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PetMatchPro is the most complete animal adoption plugin for WordPress. It connects your shelter or rescue website directly to the data management system you already use Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – so your available animals are always current, always branded, and always working to find forever homes.
Supported Integrations
- PetPoint / Petango
- RescueGroups
- AnimalsFirst
Major Upgrade from 6.4.6 Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A Whole New PetMatchPro
If youÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’re running an older version of PetMatchPro, the 8.x line is a complete leap forward. The plugin has been rewritten on a modern PHP 8.1+ foundation, with dozens of new operator-facing capabilities. Highlights since 6.4.6:
- Lightning-Fast Analytics Dashboard Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A new daily-summary architecture means dashboards that used to time out on busy shelters now load in under a second, no matter how many millions of events youÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’ve collected. Track impressions, detail views, adoption clicks, conversion funnels, traffic sources, peak engagement times, repeat visitors, and time-to-action Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – all from a single Analytics tab.
- Smarter Impression Tracking Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Impressions are only counted when a visitor actually dwells on an animal card (500ms minimum), so your numbers reflect real interest, not page-scroll noise. Pages with 300+ animals produce clean, meaningful data.
- Conversion vs. Engagement Split Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – The dashboard now distinguishes adoption-intent actions (adoption application, email, phone, foster, meet-and-greet, donation, sponsor, volunteer) from engagement actions (video plays, shares, directions). Know whatÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s actually driving placements.
- Visual Shortcode Builder Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A new admin tab generates correct, copy-paste-ready shortcodes for the partner, method, license tier, installed templates, and field set youÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’ve configured. No more hand-typing parameters from the documentation.
- Setup Wizard Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A 13-step guided setup walks you through partner selection, method types, field presets, template choices, contact info, filters, labels, colors, and the poster page. Stand up a working configuration in minutes.
- Hide Empty Fields Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A per-method admin toggle (plus a shortcode parameter) suppresses empty fields on both search cards and detail pages. Cleaner layouts for unnamed-intake animals and partial records.
- Search-Card Hover Text Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Standardized, accessible tooltips and ARIA labels on every animal card across all three partners, with method-aware defaults (“Have You Seen {Name}?” for lost, “Help Rehome This {Species}” for found, “Learn More About {Name}” for adopt).
- Lost & Found Search Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Combined lost-and-found search results, partner-aware location handling, and printable lost/found posters with QR codes that route back to the animalÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s detail page.
- Print Posters Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – One-click adoptable, lost, and found posters with branded layouts, QR codes for last-seen or found locations, and the option to set a dedicated poster page.
- Currency Symbols Worldwide Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – £, €, and $ now render correctly on detail pages, search cards, and posters Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – regardless of your locale.
- Modernized Template Library Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – 60+ search and detail templates across all three partners, including default, conversion, conversion-no-app, profile, navigation, similar-animals, and celebration variants. Theme template overrides are supported (Junior+).
- Multi-Lingual Ready Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Full Spanish (es_ES) translation included; .pot file regenerated from current source for any custom locale.
- WordPress.org Compliant Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Color values validated at save and at render. Unserialize calls hardened against object injection. License-gated UI is hidden rather than shown locked. Operational logs route through a structured logger so error_log entries are debuggable in one round-trip.
- Self-Healing Database Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Schema migrations run automatically on the next admin page load after upgrade. No deactivate/reactivate dance.
What PetMatchPro Does for You
Whether you manage a large municipal shelter or a small breed-specific rescue, PetMatchPro gives you the tools to showcase your animals and measure whatÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s working:
- Live Animal Listings Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Adoptable, found, and lost animals pulled directly from your data management system in real time.
- Branded Search & Display Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Fully customizable search filters, field labels, colors, fonts, and layout so your listings match your website Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – not a generic widget.
- Built-In Analytics Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Track impressions, detail views, conversion actions, repeat visitors, and time-to-action. Understand whatÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s actually driving placements.
- Simple Shortcodes Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Place animal search, detail pages, single fields, and admin option values anywhere on your site. Five shortcodes cover every use case.
- Visual Shortcode Builder Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – A guided builder generates correct shortcodes for your configuration. No documentation required.
- Setup Wizard Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – 13-step guided setup gets you from install to live in minutes.
- Free to Install Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – Works out of the box with PetPoint, RescueGroups, or AnimalsFirst Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – no credit card required to get started.
Why Shelters Choose PetMatchPro
Most shelters rely on an embedded iframe or a redirect to their data systemÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s generic public portal Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – giving up control of the visitor experience, losing branding, and getting zero data in return. PetMatchPro keeps visitors on your site, in your brand, and gives you the visibility you need to place more animals.
