Title: Trail Monitor
Author: Mark Vejvoda
Published: <strong>30 de mayo de  2025</strong>
Last modified: 28 de noviembre de  2025

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# Trail Monitor

 Por [Mark Vejvoda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/softcoder/)

[Descargar](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/vstm-trail-monitor.1.11.zip)

 * [Detalles](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/#description)
 * [Valoraciones](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/#installation)
 * [Desarrollo](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/vstm-trail-monitor/)

## Descripción

This plugin allows you to display the status of trails on your website. Any user
can add a trail status (for review), while only editors and admin can add and update
the trails and status names. The trails can have links to pages with more information
about them. Both the shortcodes and widget are customizable. Widgets and shortcode
can have different sets of trails and notes.

#### Features

 * Widget
 * Shortcode for showing:
    - Trails in a list format
 *  - Trails in a block format
 *  - Add trail status (with optional anti spam google recaptcha)
 * Add images to trails for display in the shortcode
 * Placeholder images for trails without images
 * Add links to the trails
 * Support for embedded youtube video in the comment field
 * Set up statuses including their color
 * Trail name and status can be the status color
 * The order of both trails and statuses can be set
 * Notes can be added at the end which can include embedded videos
 * Separate notes for the shortcode and widget
 * Initial set of trail conditions
 * Admin that allows authors and higher users to update the current conditions
 * Every Trail can show a list of the last X trail updates submitted by users
 * Every Trail can show a list of links to a) weather forecasts b) forest fire smoke
   forecasts c) Avalanche forecasts

DISCLAIMER: Under no circumstances do we release this plugin with any warranty, 
implied or otherwise. We cannot be held responsible for any damage that might arise
from the use of this plugin. Back up your WordPress database and files before installation.

### License

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

### External services

This plugin connects to a Google API to protect trail updates from spam attacks,
it’s needed to provide anti-spam detection in the plugin.

It sends a unique key every time the widget is loaded.
 This service is provided
by “Google”: terms of use, privacy policy. https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/
docs/faq

## Capturas

[⌊Admin Trail List Page⌉⌊Admin Trail List Page⌉[

Admin Trail List Page

[⌊Admin Menu⌉⌊Admin Menu⌉[

Admin Menu

[⌊Admin Settings⌉⌊Admin Settings⌉[

Admin Settings

[⌊Shortcode: Add a Trail Status Update⌉⌊Shortcode: Add a Trail Status Update⌉[

Shortcode: Add a Trail Status Update

[⌊Shortcode: Show Trail Status List⌉⌊Shortcode: Show Trail Status List⌉[

Shortcode: Show Trail Status List

[⌊Admin Statuses List Page⌉⌊Admin Statuses List Page⌉[

Admin Statuses List Page

[⌊Admin Trail Status List Page with Inline Editing⌉⌊Admin Trail Status List Page
with Inline Editing⌉[

Admin Trail Status List Page with Inline Editing

## Instalación

Video of installation walkthrough:

#### Plugin Settings

Hiking Trail ‘Category Type’ to Monitor Statuses: Optionally lets you indicate which
wordpress post category relates to trails. These are then selectable in the Name
field when entering new trail statuses. Google Recaptcha API Key v2 (anti-spam):
Optional anti spam Google recaptcha API Site key. Google Recaptcha API Secret Key
v2 (anti-spam): Optional anti spam Google recaptcha API Secret key. Send Notifications‘
from’ Email Address: Optional email address to send notifications ‘from’. (if none
specified we usue the default wordpress admin email) Send Notifications ‘to’ Email
Address: Optional email address to send notifications. (currently one email per 
day is sent if at least 1 trail status has been submitted on that day. The wordpress‘
admin’ email is used as the ‘from’ sender email address)

#### Shortcode Usage

Trail List Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status] Trail Blocks Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-
blocks] Trail Table List Shortcode: [vstm-trail-status-list] Add Trail Status Shortcode:[
vstm-trail-status-submit] Show the last x trail status updates for the current trails
page: [vstm-trail-status-most-recent] Embed Youtube video Shortcode: [vstm-trail-
status-youtube]

#### Options

show_images: Show’s the trail image. Trails without an image will get a placeholder
image. (default: yes) color_text: Set the text color for the trail name and status
by the status. (default: yes) box_shadow: Add box shadow to trail images. (default:
yes) small_images: If yes, the max-width of the trail images will be 50px. If no,
the image will be the full thumbnail size. (default: no) border: If yes, the table
list will show a border. (default: no)

