Title: Alba Board – Custom Kanban Board and Task Management Author: Alejandro Published: 1 July 2025 Last modified: 6 October 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/alba-board/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3331840) ![](https://ps.w.org/alba-board/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3320330) # Alba Board – Custom Kanban Board and Task Management By [Alejandro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alejo30/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/alba-board.2.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/#installation) * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alba-board/) ## Description 👋 **A quick note from the developer:** _Alba Board is an actively growing plugin. My main goal is to build the most intuitive, visually stunning, and genuinely useful project management tool for WordPress. Because we are new, **your feedback directly shapes our roadmap.** Missing a feature? Is something not working as expected? Please let me know! It only takes 60 seconds: [💬 Share your feedback here](https://albaboard.com/)._ 🎬 **Watch it in action:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBS9oGEhEo **Alba Board** brings an intuitive, modern Kanban board directly to your WordPress site. Whether you need it for project management, task tracking, client workflows, editorial calendars, or personal productivity, Alba Board provides a seamless, app- like experience right inside your WP admin dashboard and on your public pages. 💡 **Why choose Alba Board?** * 🎨 **Visual Theme Engine:** Enjoy a polished, modern aesthetic with our dynamic theme selector. Choose between Clean Canvas, Deep Space, or unlock premium Glassmorphism and Neumorphism styles. * 🖱️ **Visual & Fluid:** Manage cards and rearrange entire lists using butter-smooth drag-and-drop mechanics (powered by Sortable.js and AJAX). * 📜 **Independent List Scrolling:** Say goodbye to infinitely long pages. Columns intelligently adapt to your screen height with elegant, independent scrollbars. * 📎 **Rich Task Management:** Add file attachments, custom fields, colored tags, assignees, and detailed descriptions to any card. * 🌍 **Multi-Language Ready:** Completely translation-ready (i18n). Alba Board adapts to your native language so your entire team feels at home. * 📊 **Stay on Top of Things:** Includes a native WordPress Dashboard Widget so users can instantly see their assigned tasks upon logging in. * 🔐 **Your Data, Your Rules:** No vendor lock-in. Administrators can export entire boards to CSV or JSON formats with a single click. 🔗 **Full documentation, guides & more:** [https://albaboard.com/](https://albaboard.com/) ### Features * 📋 Kanban-style board view seamlessly integrated into WP admin and Frontend * 🎨 Dynamic Theme Engine (Soft UI, Dark Mode, Glassmorphism) * 🚀 Drag & drop cards and entire lists with zero lag * 📜 Independent vertical scrolling for long lists * 📂 File attachments natively inside cards * 📝 Rich card editor: title, description, assignee, tags, and custom fields * 💬 Comments UI (admin + frontend) for effortless team collaboration * 🌍 100% Translation-ready & Multilingual support * 📌 Dashboard widget: “My Alba Board Tasks” * 📥 Data Export (CSV/JSON) for easy backups * 👥 Select users as assignees with live search & avatars * 🧩 Extendable via Add-ons and a robust Hooks/Actions API * 📱 Desktop & mobile friendly interface * 🛡️ Built securely: strictly uses WordPress user permissions & nonces ### Add-ons & Extensions **⚡ Supercharge your workflow with official add-ons:** * 💎 **Alba Board Pro: Customization & Smart Tags:** Unlocks 12 Premium Themes ( Cyberpunk Neon, Stellar Earth, Vaporwave, etc.) and adds dynamic color-coded Smart Tags with frictionless inline creation. * 🌐 **Alba Board Frontend Interactions:** Enable seamless card creation, commenting, and secure deletion directly from your site’s public side (frontend). > _🚀 More add-ons are in the works! Have a specific request? [Let us know!](https://albaboard.com/)_ ### Support, Docs & Feedback We are building this tool for you, and we want to hear from you! * 🗣️ **Share Feedback & Feature Requests:** [https://albaboard.com/](https://albaboard.com/) * 📖 **Docs, guides & demos:** [https://albaboard.com/docs/](https://albaboard.com/docs/) * ⭐ **Rate us & leave a review:** As a new plugin, your reviews make a massive difference in helping others find us! ## Screenshots [⌊Admin board view with beautiful Neumorphism UI and custom themes.⌉⌊Admin board view with beautiful Neumorphism UI and custom themes.⌉[ Admin board view with beautiful Neumorphism UI and custom themes. [⌊Independent list scrolling with customized scrollbars.⌉⌊Independent list scrolling with customized scrollbars.⌉[ Independent list scrolling with customized scrollbars. [⌊Card details showing Smart Tags, file attachments, and comments.⌉⌊Card details showing Smart Tags, file attachments, and comments.