Descripción
Breadbugger is a bug tracking tool built for the pre-launch phase of a WordPress site — the moment when designers, QA, developers and clients walk through the site looking for issues before go-live.
Three complementary surfaces:
- On-page floating widget — open the widget with a configurable keyboard shortcut, «pin» reports directly to the HTML element they refer to, attach screenshots captured on-the-fly from the browser.
- Clean admin list — manage every report from a compact full-screen view: filter by status, priority, author; sort manually with drag & drop; reply with inline notes.
- REST API for external clients — app-password gated endpoints to integrate your bug tracker with CLIs, AI coding assistants, or custom scripts.
Key features
- Stable pin selectors — element selector built via a cascade:
data-breadbugger-name(opt-in dev), then stableid, then semantic class, then positional CSS. Pins survive refactors. - Configurable hotkey — press the keys to set your preferred combo, with browser/OS collision validation.
- Reporter / manager role model — assign who can open reports (reporter) and who can manage them all (manager) via custom capabilities on any WordPress role.
- Author filter + configurable visibility — managers can see and filter by author; reporters can optionally see only their own bugs.
- In-browser screenshots — automatic capture via
getDisplayMedia(HTML2Canvas-Pro as a fallback for modern CSS likeoklch/color-mix). - Internationalized — Italian source, .po / .mo translations, .pot template ready for any language.
- Built-in feedback channel — settings form to send bug reports / feature requests / questions to the author via
wp_mail. - Branded email notifications — HTML emails for @mentions in notes and (optional) for new bugs and resolved bugs, with per-recipient frequency: all events, accorpate (timeout-based), daily digest, weekly digest, or none.
Use case
Client site pre-go-live: 5-10 people testing in parallel. Each one loads the site, opens the widget with a shortcut, pins the issue directly on the affected element. The PM / dev watches the admin list, sorts by priority, assigns fixes, marks resolved.
Standalone. No external SaaS required. No data sent to third-party servers. Your bugs stay in your database.
Instalación
- Upload the
breadbuggerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install from WP Admin Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin via WP Admin Plugins.
- Open Breadbugger Settings.
- Enable «Widget frontend» to make the floating widget visible.
- Configure reporter / manager roles if you want to separate who can open vs. who can manage reports.
- (Optional) Customize the keyboard shortcut.
- Visit a public page of the site press the shortcut (default
⌘+E/Ctrl+E) create your first report.
FAQ
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Does the plugin send data to external servers?
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No. All data stays in your WordPress database. The only optional exception: the «Feedback» form in settings, when submitted, sends an email to the author through your site’s mail system (
wp_mail). -
Can I use it in production, not just pre-launch?
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Yes, but it is designed for pre-launch. For end-user support tickets there are better solutions (Zendesk, Freshdesk, etc.).
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Do I have to add `data-breadbugger-name` everywhere?
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No, it is opt-in. Without it the plugin cascades to id, class, positional CSS. It is useful only on 5-10 cornerstone blocks of the site to get extremely stable pins.
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How do I integrate Breadbugger with my AI coding assistant?
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Settings «REST API for external clients» generate an app-password use the header
Authorization: Basic <user:app-password>in REST calls. Base endpoint:/wp-json/breadbugger/v1/bugs. -
Can I restrict reporters to see only their own bugs?
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Yes, Settings Visibility «Reporters see only their own reports». Managers always see everything.
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Will uninstalling delete my data?
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uninstall.php removes everything (bugs, settings, capabilities, attachments owned by the plugin, app-passwords containing «Breadbugger» in the name). If you want to keep your data, deactivate instead of uninstalling.
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Registro de cambios
2.0.11
- New: refreshed plugin logo (the Breadbugger «bread-bug» mark) and matching WordPress.org icons.
- New: the front-end widget is now enabled by default on fresh installs.
- i18n: all admin list and front-end widget UI strings are now translatable (wrapped in wp.i18n) and the translation template (.pot) was regenerated.
- i18n: bundled translations for Italian plus 8 more locales — English (US), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
2.0.10
- New: reporters can now open the admin Lista page (menu visible with the
breadbugger_reportcapability), where they see only their own reports when «reporters see own only» is enabled. The Settings page remains manager-only. - New: for reporter-only users the list renders as a clean read-only view — management controls (status, priority, notes, reorder, delete, attachments) are hidden in the UI and remain enforced server-side. Creating new reports is still available.