#### Examples

[vstm-trail-status] [vstm-trail-status show_images=”yes” color_text=”no” box_shadow
=”yes” small_images=”yes”] [vstm-trail-status-blocks show_images=”yes” color_text
=”yes” box_shadow=”no” small_images=”no”] [vstm-trail-status-list show_images=”yes”
color_text=”no” box_shadow=”yes” small_images=”yes” border=”no”] [vstm-trail-status-
submit] [vstm-trail-status-most-recent border=”yes” name-partial-match-prefix=”yes”
name-match-limit=”5″] [vstm-trail-status-youtube width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://
youtu.be/b5v4uFrDE9w”]

#### Features

Trail Statuses may be submitted by unregistered users with optional photo preview,
but are unapproved until reviewed by an admin Optional email notifications may be
sent to admins when a user has submitted a new trail status update Filters to show
unapproved trail status submissions Ability to bulk update trail statuses Ability
to link trail status updates with wordpress posts containing a specified post category
Optional anti-spam google recaptcha integration

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Can I use HTML in the notes?

 * Yes. You can also use iframes to add things like embedded videos.

## Reseñas

No hay reseñas para este plugin.

## Colaboradores y desarrolladores

“Trail Monitor” es un software de código abierto. Las siguientes personas han colaborado
con este plugin.

Colaboradores

 *   [ Mark Vejvoda ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/softcoder/)

[Traduce “Trail Monitor” a tu idioma.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/vstm-trail-monitor)

### ¿Interesado en el desarrollo?

[Revisa el código](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vstm-trail-monitor/),
echa un vistazo al [repositorio SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/vstm-trail-monitor/),
o suscríbete al [log de desarrollo](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/vstm-trail-monitor/)
por [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/vstm-trail-monitor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Registro de cambios

1.10 (2025-10-19)
 – Bug fixes intriduced in 1.9 corrected

1.9 (2025-10-16)
 – Added new shortcode attributes and consolidated recent trail
status code. Its possible to show recent trail status updates for a specific trail
and configure how to display it, as well as show the last x most recent trail statuses
for all trails. [vstm-trail-status-most-recent] – shows a list of trail status updates
for either the current hike’s gps or all recent hikes Show all recent trail status
updates but only the last 3 most recent and hide the comments column: [vstm-trail-
status-most-recent border=”yes” name-match-skip=”yes” name-match-limit=”3″ cols-
visible=”yes,yes,yes,yes,no,yes”] Show the last 5 most recent trail status updates
for the specific trail that the current page has GPS coordinates for (partial match
on trail name): [vstm-trail-status-most-recent border=”yes” name-partial-match-prefix
=”yes” name-match-limit=”5″] Show the last 3 most recent trail status updates for
the specific trail for the current page using specified GPS coordinates and (partial
match on trail name): [vstm-trail-status-most-recent border=”yes” name-partial-match-
prefix=”yes” name-match-limit=”3″ weather-forecast=”53.38056,-120.25308″]

1.8 (2025-09-05)
 – Added new shortcode properties: Show the last x trail status
updates for the current trails page: [vstm-trail-status-most-recent] with ability
to show a) weather forecasts b) forest fire smoke forecasts c) avalanche forecasts

1.7 (2025-07-22)
 – Added new shortcode: Show the last x trail status updates for
the current trails page: [vstm-trail-status-most-recent]

1.6 (2025-06-23)
 – Bug fixes for default statuses – Updated WordPress icon and 
screenshots

1.0 (2025-04-29)
 – Initial WordPress.org release.

## Meta

 *  Versión **1.11**
 *  Última actualización **hace 10 meses**
 *  Instalaciones activas **Menos de 10**
 *  Versión de WordPress ** 6.2 o superior **
 *  Testeado hasta **6.9.9**
 *  Versión de PHP ** 8.2 o superior **
 *  Idioma
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/)
 * Etiquetas:
 * [hiking](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hiking/)[outdoors](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/outdoors/)
   [status](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/status/)[trail](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trail/)
   [trails](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trails/)
 *  [Vista avanzada](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/vstm-trail-monitor/advanced/)

## Valoraciones

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## Colaboradores

 *   [ Mark Vejvoda ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/softcoder/)

## Soporte

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