⌉[ Card details showing Smart Tags, file attachments, and comments. [⌊Kanban view seamlessly integrated into the front end using shortcodes.⌉⌊Kanban view seamlessly integrated into the front end using shortcodes.⌉[ Kanban view seamlessly integrated into the front end using shortcodes. ## Installation 1. 📂 Upload the `alba-board` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`. 2. 🔌 Activate **Alba Board** from the Plugins menu in WordPress. 3. 🗂️ Access your board in the admin panel under: **Alba Board**. 4. ⚙️ Customize your colors and limits under **Alba Board > Settings**. 5. _Note: For the assignee dropdown to work perfectly, ensure `select2.min.js` and` select2.min.css` are allowed to load._ ## FAQ ### 🙋‍♂️ How can I suggest a new feature or report a bug? We love suggestions! Since Alba Board is actively being developed, your input is highly valued. Please drop us a quick message via our website: https://albaboard. com/ ### 🌍 Is Alba Board available in my language? Yes! The plugin is completely translation-ready. If it hasn’t been translated into your language yet, you can easily translate it using plugins like Loco Translate, or contribute to the community translations. ### 🌐 How do I enable frontend card creation? Activate the “Alba Board Frontend Interactions” add-on from the Add-ons menu. ### 📦 How do I restore an archived card? In **Alba Board > Boards**, open **More > Archived Cards** and click **Restore** beside the card. It returns to the list it came from and its previous status. If the card says **Restore the original list first**, that list is in the WordPress Trash. Open **Alba Board > Lists**, choose the **Trash** view, and restore the original list. Then return to **More > Archived Cards** and restore the card. The archive view also has an **Open Lists Trash** link for this case. If the original list was permanently deleted, restore it from a site backup before restoring the card. Deleting a list from a board moves the list to Trash and archives its cards. The cards remain recoverable from **Archived Cards** after the original list is restored. ### 👥 How do guest assignees work? In a card, enter one or more guest email addresses in **Guest Assignee**, separated by commas. When assignment notifications are enabled, Alba Board sends an email to each newly added valid address. To include a public card link, create a published page containing that board’s `[alba_board id="123"]` shortcode. Without a public board page, guest links fall back to the site homepage. Guests cannot use the WordPress admin. Click the **Guest Assignee** field to see missing-page guidance; you can click and copy its shortcode without the message disappearing. An assignment email does not grant permission to view card details or edit cards; access still requires the appropriate WordPress permissions. ### 🗑️ How do I delete or restore a card? In the WordPress admin board, open the card and click the trash icon beside the archive icon. Confirm to move the card to WordPress Trash. To recover it, open ** Alba Board > Cards > Trash** and click **Restore**. This control is available only to users with permission to delete that card. If WordPress Trash is disabled, the control will not permanently delete the card. ### 🔗 How do I share a direct link to a card? Open the card on an admin or public board and copy the page URL, which includes `? alba_card=ID`. Opening that link selects the card on the corresponding board. For guest assignees, use the public board page URL. ### ️ How do I use a board across the full page width? Use the shortcode attribute `[alba_board id="123" fullwidth="1"]` on the public page. ### 🎨 How do I unlock Premium Themes and colored tags? Enable the “Alba Board Pro: Customization & Smart Tags” add-on to unlock 12 premium themes and intuitive inline tag management. ### 💻 Can developers extend Alba Board? Yes! We’ve implemented a robust Hooks/Actions API (`do_action`), allowing developers to extend functionalities via custom code or add-ons without modifying core files. ### 🔒 Is frontend card management secure? Frontend card creation, comments, and deletion require a logged-in user with the appropriate permissions and a valid WordPress security token. Publishing a board or assigning a guest email address does not grant permission to access protected card details or change cards. