SureDash turns your WordPress site into a full community platform.
No need to send your members to another app. No monthly per-member fees. Everything lives on your site, under your brand, with your data.
Set it up in minutes. Create spaces for discussions, courses, resources, and events. Your members get a clean dashboard, their own profiles, and real-time notifications — all without leaving your website.
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Try the live demo — no signup required.
- Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress dashboard
- Search for SureDash
- Click Install Now, then Activate
- Follow the setup wizard — your community is ready in minutes
Or upload the plugin zip file via
Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
2026-05-13 - version 1.8.2
- New: Introduced the Portal Pages space type, allowing admins to display portal pages such as User Profile, Bookmarks, Leaderboard, Memberships, and more as spaces for easier navigation.
- New: Added a new Learn tab to help admins quickly complete and configure their portal setup.
- Improvement: Implemented several UI and UX improvements across the plugin for a smoother experience.
- Fix: Fixed an issue where the Posts Sorting option did not sort correctly in some cases within Discussion spaces.
- Fix: Fixed an issue where the side border was missing in the List View layout.
2026-05-04 - version 1.8.1
- New: Added typography options for the Portal Navigation block to control font family, size, and weight.
- New: Added a WP-CLI command to enable SureDash AI abilities from the terminal —
wp suredash abilities enable with optional --with-edit and --with-delete flags.
- Improvement: Login & Registration blocks now show a friendly “already signed in” message with a “Go to Portal” action and support auto-redirect when a custom URL is set.
- Improvement: Refreshed the settings page UI for a cleaner and more intuitive experience.
- Improvement: Email templates have been improved. Overriding the wrapper email template now applies to all email designs sent from SureDash.
- Improvement: User avatars now fall back to Gravatar when no profile photo is uploaded.
- Fix: Portal names containing commas, accented characters, or other special characters no longer produce malformed email "From" headers.
- Fix: This update addressed a security bug. Props to Patchstack for reporting it responsibly to our team. Please make sure you are using the latest version on your website.
- Fix: AI ability settings can now be turned on without first installing the MCP Adapter plugin. Only the “Enable MCP Server” option still requires the adapter.
2026-04-27 - version 1.8.0
- New: Added support for the WordPress Abilities API for portal creation and analytics.
- New: Added MCP integration to support AI-powered portal management.
- Improvement: Better mobile responsiveness for a smoother experience on phones and tablets.
- Improvement: Improved translations for a more consistent experience across languages.
- Improvement: Improved content sanitization for posts and comments.
- Improvement: Posts opened from popups now load in the same tab to avoid multiple tabs.
- Improvement: Email address on the profile page is now private by default and only shown if the user chooses to add it.
- Fix: Fixed duplicate YouTube thumbnails in discussion posts.
- Fix: Assigning a portal layout template from Quick Edit was not working.
- Fix: Corrected back button behavior to return users to the original feed after viewing a post.
2026-04-15 - version 1.7.2
- New: Added customizable title options for the About Space and Recent Activities widgets.
- Improvement: Sorting and view preferences are now saved per space instead of globally.
- Improvement: Made plugin strings fully translatable for better localization support.
- Improvement: Improved error handling and client-side validation for Login and Registration blocks.
- Fix: Disabled default WordPress comment notification emails for SureDash post types to prevent duplicate or unwanted emails.
- Fix: Notification emails now use the "From Email" configured in SureDash Settings instead of the WordPress admin email.
- Fix: Posts with restricted visibility are no longer shown to unauthorized users in the feeds list view.
2026-03-27 - version 1.7.1
- Fix: Resolved issue where multi-paragraph comments displayed incorrectly in a horizontal layout.
- Fix: Addressed 'headers already sent' warning impacting portal login page.
2026-03-25 - version 1.7.0
- New: Introduced sorting options for Discussions and Feeds to help users organize content more efficiently.
- New: Added a List view layout for Discussions and Feeds, providing an alternative and more structured browsing experience.
- New: Added customization options for Login and Registration block titles.
- New: Introduced new action hooks 'suredash_before_file_delete' and 'suredash_after_file_upload', allowing developers to execute custom logic before file deletion and after file upload.
- Improvement: Enhanced UI for post comments along with overall UI enhancements.
- Improvement: Repositioned Bookmark and Post action menu to the top with UI/UX enhancements.
- Improvement: Responsive CSS improvements.
- Improvement: Re-generate fonts on Site URL or Home URL change.
- Improvement: The “Copy URL” option is now hidden from the post action menu if the Share Button is disabled.
- Improvement: Space groups will no longer be displayed if they are empty or if all spaces inside them are hidden.
- Improvement: Added pre-compatibility support for SureMembers Core plugin.
- Improvement: Added WebP support for profile photo uploads.
- Fix: Feed and user profile posts were not being restricted when the Portal was restricted via SureMembers.
- Fix: Fixed sidebar height CSS issue in the classic layout to ensure proper alignment and full-height rendering.
- Fix: Fixed an issue in Safari where the cursor position was lost when opening the emoji picker popup.
2026-03-12 - version 1.6.3
- Improvement: Hardened the security of the plugin.
- Fix: Fixed an issue where email notifications were not being saved correctly.
2026-02-24 - version 1.6.2
- Improvement: Sidebar can now be used with all container width options. Previously, enabling the sidebar forced the layout to full width.
- Improvement: Feeds now display the discussion space from which each post originates for better context and clarity.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where the unboxed container style was being applied incorrectly to discussion spaces.
- Fix: Reduced Google OAuth scopes to only request necessary permissions (openid, email, profile).
- Fix: Prevent false password mismatch error from browser autofill.
1.6.1 - 12th February 2026
- New: Added 'suredash_identity_block_url' filter to customize the identity block redirect URL.
- Fix: Kadence theme styles incorrectly loading on auth pages, leading to layout issues.
- Fix: Reverted the default template assignment to the portal layout for newly created pages.
1.6.0 - 9th February 2026
- New: Introduced Portal Layout template for posts and custom post types to ensure a consistent portal experience across all pages. (https://suredash.com/docs/use-portal-layout-template-for-site-wide-pages/)
- New: Added a Space Sidebar feature that provides quick access to relevant sections within a space. (https://suredash.com/docs/space-sidebar-layout/)
- New: Unread post count is now displayed for Discussion Post spaces in the portal.
- New: SureMembers Compatibility – Configure SureMembers memberships to send notifications to targeted users within selected memberships.
- New: SureMembers Compatibility – Added an Access Group selection option in Integration settings to automatically assign newly registered users to the selected group.
- New: Introduced an option to reset the cover image under Edit Profile settings.
- Improvement: Fixed ACSS-related CSS compatibility issues on Portal pages.
- Improvement: Separated Profile and Cover Image upload limits from the general Assets Upload Limit for better control.
- Improvement: UI tweaks and refinements for an improved user experience.
- Improvement: Portal notifications for post and comment replies now redirect directly to the relevant comment.
- Fix: Removed the visual flicker on the frontend where the site briefly appeared in dark mode before switching to light mode on page load.
- Fix: Resolved social login button spacing issues and fixed the social button position option in the login form.
- Fix: Fixed an issue where the emoji selector was not working on the portal frontend.