About this plugin
WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker is a standalone employee time clock, attendance, break, and timesheet tracker for WordPress. It is built for businesses that want a simple employee clock-in page, basic attendance evidence, CSV exports, and optional mobile app access without requiring Gravity Forms, WooCommerce, or any other form plugin.
The free plugin stores attendance inside your WordPress database, creates its own attendance tables, and gives employees a protected frontend clock page through the [wpchef_tracker] shortcode. Administrators can manage employees, departments, one company location, shift templates, attendance records, basic reports, manual adjustments, and CSV exports from the WordPress dashboard.
Free plugin features
- Frontend employee time clock with [wpchef_tracker].
- Employee clock in and clock out.
- Break in/out with optional break note.
- Today’s status and employee attendance table below the clock.
- Admin dashboard summary.
- Admin attendance list with filters and CSV export.
- Basic reports by employee and date.
- Manual attendance adjustment with event evidence.
- IP address, simple device type, and browser user-agent evidence.
- Optional browser GPS evidence for Clock In, Break In, and Clock Out.
- Optional readable address lookup when a Google Maps Platform API key is configured.
- One company location with address, latitude, longitude, timezone, and radius fields.
- Departments.
- Shift templates with separate Clock In grace and Clock Out grace minutes.
- Employee and manager creation using WordPress users.
- Password setup email for newly created users.
- Mobile Lite setup with Agency ID and free mobile license sync.
- Up to the free mobile-user limit assigned by the WPChef Agency Connector.
- One-way mobile Inbox announcements from Admin/HR to employees.
- Setup page helper for creating the employee clock page.
- Free vs Pro comparison page.
Separate WPChef Tracker Pro features
WPChef Tracker Pro is a separate paid plugin for larger teams that need deeper workflow controls. Pro features include:
- Unlimited web and mobile app users.
- Full privacy: attendance data remains in your own WordPress database.
- Two-way Admin/HR and employee communication.
- Face recognition for clock in and clock out.
- Employee selfie snapshots for clock in and clock out.
- Multiple locations, offices, branches, and field locations.
- Extended attendance and payroll reports.
- GPS route tracking for field workers.
- Shift rules, late rules, early clock-out review, and overtime management.
- Payroll-compatible exports.
- Frontend admin/manager pages.
- More employee controls for web access, mobile access, face rules, and GPS rules.
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Shortcode
Add this shortcode to a protected employee page:
[wpchef_tracker]
Mobile Lite
The free plugin includes Mobile Lite connection support. From the Mobile App menu, the site can sync with the WPChef Agency Connector to receive an Agency ID and free mobile license key. Free mobile app access follows the mobile-user limit assigned to that agency by the connector.
In the free mobile app mode, employees can:
- View their clock screen.
- View current attendance status while clocked in.
- View attendance history.
- View profile information.
- Receive Inbox announcements from Admin/HR.
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Compose Message, Sent Messages, employee replies, two-way conversations, face recognition, selfie verification, continuous GPS routes, and advanced mobile controls are Pro-only features.
External services
The plugin works without third-party services for basic web attendance tracking.
If a site administrator configures a Google Maps Platform API key, the plugin can use Google Maps/Places/Geocoding services to suggest addresses and convert GPS coordinates into readable addresses. Location data may be sent to Google only when this feature is configured and used.
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app to register/sync the installation Agency ID, license key, license status, plan, domain, mobile-user limit, and agency name. Attendance records are not sent to the connector by this free plugin license sync.
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Privacy and security notes
WPChef Employee Attendance Tracker stores attendance data in your WordPress database. Depending on your settings, records may include employee user ID, clock event times, break notes, admin adjustment notes, IP address, user agent, device type, browser GPS coordinates, and readable address evidence.
The plugin uses WordPress roles/capabilities, nonces for admin actions, token hashing for mobile API sessions, sanitization before storage, escaping before output, prepared database calls for user-supplied values, and direct-access guards on plugin files. Site owners are still responsible for using HTTPS, strong admin passwords, proper user roles, secure hosting, backups, and employee privacy notices according to local law.