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors and Developers “Alba Board – Custom Kanban Board and Task Management” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Alejandro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alejo30/) [Translate “Alba Board – Custom Kanban Board and Task Management” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/alba-board) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alba-board/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/alba-board/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alba-board/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alba-board/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Change Log #### 2.2.0 * New: Delete cards from the WordPress admin board using a compact trash icon. Confirmation moves the card to WordPress Trash; restore it under **Alba Board > Cards > Trash**. Permission checks protect each card, and deletion is blocked when WordPress Trash is disabled. * New: Archive individual cards without archiving their list. Restore them under** Alba Board > Boards > More > Archived Cards**. If their original list is in Trash, restore that list under **Alba Board > Lists > Trash** first. * New: Assign guests by email, including multiple comma-separated addresses. When assignment notifications are enabled, newly added valid addresses receive emails. Publish a page containing the board shortcode to include a public card link. Guest assignment does not grant permission to view protected card details or edit cards. * New: Share direct card links by copying the URL after opening a card. The URL includes `?alba_card=ID`. * New: Copy a board’s shortcode from the admin board header, or use `[alba_board id="123" fullwidth="1"]` to display a public board across the page width. * Improved: Clearer card layout with due date and tags aligned on the same row on desktop when those add-on fields are available. Fields stack on smaller screens, and the card dialog scrolls vertically without a horizontal scrollbar. * Improved: Compact archive, delete, and upload icons with accessible labels and tooltips. The upload icon sits directly beside **Attachments**. Existing theme colors are preserved. * Improved: Show missing-public-page guidance only when the **Guest Assignee** field is selected. The message uses theme colors and stays visible while its shortcode is clicked or copied. * Improved: A compact, responsive top bar for board selection, search, filters, and board actions. * Improved: Connect five additional premium themes through the Card Tags add-on: Celestial Glass, Neo-Brutalism, High Contrast, Solarized Hacker, and Physical Corkboard. Premium styles remain in the add-on. * Fixed: Add the moving aurora background to Celestial Glass on backend and frontend boards. Users who prefer reduced motion see a static background. * Fixed: Theme settings now enable only themes registered by the installed add- on. Newer premium themes remain listed with an update-required message until a supporting add-on is installed, preventing selections that would reset to the default theme. * Fixed: Restore readable light text on the dark frontend comment button in Zen Monochrome, using the theme’s existing colors. * Fixed: Rapid clicks and repeated Enter or Command/Control + Enter shortcuts no longer create duplicate cards. Frontend creation buttons no longer accidentally submit surrounding page forms. * Fixed: Cards created on the frontend can be opened immediately without refreshing the page. * Fixed: Repeated clicks on Save no longer submit duplicate comments. * Fixed: Hide the archive control on frontend card dialogs; archiving remains available in the WordPress admin. * Fixed: Improved attachment uploads and error handling so failed uploads are reported instead of failing silently. * Fixed: Card details refresh after comments, tags, or other card information changes, including changes made by add-ons. * Security: Require valid security tokens and the appropriate permissions before frontend card creation, comments, or deletion. Enforce configured card limits on the server. * Security: Check permissions before creating boards, lists, or cards in the admin. Correct missing permissions for administrators and editors working with published or private items. * Security: Keep card details protected by permission checks in both frontend and admin requests. A published board does not bypass these checks. * Performance: Load core frontend board scripts and styles only on pages containing a board shortcode. Other integrations can opt in using the `alba_board_should_enqueue_frontend_assets` filter. * Performance: Fetch board cards together and avoid unnecessary database updates when card or list ordering has not changed. * Performance: Reduce repeated work while searching and filtering admin boards, and reuse valid cached card details. These changes reduce unnecessary processing; overall speed gains depend on the board size and hosting environment. #### 2.1.5 * New: Added more Premium themes and updated some comments within the code. #### 2.1.4 * Security: Improved authorization checks to prevent unauthorized data access. #### 2.1.3 * Security: Fixed an authorization vulnerability that could allow unauthorized users to view private card details. * Security: Improved security token (nonce) validation and generation strictness across the board. * Enhancement: Overhauled CSV and JSON export engines for backend boards. Exports now include comprehensive card data: Assignee, Due Date, Tags, Attachment URLs, and full Conversation/Activity logs. #### 