LOE Woo Messages

Plugin Name: LOE Woo Messages
Author: Loeion
Version: 1.0.0
Requires WordPress: 5.0+
Requires PHP: 7.4+
License: GPL v2

📋 Description

LOE Woo Messages enables real-time enquiry and discussion threads between customers and vendors on WooCommerce product pages. Customers can submit enquiries directly from the product page, receive a unique discussion ID, and continue the conversation through a dedicated frontend discussion page.

Shortcode: [loe-frontend-discussions]

✨ Features

• 💬 Enquiry form displayed below the Add to Cart button on every product page
• 🔁 Threaded discussion system between customers and vendors/admins
• 📧 Automatic email notifications to customer, vendor, and admin on each message
• 🔐 Unique discussion ID per enquiry for secure thread tracking
• 🛡️ Nonce-verified AJAX requests — fully secure
• 🗂️ Admin panel with DataTable listing of all enquiries
• 👁️ View full message thread from admin panel
• ↩️ Reply directly from admin panel
• 🗑️ Delete entire conversation thread
• 👥 Role-aware — admins see all enquiries, vendors see only their own
• 📱 Responsive frontend discussion page

📁 File Structure

loe-woo-messages/
│
├── wbc-woo-messages.php          # Main plugin file
│
├── inc/
│   └── loe-woo-messages.php      # Admin panel — enquiry listing & management
│
└── templates/
    ├── loe-WooMessage.php         # Enquiry form (contenteditable version)
    ├── loe-WooMessageSimple.php   # Enquiry form (textarea version)
    └── loe-WooDiscussion.php      # Frontend discussion thread page

⚙️ Installation

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Upload the loe-woo-messages folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Go to WordPress Admin → Plugins and activate LOE Woo Messages
4. On activation, the plugin automatically creates the database table wp_loe_woo_messages
5. Create a WordPress page and add the shortcode [loe-frontend-discussions]
6. Go to Settings → LOE Woo Messages and set the Discussion Page ID

🚀 Usage

Customer Flow

1. Customer visits a WooCommerce product page
2. Clicks "Ask More Info Now" or "Make an Enquiry" button below Add to Cart
3. Fills in name, email, title, and message — submits the form
4. Customer receives an email with a unique discussion ID
5. Customer visits the [loe-frontend-discussions] page
6. Enters their unique ID to view and continue the conversation

Admin / Vendor Flow

1. Go to WordPress Admin → Woo Messages
2. View all incoming enquiries in the DataTable
3. Click the eye icon to view the full message
4. Click the comment icon to send a reply
5. Click the trash icon to delete the entire thread

🔒 Security

• All AJAX requests protected with WordPress nonces
• All user inputs sanitized using WordPress functions (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_email, absint)
• All database queries use $wpdb->prepare() — SQL injection prevention
• Delete action restricted to Administrator role only
• Plugin file access blocked with defined('ABSPATH') or die()
• Output escaped with esc_html(), esc_attr(), esc_url() throughout

🗄️ Database

The plugin creates one table on activation:

Table: wp_loe_woo_messages

🔌 AJAX Actions

📧 Email Notifications

The plugin sends automatic emails on these events:

All emails sent from: no-reply@loeion.com
From name: Loeion

🔧 Configuration

After installation, set the Discussion Page ID in the WordPress options table:

update_option( 'loe_discussion_page_id', YOUR_PAGE_ID );

Or add this temporarily to your theme's functions.php:

update_option( 'loe_discussion_page_id', 42 ); // Replace 42 with your page ID

🧩 Shortcode

Place this shortcode on any page to display the frontend discussion thread lookup:

[loe-frontend-discussions]

📦 Dependencies

WordPress loads its own jQuery — the admin panel CDN jQuery is only used inside the admin template.

🔄 Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial release under Loeion branding
• Full rebrand from WBC → LOE
• Added nonce security to all AJAX handlers
• Replaced rand() with wp_generate_password() for unique IDs
• All inputs sanitized and outputs escaped
• All DB queries use $wpdb->prepare()
• Added role-based access control
• Improved email templates
• Added responsive CSS
• Removed dead/commented code
• Added user_type column to DB schema
• Added DB indexes on chat_unique_id and replyto

👨‍💻 Author

Loeion
🌐 loeion.com

📄 License

This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later — the same license as WordPress itself.

You are free to use, modify, and distribute this plugin under the GPL terms.