2.0.9
- Security: GET /bugs/{id} now enforces the same per-author visibility as the list endpoint. A reporter restricted to «see own only» can no longer read another author’s bug by requesting its ID directly (broken access control / IDOR fix). The frontend pin query applies the same restriction.
2.0.8
- Security: escape the
categoriavalue before rendering it in the admin list (prevents stored attribute-injection in the device chip). - Updated: bundled SortableJS from 1.15.2 to 1.15.7 (latest stable).
- Updated Contributors metadata.
2.0.7
- Changed: AI notes (created via REST API) are now ALWAYS hidden by default. The per-user preference no longer makes them appear inline.
- New: when the per-user preference is enabled, a small «AI» pill is rendered in the bottom-right corner of the notes box, showing the AI-note count. Clicking it reveals/hides those notes for that bug only (session-scoped, not persisted).
- Settings label updated to «Abilita pulsante note AI» with refreshed description.
- Removed legacy inline «N nota nascosta» stub (replaced by the new AI pill).
2.0.6
- New: distinct rendering for notes created via REST API (AI tools, agents) — green badge with AI icon instead of user initial, light tint, left border.
- New: per-user preference «Show AI notes» in Settings Manutenzione (off by default). When off, API-sourced notes are replaced by a compact stub «N nota nascosta» so the count is still visible.
- REST: added
/me/preferences(GET + POST) backed byuser_metafor per-user UI preferences.
2.0.5
- WP.org submission gate — passes Plugin Check.
- Header: Plugin Name simplified to «Breadbugger» (matches readme); tagline «a PaneStudio tool» moved to description.
- readme.txt: Description, Installation, FAQ and Screenshots rewritten in English (WP.org requires standard English).
- Bumped «Tested up to» to 7.0.
- Removed
load_plugin_textdomaincall — WordPress.org auto-loads translations since WP 4.6. - Build script: added
.distignoreitself to its own exclude list (no longer leaks as a hidden file in the ZIP). - Added targeted
phpcs:ignorecomments with rationale on legitimate direct DB queries (uninstall cleanup, migration UPDATEs, sequential bug numbering, queue dispatch enumeration) and on the file-scope variables in admin views (which are method-scoped via include, not global).
2.0.4
- New: flusso email notifiche completo. Settings card «Email & Notifiche» (ridotta a 6 colonne, bottom-right accanto a Feedback) con:
- Sottoscrittori per evento (Nuovo bug + Risolto) per ogni utente con cap breadbugger_*
- Frequenza per utente: Tutte le mail / Accorpate (timeout) / Recap giornaliero / Recap settimanale / Nessuna
- Toggle «Notifica reporter su risoluzione» (default on)
- Input «Finestra accorpate (min)» — invia digest dopo X minuti di inattività
- Sezioni «Mittente» e «Sottoscrizioni» collapsibili per compattezza
- New: nuovo
Breadbugger_Notificationscon queue per-utente in user_meta + cronbreadbugger_5minper dispatch batched. Daily a 8:00 UTC, weekly lunedì 8:00 UTC. - New: nuovi metodi
Breadbugger_Mailer::event_email()(nuovo bug / risolto) +digest_email()(recap con elenco eventi cliccabili, etichette colorate, ordinati per timestamp). - New: hook automatici su
create_bugdispatch ‘new_bug’ e suupdate_bugquando lo status passa a done/done_by_ai/closed dispatch ‘resolution’. - Changed: snippet CLAUDE-DEBUG.md ora istruisce gli agent AI ad usare
done_by_aiinvece didone— il developer promuoverà manualmente adonedopo review.
2.0.3
- New: deep-link
#bug-{id}in URL (es. dal link nelle email) — il bug viene scrollato in vista e segnato con un accento cream a sinistra che pulsa 3 volte. Funziona anche su hashchange (clic su un altro link senza ricaricare). - New: email HTML brandizzate Breadbugger. Nuovo
Breadbugger_Mailercon template dark theme: pane logo + wordmark, blockquote nota su cream accent, CTA «Vai al bug », footer co-branded «a PaneStudio tool». - New: settings card «Email & Notifiche» — toggle «Email su @menzione» + campi «Mittente (From)» + «Nome mittente» con autosave (debounce 400ms su input).