2.1.2 * Security: Corrected the IDOR patch in REST API and AJAX endpoints. Migrated away from the flawed ‘read_card’ meta capability mapping to a strict ‘edit_cards’ fallback, enforcing rigorous role-based access for non-public boards. #### 2.1.1 * Security: Patched an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) vulnerability in the REST API and AJAX endpoints that allowed unauthorized users to view private card details. #### 2.1.0 * Feature: Ultra-Slim List Collapsing. Users can now collapse lists to a slim view to maximize board space. * Feature: Dates are now available, whether you want to see them from the card on the list or when opening your card. * UX/UI: User-Specific Persistence. Collapsed states are saved per-user using LocalStorage, ensuring a personalized workspace that doesn’t affect other team members. * UX/UI: Intuitive Geometric Icons. Pure CSS-driven symmetric arrows for collapsing( ><) and expanding (<>) that adapt perfectly to vertical titles. * Architecture: Deep REST API Integration. Finalized the migration for card data fetching to bypass legacy admin-ajax.php, significantly reducing server overhead. * Performance: Optimized Front-end & Back-end synchronization. List states are now perfectly mirrored between the public board and the admin dashboard. #### 2.0.0 * Feature: New Visual Theme Engine! Alba Board has been redesigned from the ground up with a dynamic theme selector featuring beautiful UI styles. * Feature: Independent List Scrolling. Columns now adapt to your screen height with elegant, independent vertical scrollbars. The board no longer stretches infinitely! * Feature: 100% Integrated Front-End. The `[alba_board]` shortcode now perfectly inherits your selected Premium Themes, shadows, and glass modals for a seamless user experience. * Feature: Launched “Alba Board Pro: Customization & Smart Tags” Add-on! Unlocks 7 exclusive premium themes (Cyberpunk Neon, Stellar Earth, Vaporwave, etc.) and dynamic Smart Tags. * UX/UI: Implemented a smooth, cache-proof frontend card deletion flow. Cards now vanish gracefully without reloading the page or showing duplicate alerts. * UX/UI: Neumorphic comments section with sculpted design and modern buttons for cleaner readability. * Fix: Prevented cards from squishing or compressing when a list gets too full. * Enhancement: Added a deactivation feedback system to help us listen to your needs, gather insights, and continuously improve the product. #### 1.4.0 * Feature: List Reordering! You can now drag and drop entire lists by their header to reorganize your board seamlessly. * Feature: Delete Lists. Added a quick-action ‘X’ button (visible on hover) to easily delete a list and its cards directly from the board. * Feature: Inline Tag Creation. Create new tags on the fly simply by typing them into the card modal’s tag selector and hitting Enter. * UX/UI: Unified Admin Menu. All Alba Board options and databases are now elegantly nested under a single master menu for a cleaner WordPress dashboard. * UX/UI: Contextual List Creation. The “Add List” action is now a seamless phantom column at the right edge of your board. * Fix: Prevented the “Add Card” footer button from shifting out of place while dragging cards. #### 1.3.2 * Architecture: Implemented a robust Hooks/Actions API (`do_action`) across the frontend and backend. * Enhancement: Added JavaScript custom events (`alba_modal_loaded`) to allow Add- ons to reliably initialize scripts. * Accessibility (Frontend): Synchronized power-user keyboard shortcuts to the frontend view (Esc to close, Ctrl+Enter to submit). #### 1.3.0 * Feature: File Attachments! You can now upload and manage files directly inside cards. * Feature: Dashboard Widget. Added a native WordPress dashboard widget “My Alba Board Tasks”. * Feature: Data Export. Administrators can now export entire boards to CSV or JSON formats with a single click. #### 1.2.0 * Feature: User Avatars! Cards now display the assigned user’s profile picture on both the frontend and backend boards. * Feature: 1-Click Onboarding. Added a “Create a Sample Board” empty state for new users to instantly generate a fully functional demo board. #### 1.0.0 * First stable release — backend Kanban, modal editing, AJAX, comments, add-ons. ## Meta * Version **2.2.0** * Last updated **4 days ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/) * Tags * [kanban](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/kanban/)[kanban board](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/kanban-board/) [project management](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/project-management/) [task management](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/task-management/)[workflow](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/workflow/) * [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/alba-board/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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