PTA SUS Test Data Generator

A WordPress plugin that quickly populates a local or development environment with realistic test data — users, sign-up sheets, tasks, and signups — for the PTA Volunteer Sign-Up Sheets plugin.

⚠️ This plugin is intended for development and testing only. Do not activate it on a production site.

Features

• User generation — creates WordPress users with signup_sheet_manager, signup_sheet_author, and subscriber roles, using predictable usernames (testuser_author_1, etc.) so they're easy to find and clean up.
• Sheet & task generation — creates sign-up sheets with realistic titles, task lists, dates, chair names, author assignments, and reminder days, using built-in scenario presets or fully randomised data.
• Signup generation — fills a configurable percentage of available spots across all generated sheets, with a configurable mix of tracked test users and randomly-named guest signups.
• One-click cleanup — tracks every generated ID and deletes everything (users, sheets, tasks, signups) in a single operation.

All data is created through the core plugin's model layer (pta_sus_add_sheet(), pta_sus_add_task(), pta_sus_add_signup()) so all hooks fire and data is structurally identical to real data.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0+
• PHP 7.4+
• PTA Volunteer Sign-Up Sheets v6.2.0+ must be installed and active

Installation

1. Clone or download this repository into your wp-content/plugins/ directory:

   git clone https://github.com/dbarproductions/pta-sus-test-data-generator.git

2. Activate PTA Volunteer Sign-Up Sheets first.
3. Activate PTA SUS Test Data Generator in WP Admin → Plugins.
4. Navigate to Sign-Up Sheets → Test Data Generator.

Usage

The plugin adds a Test Data Generator submenu under the Sign-Up Sheets admin menu with four tabs:

Tab 1 — Users

Set how many Manager, Author, and Subscriber users to create. All generated users get the password TestPass123! (shown on the result screen).

Tab 2 — Sheets & Tasks

Choose a scenario preset, number of sheets, tasks-per-sheet range, date range, and (for the Randomize preset) an optional sheet type override. Generated sheets are automatically assigned:

• A random tracked test author as the sheet author
• 1–3 randomly generated chair names and emails
• Reminder days: 7 days and 1 day

Tab 3 — Signups

Set a fill rate (% of available spots to fill) and a user mix (% from tracked test users vs. randomly named guests). Signups are spread across all sheets generated in Tab 2.

Tab 4 — Cleanup

Shows a live summary of all tracked data. Delete users, sheets (cascades to tasks and signups), or everything at once with a confirmation prompt.

Scenario Presets

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here are some great ways to help:

Adding new presets

The easiest contribution is adding a new scenario preset. Presets live in includes/data/presets.php. Each preset is a simple PHP array with:

'my_preset' => array(
    'sheet_type'   => 'Single',          // Single | Multi-Day | Recurring | Ongoing | random
    'titles'       => array( 'Title A', 'Title B' ),
    'tasks'        => array( 'Task 1', 'Task 2', 'Task 3' ),
    'need_details' => 'NO',              // YES or NO
    'details_text' => '',                // Label shown to volunteers if need_details = YES
),

You'll also need to add the preset to the dropdown in includes/class-ptg-admin.php in the render_sheets_tab() method.

Other ideas

• Extension integration — add optional support for the Locations extension (assign generated locations to sheets/tasks) or Automated Emails (attach triggers to generated sheets)
• Specific fill patterns — e.g. "fully booked task", "single spot remaining"
• CSV export of generated data for sharing test scenarios
• Bigger name pools — expand includes/data/fake-names.php with more first/last names, or add locale-specific name sets

Getting started

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature/my-preset
3. Make your changes and test locally with WP_DEBUG enabled
4. Submit a pull request with a brief description of what your preset/feature covers

Please follow WordPress Coding Standards for any PHP changes.

File Structure

pta-sus-test-data-generator/
├── pta-sus-test-data-generator.php    ← Plugin bootstrap & dependency check
├── includes/
│   ├── class-ptg-admin.php            ← Admin page, tabs, forms, POST handlers
│   ├── class-ptg-user-generator.php   ← WP user creation
│   ├── class-ptg-sheet-generator.php  ← Sheet + task creation
│   ├── class-ptg-signup-generator.php ← Signup creation
│   ├── class-ptg-tracker.php          ← ID tracking & bulk delete
│   └── data/
│       ├── presets.php                ← Scenario preset definitions
│       └── fake-names.php             ← Name pools for guest signups
└── assets/
    ├── ptg-admin.css                  ← Admin UI styles
    └── ptg-admin.js                   ← Tab switching, confirmations

License

GPL-2.0-or-later — same as WordPress itself.