Shibhu Matrimony

Shibhu Matrimony turns any WordPress site into a fully featured matrimonial platform. Members can submit detailed biodata profiles from the front end, browse and filter listings, and manage their own profiles — all without leaving your website.

Administrators get a dedicated dashboard with real-time statistics and a timestamped activity log so they always know what is happening on the platform.

Key Features

Profile Management

• Custom post type (mmatr_profile) purpose-built for matrimonial biodata.
• Multi-step front-end submission form covering basic info, personal details, education & career, family details, lifestyle, and partner preferences.
• Profile photo upload with type and size validation (JPG, PNG, WebP).
• Front-end profile editing — members can update their own profiles at any time.
• Optional admin approval workflow: new profiles are held as pending until an administrator publishes them.
• Auto-generated profile reference numbers with configurable prefix and digit count (e.g. DMA000001).

Search & Browse

• Filterable profile grid with support for gender, age range, city, marital status, and more.
• AJAX-powered live filtering — no page reload required.
• Pagination for large profile sets.
• Optional login-gate: restrict profile browsing to registered members only.
• Profile photos hidden for guests when the login requirement is enabled.

Shortcodes

• [shibhu_matrimony_profiles] — Display the profiles listing grid. Parameters: gender, per_page, orderby, order. Example: [shibhu_matrimony_profiles gender="female" per_page="12"]
• [shibhu_matrimony_submit_form] — Render the front-end profile submission form.
• [shibhu_matrimony_search_form] — Render the advanced search and filter form.

Admin Reports (v1.2.0)

• At-a-glance statistics cards: total profiles, male / female breakdown, profiles added in the last 30 days, and profiles awaiting approval.
• Timestamped activity log timeline tracking profile creation, edits, approvals, and pending submissions.
• One-click log clearing via secure AJAX endpoint.

Settings

• Enable or disable front-end profile registration.
• Enable or disable the advanced search form.
• Set the default number of profiles displayed per page.
• Require admin approval before profiles go live.
• Require login to view profiles.
• Customise the profile reference number prefix and digit count.

Developer Friendly

• Theme template overrides — copy any plugin template into your-theme/shibhu-matrimony/ to customise the output.
• Dozens of action and filter hooks throughout the codebase for extensibility.
• Singleton main class following WordPress coding standards.
• All output escaped, all input sanitized, all forms protected with WordPress nonces.
• Fully translation-ready with a shibhu-matrimony text domain.

Security

Shibhu Matrimony is built with security as a first priority:

• Every form submission is verified with wp_verify_nonce().
• All user-supplied data is sanitized with appropriate WordPress sanitization functions (sanitize_text_field(), absint(), wp_unslash(), etc.).
• All output is escaped with esc_html(), esc_attr(), esc_url(), and wp_kses() before being sent to the browser.
• Capability checks (current_user_can()) guard every admin action and AJAX endpoint.

Translation Ready

All user-facing strings are wrapped in standard WordPress i18n functions. The plugin ships with a .pot file so translators can get started immediately.