Prayer Request Manager

Take prayer requests properly: private by default, routed to the right people, followed up, and never accidentally published.

v1.4.0

What it does

Private by default

Nothing is ever visible publicly unless the person ticks the box that says so.

Consent levels

Private to staff, shareable with the prayer team, or publishable anonymously — the submitter chooses.

Routing

Send requests to the right team by category — pastoral, urgent, hospital, general.

Follow-up tracking

Who took it, what happened, when it was closed.

Urgent flagging

Marks time-sensitive requests and notifies immediately.

Retention policy

Automatic archiving or deletion after a period you set.

A prayer request is often the most sensitive thing anyone will ever type into a church website. Handling it with a generic contact form means it lands in a shared inbox, gets forwarded around, and sits there forever.

This plugin treats those requests as what they are. Every submission is private unless the person explicitly consents to it being shared, requests are routed to the team that should see them, follow-up is tracked so nobody falls through, and there is a retention policy so old requests do not accumulate indefinitely.

Specifications

RequiresWordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+
StorageCustom table, excluded from search and feeds
NotificationsEmail, per team
RetentionConfigurable, default 12 months

Questions about this product

Can requests be shown on a public prayer wall?

Yes, but only the ones whose submitter chose that option, and anonymously by default.

Who can read them?

Only roles you explicitly grant access to. Administrators are not automatically included.

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