor to their conversation. The cookie contains a random token; only a one-way hash is stored in the database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Email notifications<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Chat can email the configured site recipient when a visitor sends a message.<\/li>\n<li>Chat can email the visitor at the address they provide when an administrator replies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Retention cleanup<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Retention period is configurable in General settings.<\/li>\n<li>Older approved or answered items can be archived first and cleaned later.<\/li>\n<li>Chat conversations remain until they are erased through WordPress privacy tools or removed during uninstall. Closing a conversation does not delete it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Uninstall<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Plugin options, Chat tables, and scheduled cron hooks are removed on uninstall unless PrayerPop Pro is still installed and uses the shared data.<\/li>\n<li>Submission posts remain in WordPress after uninstall unless you delete them manually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<h4>Minimum Requirements<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>WordPress 5.8 or greater<\/li>\n<li>PHP 7.2 or greater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Automatic installation<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to your WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <code>Plugins -&gt; Add New<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Search for <code>PrayerPop<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <code>Install Now<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <code>Activate<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Manual installation<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> plugin zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <code>Plugins -&gt; Add New -&gt; Upload Plugin<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Click <code>Install Now<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <code>Activate<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Setup<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Settings<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>In General, confirm the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> bubble is enabled.<\/li>\n<li>In Notifications, set the recipient email and notification schedule.<\/li>\n<li>In Style, adjust the bubble color, icon, position, animation, and font.<\/li>\n<li>In Text Customization, edit the visible form labels and messages if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the frontend of your site and click the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> bubble to test a prayer request.<\/li>\n<li>Review incoming requests in <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Submissions<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>To use chat, open <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Chat<\/code>, enable Chat, and confirm the team name and notification email.<\/li>\n<li>Send a test message from the frontend and reply from the Chat inbox.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"who%20is%20prayerpop%20made%20for%3F\"><h3>Who is PrayerPop made for?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p><a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> is made for churches, ministries, and Christian organizations that want a simple way to receive and manage prayer requests through WordPress.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20visitors%20submit%20prayer%20requests%3F\"><h3>How do visitors submit prayer requests?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Visitors click the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/\">PrayerPop<\/a> bubble and complete the prayer request form.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20do%20submitted%20requests%20go%3F\"><h3>Where do submitted requests go?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Submitted requests appear in <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Submissions<\/code> for admin review.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20after%20a%20request%20is%20submitted%3F\"><h3>What happens after a request is submitted?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The request starts as <code>Pending Action<\/code> until an admin reviews it.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20prayerpop%20email%20submitted%20requests%3F\"><h3>Can PrayerPop email submitted requests?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Notifications can be sent immediately, daily, or weekly to the configured recipient email address.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20change%20the%20form%20wording%3F\"><h3>Can I change the form wording?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Open <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Settings -&gt; Text Customization<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20change%20the%20bubble%20appearance%3F\"><h3>Can I change the bubble appearance?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Open <code>PrayerPop -&gt; Settings -&gt; Style<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20free%20plugin%20include%20chat%3F\"><h3>Does the free plugin include chat?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Free includes one simple classic chat layout, a shared WordPress inbox, email notifications, conversation history, unread indicators, and close\/reopen controls. It does not include internal notes, priorities, categories, assignments, FAQ tabs, or advanced chat layouts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20can%20i%20contact%20support%3F\"><h3>Where can I contact support?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>For questions, bugs, <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/contact\/\">feature requests<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/contact\/\">support<\/a>, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/prayerpop.eu\/contact\/\">PrayerPop contact page<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20free%20plugin%20include%20public%20prayer%20walls%2C%20testimonies%2C%20or%20prayer%20campaigns%3F\"><h3>Does the free plugin include public prayer walls, testimonies, or Prayer Campaigns?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The free plugin focuses on prayer requests and simple visitor chat. 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