Simple Staff List

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ jonnyekholm

   7.0y ago

   Thank you very much for creating this one. I would recommend this plugin to any wordpress developer out there. This plugin has been to great help both for staff and product listings. Categorizing is also very easy. For anyone very new to CSS, I would strongly recommend reading about flexbox before using this plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ ttrusty

   7.5y ago

   An easy to use plugin with many features that does what it’s suppose to do very well. I had a couple of questions so I reached out for support and received a detailed response amazingly fast. Brett, is knowledgable, friendly and professional. Thanks!

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3. ★★★★★ jefflabonte

   8.3y ago

   posted on wrong plugin my bad This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by jefflabonte.

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4. ★★★★★ rogeratbing

   9.3y ago

   We work with a local arts council and they needed a WordPress plugin to feature artists, their skills, details about them, their contact info, and some of their work. This plugin did what we needed without all sorts of add-ons that we did not need or want. Since we’ve been using the plugin, Brett (the developer) has been exceptional in his speedy replies to questions and support needs. The latest update provides a very clean CSV export option that is something we had requested for some time. He delivered and is very much appreciated by our group and the arts council!

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5. ★★★★★ masflojo

   10.1y ago

   This plugin technically works. It is not broken or anything it just won’t do anything you need it to do practically. You can’t sort. There is no page template for the actual staff members. It literally just outputs a list of post titles, nothing else. If you have a large amount of members do not use this plugin as there is no pagination. Its like somebody started making a plugin and just got bored a quarter of the way in to it and just quit.

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6. ★★★★★ damien0505

   10.3y ago

   While the plugin will successfully display staff, the order function does not sort them into ascending or descending order.

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7. ★★★★★ asankaw

   10.3y ago

   useful plug-in. we can customize as we wish.

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8. ★★★★★ Jason King

   10.4y ago

   Visually, I like it. Easy to use. But – for those of us who like to keep our code lean – it would be better if the plugin only loaded its own CSS and JS on pages where the shortcode is in use, not every page on the site?

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.2.5 FIXED: Added security nonces 2.2.5
2. — Version 2.2.4 FIXED: Added additional escaping 2.2.4
3. — Version 2.2.3 FIXED: Added additional escaping 2.2.3
4. — Version 2.2.2 ADDED: sslp_after_staff_member_admin_fields which passes $post->ID so a user can add their own fields to the metabox ADDED: sslp_save_staff_member_details' which passes $post->ID and $_POST` so that users can save their 2.2.2
5. — Version 2.2.1 ADDED: Use the filter sslp_staff_member_bio_kses_allowed_html to change which HTML tags are allowed in the Staff Member bio field – it currently defaults to the post context. Learn more . FIXED: Added some data sanitizat 2.2.1
6. — Version 2.2.0 FEATURE: Use the id shortcode parameter to show a single Staff Member block FEATURE: Use the sslp_enable_staff_member_archive filter to disable the /staff-member archive page. This filter defaults to true – pass false to 2.2.0

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.4 Simple Staff List <= 2.2.4 - Missing Authorization via ajax_flush_rewrite_rules and staff_member_export ↗
   2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51526 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.4 Patched in 2.2.5
2. Medium · 4.4 Simple Staff List <= 2.2.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-08-17 CVE-2023-28790 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.3 Patched in 2.2.4
3. Medium · 6.4 Simple Staff List <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2023-01-20 CVE-2023-23686 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.2 Patched in 2.2.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.2

Translated into 82 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 58 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 574 days in tier
2. 2023-11-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 338 days in tier
3. 2022-12-02 6K+ → 5K+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2022-11-29 5K+ → 6K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2022-11-27 6K+ → 5K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• E EZ Staff List 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
• Organization chart 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Team Showcase – Responsive Team Members Grid, Slider & Carousel Plugin 2K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• ShiftController Employee Shift Scheduling 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Staffer 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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