[Thomas Krauss]

Is there a way to include additional fields in the Status Email like phone number? Or select whether phone number appears instead of email.

[PeterPoggi]

Yes, there is. I’ve been able to add an employee ID to our sign up sheets. But I believe Phone Number is already included as one of the built-in fields. What would be nice is if you could apply optional fields by Category, but that is not possible yet.

[Fetch Designs]

Hi Thomas, at the moment the “Status Email” only outputs the name and email for each sign-up. Other emails like the confirmation email can include additional custom fields and does include phone number if included which you can add additional emails as a BCC (blind carbon copy) on. However, I do have a feature on the wishlist to expand the Status Email to include additional fields. I’d be happy to update this thread if that feature ends up being added to the plugin.

If you can also give me an example or two of how you’d like to use it, please let me know so it can be considered when looking at incorporating the feature. I can’t guarantee when or if it will be added to the plugin, though, so if you are in need of this feature ASAP, just message me through the Contact Form and I can provide a quote for adding the feature right away.

[Thomas Krauss]

Thank you for the information. For most of our sign-up sheets, we have another staff member copied to receive the status email in charge of that event/shifts. They do not access WP so would not be able to do an export. So they rely on the last status email received to see who the volunteers are scheduled for each shift. With the phone number they would have the most pertinent contact info if they need to reach the volunteer on the day of their shift. That is our main use, although if we had sheet specific custom fields, then I could also see a benefit for our staff as well to get specific response to a question related to that event/shift. This way the two of us who set the shifts up in WP do not really need to take additional action beyond setup.

[Fetch Designs]

Hi Thomas, I’m happy to report that having these additional fields added to the Status Email has now been develop and is planned to be released in the next version of the Sign-up Sheets plugin (likely version 2.2.15). If you are interested in trying out this feature ahead of time and you have a current active license for the Pro version, please reach out using the contact form to request access and I can send you the beta version so you can give it a spin. Otherwise, keep an eye out for the next version update when it’s officially released.

If you ever have any other suggestions for improvements to the plugin, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

[Jake Hawkes]

Is it possible to insert a shortcode for another email solution for signup capture, such as Gravity Forms?

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