Excellent product if you bother to read the documentation

  • I have given this plugin a 5 star review, because it works well if you bother to read the documentation and are willing to learn something new.

    I have seen a few one star reviews for this plugin, and I can say with confidence that they are not typical results for anyone doing things correctly, in addition to reading the documentation thoroughly.

    Also, some unfairly rated the plugin low without contacting the developer to get help. This is patently unfair, and a slap in the face to any developer that provides a free plugin, especially one that works as well as this one.

    Inexperienced users may find it more complex than other plugins generally, but I was able to use it just fine after I went through the documentation and implemented what I learned.

    This developer has supplied the WordPress community with a unique plugin that allowed me to create an informative demonstration of a dashboard for investors in a new company, that can be updated easily, quickly, and with real time results online. Although it is in demo stages, I am confident that I can take it right to final release.

    I am not a programmer, but rather a graphic designer that has taken the time to learn whatever aspects of WordPress I need to know to create a good site for my clients. I did find the plugin a little challenging to start with, but the documentation carried me through.

    I would urge anyone looking for a way to present Google Sheets data online to use this plugin, and to send the developer some money for his efforts, which I will certainly do once my project is approved.

    The only thing I can suggest to the developer is maybe to figure out a way to change the visual aspects of the resulting charts and tables in a more user friendly manner. Although the documentation covers it all nicely, it might make things faster to implement overall. Even just basic features such as adding alternating row coloring to tables, or adjusting width and height of the presented charts and tables – stuff like that. I understand that there might be too much in the way of options to encompass everything, but even just a few conveniences might be worth looking at.

    But that is only a suggestion. This plugin can work fine without any of that. Obviously I HIGHLY recommend this plugin.

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  • Plugin Author Meitar

    (@meitar)

    Thanks for the glowing review.

    Given that so many plugin developers tend to write such infuriatingly unhelpful documentation, I’m disappointed but not surprised that most people have been trained not to bother reading it. But I am not most developers. ??

    A GUI for configuring the shortcode options as you suggest has been on the backlog of issues for this project for years but I just never seem to have the time or space in my life to get around to it. One reason is simply that I maintain literally dozens of plugins, and every single one of them is offered gratis (no-charge). This is why donations are of course incredibly appreciated and actually make a meaningful difference in my ability to continue maintaining them while surviving under capitalist regimes.

    Thanks again.

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