- Changed: Subject email ora include il nome del sito
[Breadbugger · NomeSito] Autore ti ha menzionato su "Bug". Stesso pattern su feedback form.
2.0.2
- Fix: @mention con display_name multi-word (es. «Nome Cognome») ora vengono pillati visualmente per intero e notificati via email. Server-side cerca prima i display_name con spazi via get_users + capability__in, poi fallback al lookup per user_login.
- Improved: user pool caricato eagerly al page load (insieme a /bugs) — primo render già con pill multi-word funzionanti.
- Internals: regenerated .pot template per le stringhe aggiunte nel 2.0.1 (mentions, copy bug-context, autosave indicator).
2.0.1
- New: pagina Impostazioni completamente ridisegnata — dark theme branded PaneStudio, autosave on change, grid 12 colonne.
- New: status intermedio «Done by AI» tra in_progress e done.
- New: toggle «Lista fullscreen» per disabilitare la modalità full-bleed e mantenere la sidebar WP.
- New: editing inline delle note (doppio click contenteditable). Empty content + blur = elimina nota.
- New: @mention utenti nelle note con autocomplete + notifica via wp_mail. Pesca da utenti con capability breadbugger_report o breadbugger_manage.
- New: pulsante «Copia contesto AI» per ogni bug — copia in clipboard titolo, status, priority, device, URL, pin selector, note (con autore) e screenshot URL in formato markdown.
- New: titolo bug truncato con «…» in lettura, scroll on hover, click per copiare titolo in clipboard.
- New: barra ricerca dopo «Autore» che cerca in titolo+note. Digitando sulla pagina senza click parte direttamente in modalità ricerca.
- New: filter chip device passa a click+dropdown (pattern coerente con priority/status).
- New: tagline «a PaneStudio tool» sotto al wordmark BREADBUGGER (link discreto a panestudio.com).
- New: card pop-menu auto-flip verso il basso quando spazio sopra è insufficiente o spazio sotto è maggiore.
- Security: API request (HTTP Basic / app-password) distingue ora da sessione UI. API può solo aggiungere note, modificare note create via API, e cambiare status. Update di altri campi e delete bug bloccati con 403.
- Security: notes ora taggate con source («ui» o «api») nello shape.
- Fix: caratteri accentati (è/à/ò/ù) nelle note non più corrotti in
\u00XX(mancava wp_slash + JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE in set_array_meta). - Fix: cache-bust filemtime su settings.css/.js (era cappato a BREADBUGGER_VERSION).
- Fix: MENU_SLUG e SETTINGS_SLUG rinominati da ‘panestudio-debug‘ a ‘breadbugger‘ (rimasti dietro dal rebrand M2).
- Fix: hook detection in enqueue_assets ora cattura il return value di add_menu_page invece di costruire stringhe.
- Fix: classi CSS body via admin_body_class filter — body.breadbugger-list-page e body.breadbugger-settings-page (stabili a prescindere dal menu title).
- Fix: WP admin notice/update-nag/screen-meta nascoste nella modalità fullscreen della list.
- Fix: row con pop aperto sale a z-index:100 — il pop non viene più coperto dalla card successiva.
- Fix: WP shell hide regole gate-ate su –fullscreen modifier.
- Fix: menu icon dashboard ora SVG dedicato 20×20 (era pane.png 2:1 distorto).
2.0.0
- Public release. Rebrand da «PaneStudio Debug» a «Breadbugger — a PaneStudio tool».
- New: hotkey configurabile (capture libero)
- New: modello ruoli reporter/manager via capability custom
- New: filtro autore + opzione «reporter vedono solo i propri»
- New: feedback form integrato (wp_mail)
- New: pin selector cascade (data-breadbugger-name id class finder nth-of-type)
- New: i18n ready (text-domain breadbugger, IT/EN)
- Changed: license GPLv2+
- Changed: tutti gli identifier rinominati da psdebug_* a breadbugger_*
- Changed: REST namespace da panestudio-debug/v1 a breadbugger/v1
- Migration: data esistente (bug, settings) migrata automaticamente all’attivazione
1.1.0
- Internal release — sviluppo M1 features.
1.0.0
- Initial private release as PaneStudio Debug.
