COA Manager

COA Manager is a WordPress plugin for managing and displaying Certificate of Analysis records with searchable frontend cards, configurable layouts, WooCommerce product linking, and GitHub Releases update support.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.5+
• PHP 8.0+
• WooCommerce optional

Features

• coa_record custom post type
• coa_category taxonomy
• Required COA fields: product name, strength, purity, batch/lot, laboratory, tested date, and PDF/URL
• Verified COA display is automatic for valid published records
• Frontend manager shortcode with search, total report counter, and responsive CSS Grid columns
• Product latest COA shortcode and PHP API
• Optional automatic WooCommerce product page integration
• Safe uninstall behavior, preserving data by default
• Public GitHub Release updater integration via Plugin Update Checker

Shortcodes

[coa_manager]
[coa_manager limit="12"]
[coa_manager show_title="no" desktop_columns="4" tablet_columns="2" mobile_columns="1"]
[coa_product_latest]
[coa_product_latest display="card"]

PHP API

if ( function_exists( 'coam_render_manager' ) ) {
    coam_render_manager();
}

if ( function_exists( 'coam_render_latest_product_coa' ) ) {
    coam_render_latest_product_coa( get_the_ID(), array( 'display' => 'card' ) );
}

if ( function_exists( 'coam_get_latest_coa_for_product' ) ) {
    $coa = coam_get_latest_coa_for_product( get_the_ID() );
}

GitHub Updates

Set the public repository URL in includes/class-coam-updater.php by defining COAM_GITHUB_REPOSITORY_URL before plugin bootstrap or by using:

add_filter(
    'coam_github_repository_url',
    static function () {
        return 'https://github.com/your-org/coa-manager';
    }
);

Before release, install the official Plugin Update Checker library into:

vendor/plugin-update-checker/

Release

Use semantic tags such as v1.0.0, v1.0.1, and publish GitHub Releases. If attaching a custom ZIP, name it coa-manager.zip and keep this internal structure:

coa-manager/
  coa-manager.php
  includes/
  assets/
  templates/
  vendor/