“PetMatchPro is the missing link between your shelter software and your website.”
Third-party API integrations
PetMatchPro retrieves filter values and species/breed/color lists from AnimalsFirst and RescueGroups APIs on-demand when administrators click the “Refresh Filter Values” button in the pluginÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s admin settings. PetMatchPro also retrieves animal records from the configured shelter management system (PetPoint, AnimalsFirst, or RescueGroups) on every public-facing page render. No data is sent off-site without an explicit administrator action; no analytics or telemetry is sent to a vendor-controlled server.
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Adoptable animal search results Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – cards with photo, name, age, site, and configurable fields, plus order-by and sort controls. 
Animal detail page with photo gallery, fields, description, social sharing, and adoption call-to-action buttons. 
Built-in analytics dashboard Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – impressions, detail views, conversions, and What the Data Says insights. 
Step-by-step setup wizard Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – 13 guided steps from partner selection to live site. 
Visual Shortcode Builder Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – generates correct shortcodes for your partner, method, and license tier. 
Admin settings Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – tabbed interface for general, partner, contact, colors, labels, filters, and tools. 
Print poster Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – adoptable, lost, and found posters with QR codes routing back to the animal. 
Lost & found search Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – combined results with method-specific hover text and partner-aware locations. 
Customize field labels to match your organizationÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s terminology.
Ìgbéwọlẹ̀
- Download the PetMatchPro plugin zip file from petmatchpro.com or your account dashboard.
- In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
- Choose the zip file you downloaded and click Install Now.
- Once installed, click Activate Plugin.
- In your WordPress admin menu, go to PetMatchPro > Settings to enter your license key and configure your data integration partner (PetPoint, RescueGroups, or AnimalsFirst).
- Follow the step-by-step setup wizard to connect your account and configure your search display.
- Add the provided shortcodes to any page or post to display your animal listings.
For additional help, visit petmatchpro.com/faq.
FAQ
Visit https://petmatchpro.com/faq/ for answers to our most frequently asked questions.
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Configuration Constants
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PetMatchPro reads a small set of optional
define()constants fromwp-config.php. These are operator-only kill switches and debugging toggles Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – none are required for normal operation. Add them above the/* That's all, stop editing! */line.PMP_ANALYTICS_LEGACY_READS(since 8.9.6) Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – When defined and truthy, every dashboard read method that was migrated to the daily summary table in 8.9.4 falls back to its pre-8.9.4 raw-events body. Use as a one-line rollback if a migrated dashboard widget shows surprising numbers and you want to compare against the legacy implementation while the operator team investigates.
Example:define( 'PMP_ANALYTICS_LEGACY_READS', true );
Equivalent filter (theme functions.php / mu-plugin):add_filter( 'pmp_analytics_legacy_reads', '__return_true' );Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – the constant takes precedence when both are set.
For the full list with examples, see the wp-config.php Configuration Constants KB article in the docs folder (
docs/kb/09-troubleshooting/14-wp-config-constants.html). -
Internationalization
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PetMatchPro is fully translation-ready and ships with a complete Spanish (es_ES) translation out of the box. Every user-facing string Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – admin settings, the 13-step setup wizard, public-facing templates, error messages, and all shortcode output Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – is wrapped in WordPressÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s standard translation functions with the
pet-match-protext domain.WhatÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s included:
- Full Spanish (es_ES) translation Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: –
.posource and compiled.mofiles in the pluginÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’slanguages/directory. - Up-to-date
.pottemplate regenerated from the current source. Drop it into Loco Translate, Poedit, or any GlotPress-compatible tool to add your own locale. - Locale-aware currency rendering Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – the pound sign, euro sign, and dollar sign render correctly on detail pages, search cards, and posters regardless of the site language.
- All five shortcodes (
[pmp-search],[pmp-details],[pmp-detail],[pmp-option],[pmp-social-share]) emit translated strings, including hover text, field labels, accessibility labels, and error messages. - Method-aware default strings (“Learn More About {Name}”, “Have You Seen {Name}?”, “Help Rehome This {Species}”) are translated, not hardcoded.
Switching languages requires no plugin-side configuration. Change the site language under Settings > General > Site Language and PetMatchPro follows automatically. Custom translations placed in
wp-content/languages/plugins/pet-match-pro-{locale}.motake precedence over the bundled files and survive plugin updates.If you produce a translation for a locale we donÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’t yet ship, send the
.pofile to support@petmatchpro.com and we will consider bundling it in a future release. - Full Spanish (es_ES) translation Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: –
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