Clockinator Pro - Staff & Time Management system

Main Features

1. Modern Analytics Dashboard (NEW in 2.0) – five-card attendance KPIs, attendance trend and attendance mix charts
2. User Management (Administrator / HR Manager / Department Head / Employee)
3. Employee Management – profiles, designations, departments, directory filters and responsive employee cards
4. Attendance Management – day-by-day tracking with Month Wise Full Attendance Report and past attendance history
5. Geo-tagged Clock In / Out – location and device captured on every punch, with break tracking and configurable rounding rules
6. Shift Management – rotating shifts and schedules assigned to teams
7. IP Restriction
8. Location Management (Multi Time zone)
9. Leave Management – policies, accruals and approval chains
10. Holiday Management
11. Events Management
12. Notice Management
13. Project Management and Task Management
14. Salary Calculation – by working hours or on a daily basis
15. Payroll Management
16. Payslip Generator – daily, weekly or monthly, also supports partial payslip generation
17. Reimbursement Management
18. Notification Alerts – notify admin when an employee clocks in/out, with Email and SMS notification templates
19. Reports – Export Attendance Reports (CSV), Import / Export employee data and absent records
20. Admin Dashboard Panel and Staff Dashboard Panel – centralized dashboards for administrators and employees
21. Clockinator Pro Overview widget in the WordPress dashboard (NEW in 2.0)
22. License Checker panel for plugin activation (NEW in 2.0)
23. Frontend Shortcode for Dashboard and many more…
24. Built on custom database tables, stays fast at 10,000+ entries
25. Fully responsive on desktop, tablet and mobile, with bundled Chart.js (no external chart dependencies)
26. REST API and developer hooks
27. Translation Ready with RTL support
28. Stable source code and an intuitive, easy-to-use user interface
29. And many other features

Optional Addons (11)

1. Advanced Reports & Analytics – attendance, leave, payroll and productivity reports with charts, data tables and CSV / XLSX export
2. Smart Time Tracking – live timer (start, pause, resume, stop) and manual entries with project and task selection
3. AI Copilot – AI insights, assistant chat and forecasting, with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Ollama support
4. Process Automation & Approvals – workflow builder, role-based approver routing, notification queue, activity logs and escalations
5. Frontend Dashboard – employee self-service for attendance, leave and profile outside wp-admin
6. Frontend Builder – build custom frontend attendance pages, widgets and branded self-service sections
7. Invoicing & Client Billing – invoices, payment plans, expenses, taxes, recurring invoices, credit notes and statements
8. Kiosk / QR Attendance – QR card scanning, kiosk clock in/out shortcode, door access API and device control
9. Biometric Attendance – fingerprint, facial and iris devices with webhook integration
10. Integrations – QuickBooks, Xero, Slack, Google Calendar, Zapier, Make, webhooks and REST API keys
11. Field Workforce – live location map, route and visit management, geolocation check-in/out

Documentation

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For Demo

Update History

• Ver 2.0 (01 October 2026)
  

   * Major UI modernization across Clockinator Pro admin panels for a consistent, modern user experience * Rebuilt the Pro dashboard using the same modern analytics layout and visual hierarchy as the latest Clockinator Lite dashboard * Added five-card attendance KPI layout, attendance trend line chart, and attendance mix doughnut chart * Added project progress, team structure, workforce snapshot, project leaderboard, employee status and team agenda sections * Added bundled Chart.js assets for dashboard charts without external chart dependencies * Improved dashboard responsiveness across desktop, tablet and mobile devices * Rebuilt the Employees admin panel with modern analytics KPIs, workforce status, department overview, directory filters and responsive employee cards * Preserved existing employee add, edit, delete, report and QR workflows * Fixed overlapping empty-state icon and text rendering on the Leaves page * Improved Leaves page filters, keeping them in a single horizontal row on desktop * Added responsive filter stacking for smaller screens * Preserved existing business logic, data sources, navigation, database structure, and workflows * Added new Admin widget in backend dashboard for Clockinator Pro Overview * Added License checker panel for plugin activation 

• Ver 1.9 (12 April 2026)
  

   * Added Kiosk Mode with dedicated shortcode [btcl-kiosk-clock] supporting title, placeholder, kiosk_key, and device_id attributes * Added QR code-based clock-in / clock-out via kiosk shortcode for frontend attendance scanning * Added API Devices panel for managing door reader and kiosk devices (add, edit, toggle, delete) * Added device_id support in kiosk shortcode to associate scans with a specific door reader or kiosk * Added shift-level weekday ownership — working days (Mon–Sun) are now configured per shift instead of General Settings * Added weekday selectors (working / half day / off) to the shift add and edit forms * Added shift-aware weekday resolution in the helper with fallback to General Settings for employees without a shift * Added interactive pie charts for Top Routes and Most Active Devices in the API Analytics panel * Added click-to-filter on Most Active Devices pie chart — clicking a slice reloads analytics filtered by that device * Added Activity panel to track all activities across the whole plugin * Improved API Analytics dashboard UI with card-based metric layout and inline sparkline charts * Improved CSS organization — admin panel styles centralized for consistent UI across panels 

• Ver 1.8 (10 March 2025)
  

  * Added WP Editor for easier editing of the project & task description * Added Geo-location features ( OpenCage & Google Map API ) * Bug Fix 

• Ver 1.7 (20 August 2024)
  

  * Added Administrator Frontend Dashboard functionality (Add-on) * Added Inbox/Messaging functionality for employers and employees * Added tracking working hours functionality for Assigned Tasks * Added Task Working hours report generation for employees * Added project report generation for the client's panel * Added periodic pay slip generation functionality * Bug Fix 

• Ver 1.6 (01 May 2023)
  

  * Bug Fix ( Clock-in/Clock-out button refresh issue ) * Bug Fix ( Email notification issue ) * Periodic pay slip generation added * Admin can clock in/clock out employees manually now * Now the admin can set passwords for new employees manually * Employee Dashboard Tabs Visibility Option 

• Ver 1.5 (02 Sept 2021)
  

  - Now Employee can Generate, Print & Download Pay slip - Now Admin can download the payslip - Now Admin can enter employee work details for absent days - Import Option added for Employee Reports - Auto Clock out employee functionality added( if forget to clock out ) - Attachment field added in the leave application form - Today's Working Hours element was added to the Employee dashboard - Filter added on Employee, Leaves, Projects Panel - Bug Fix

• Ver 1.4 (19 June 2021)
  

  - Advance Report option added - Copy, CSV, TSV, and Print buttons added for reports - Leave types option added - Bug Fix

• Ver 1.3 (01 June 2021)
  

  - Role added ( HR Manager, Department Head ) - Bug Fix

• Ver 1.2 (07 May 2021)
  

  - Task & Project Management Panel Added - Edit Reports Option Added - Locations Panel Added (Multi-timezone) - Backend Employee Dashboard Added - Reimbursement Panel Added - Payslip Generation Panel Added

• Ver 1.1 (18 March 2021)
  

  - Payroll Panel Added - Employee Dashboard Shortcodes Added - Export option for Attendance Added

• Ver 1.0.0 (22 February 2021)
  

  - New release