Works, from The Solo Software Group, is a CRM that runs entirely on
your own WordPress install. Your client records live in your
database on your host. Nothing is uploaded to us, there is no
account to create, and no usage data is sent anywhere.
It is built for the person who runs a small service business and
does their own paperwork: the client calls, you send a quote, they
sign it on their phone, you do the work, you send the invoice, they
pay it by card, and the whole trail stays in one place.
Clients
- Residential and business clients, each with contacts, addresses,
files, and a full activity history
- Company relationships: which contact works for which business
- Import from CSV, XLSX, ODS, or vCard, and export back out
Quotes and estimates
- Line items, taxes, discounts, deposits, optional items, and terms
- Custom proposals: free-form documents beyond quote and estimate
- A public link the client opens on any device
- E-signature on the page, or signed in person on your own device
- Change orders against an accepted quote, with a redline showing
what moved
- Presets: save any quote, job, or invoice and apply it to the next
one in one tap
Invoices
- One-off invoices, created from a quote or from scratch
- Card payment through Stripe Checkout on the client's link
- Receipts, partial payments, adjustments, and refunds
- Receipt and refund records the client can open any time
Jobs and tasks
- Projects with tasks, cost tracking, files, and notes
- Meetings proposed to the client, accepted or rescheduled on their
link, with calendar files
Calendar
- Your meetings, project dates, and task due dates in one calendar,
as an agenda, a day, a week, or a month
- Today and the week ahead on the dashboard
- A private feed you can subscribe to in Google, Apple, or Outlook
calendar, and an .ics download
Notifications
- Email templates for every step: proposal sent, viewed, accepted,
invoice sent, paid, receipt, meeting booked, and more
- Merge tags, your own wording, your own sign-off
- A queue you can see, with a log of everything that went out
Reminders and follow-ups
- Proposal expiry reminders and follow-ups
- Project and task reminders
- Overdue invoice reminders and late fees
- All on your site's own schedule; nothing is sent to an outside
service
Everything else
- A dashboard that opens every module, with a setup checklist that
tracks what is left to configure
- A setup wizard; company name is the only required field
- Activity log, message log, and an append-only consent ledger
- Branded sign-in at /tssg on your own site
The Solo Software Group Works Pro
The Solo Software Group Works Pro is a separate plugin, sold from
thesolosoftwaregroup.com. It adds recurring invoices, credit notes,
text messaging through your own Twilio account, campaigns and promo
codes, surveys and testimonials, recurring services with visit
schedules, service plans, bulk sending, team seats, and an
assistant.
Both editions share the same database tables, so upgrading keeps
every client, quote, invoice, and file you already have: upload the
Pro plugin and activate it, and this plugin steps aside on its own
(it deactivates itself, never the other one). Nothing
in this free plugin is locked, trial-limited, or waiting on a
purchase; a card on the dashboard and a link on the Plugins screen
point to the paid plugin.
- Install through Plugins > Add New Plugin, search for "The Solo
Software Group Works", and click Install Now. Or upload the zip,
or copy the plugin folder into /wp-content/plugins/.
- Activate it on the Plugins screen. Activation creates the
plugin's own database tables and seeds its stock notification
templates.
- The first admin page load opens the setup wizard. Company name
is the only required field, and it starts as your site title;
everything else can be skipped and changed later under The Solo
Software Group Works > Settings.
- Optional: add Stripe keys under Settings > Integrations to take
card payments on invoices.
WordPress 6.4 or newer and PHP 8.3 or newer are required.
Permalinks must not be set to Plain: the public proposal, invoice,
and meeting links are rewrite rules.