Knowledgebase
Blocks
These knowledgebase articles have to do with our various Blocks and how to use them.
Ideas
These knowledgebase articles explain everything you need to know about Ideas.
Pro
A collection or articles about our Pro-only features
Settings
Articles about RoadMapWP settings.
Shortcodes
These knowledgebase articles have to do with our various Shortcodes and how to use them.
Getting Started
A roadmap consists of 3 main parts: Each of these parts has their own shortcode (or block for pro users) which means getting up and running is literally as easy as 1, 2, 3! Submitting Ideas Somewhere on your website you’re going to want to display a form that your users can use to submit […]
How to update the status of your ideas: Updating the status of your ideas is crucial to keeping your roadmap up to date and accurate. There are two ways to update the status of an idea: Video Walkthrough:
Custom Taxonomies (filters)
What is a Taxonomy? In WordPress, “filters” are called “taxonomies”. A common example of a taxonomy that you’ve probably seen many times would be things like Color, or Size when selling T-shirts. In that example, color and size are the taxonomies, and red, blue, yellow, green, or small, medium, large, x-large are the terms. People […]
Roadmap Tabs Block
How to use the Roadmap Tabs block (Pro only) Ideas have 6 possible statuses, Closed, Not Now, Maybe, New Idea, Up Next and On Roadmap. You can display a grid of ideas and choose which of these statuses to display ideas from. To do this, you can use the Roadmap Tabs block: Note: Pro users […]
New Idea Form Block
How to use the New Idea Form Block (Pro only) To display a form on your website visitors can use to submit ideas just add the New Idea Form block: Block: Search for the block called New Idea Form and place it wherever you want the form to appear Frontend: Here’s an example of what […]
Roadmap Block
How to use the Roadmap block (Pro only) Ideas have 6 possible statuses, Closed, Not Yet, Maybe, New Idea, Up Next and On Roadmap. You can display a grid of ideas and choose which of these statuses to display ideas from. To do this, you can use the Roadmap block: Note: Pro users can change […]
Display Ideas Block
How to use the Display Ideas Block (Pro only) If you’d like to display a grid containing all the submitted (and published) ideas, with options for filtering so users can browse and vote on ideas, you can use the Display Ideas block. Block: Add the Display Ideas block wherever you’d like to display the ideas […]
Roadmap with Tabs Shortcode
How to use the Roadmap with Tabs shortcode The standard Roadmap shortcode might not be the best UI for your users, especially if you’re showing all 6 Idea statuses, as having 6 columns of data can get pretty cumbersome on smaller devices. That’s why we also have the Roadmap Tabs shortcode, which displays a horizontal […]
Browsing Ideas
Displaying Ideas on the frontend: To display ideas on the front end of your website for browsing, you’ll need to either use our Display Ideas shortcode, or if you have pro, you can use the block. For more information on how to use the shortcode or block, read this article. All published ideas will be […]
Idea Statuses
What you should know about Idea Statuses What are the 6 Idea Statuses? Can I change the default Idea Status? No, new ideas will always have the status of “New Idea” by default. How do I change the status of an existing Idea? Navigate to RoadMap > Ideas and click on Quick Edit for an […]
Roadmap Shortcode
How to use the Roadmap shortcode Ideas have 5 possible statuses, Closed, Maybe, New Idea, Up Next and On Roadmap. You can display a grid of ideas and choose which of these statuses to display ideas from. To do this, you can use the Roadmap shortcode: Shortcode: Add that shortcode wherever you want to display […]
Display Ideas Shortcode
How to use the Display Ideas Shortcode If you’d like to display a grid containing all the submitted (and published) ideas, with options for filtering so users can browse and vote on ideas, you can use the Display Ideas shortcode. To get started you’ll want to create page and add the appropriate shortcode. Let’s talk […]
New Idea Form Shortcode
How to use the New Idea Form Shortcode To get started you’ll want to create at least one page, perhaps more depending on how you want to display various parts of your roadmap, and add the appropriate shortcodes. Let’s talk about the New Idea Form shortcode: Shortcode: Simply add that shortcode wherever you want the […]