Partyline is a WordPress plugin that lets anyone in your community send in a story, a tip, a moment, or just a cute dog photo. They can submit right from an installable app on their phone, or by text message via Twilio. Partyline optionally gives submissions a quick AI polish using OpenAI, and creates a draft post in your WordPress dashboard for you to review.<\/p>\n\n
It\u2019s the fastest way to turn real, spontaneous contributions into published content. Whether it\u2019s breaking news or just something unexpected and delightful, Partyline brings your readers into the newsroom.<\/p>\n\n
Made for local publishers who are short on time but big on community.<\/p>\n\n
Top 10 Uses for Partyline<\/strong>\nA lovingly curated list from experience, originally shared with LINA Publishers in Australia<\/em><\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to the following third-party services. None of them are contacted until you configure the corresponding credentials on the Partyline settings page.<\/p>\n\n Twilio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Used to receive SMS submissions from your community and to download any media (photos) attached to those messages.<\/p>\n\n OpenAI (ChatGPT)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Optional. Used to clean up spelling\/grammar of submitted messages, generate post titles, and (in the app) transcribe voice dictation and draft a title and blurb.<\/p>\n\n Cloudflare Turnstile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Optional. Used to verify that anonymous submissions and public applications come from a real person rather than a bot.<\/p>\n\n Nothing. The contributor app is enabled by default, so your community can start submitting right away. Twilio and ChatGPT are optional add-ons, not requirements:<\/p>\n\n A Partyliner is a WordPress user with a phone number, which is how a text message is matched back to their account. To manage them, go to Partyline > Partyliners<\/strong> in your admin menu. There you can see everyone at a glance and add a Partyliner directly (name, phone, email).<\/p>\n\n You can also turn on public applications<\/strong> in the settings so readers can apply. Either way, a Partyliner's phone number is stored in the format \n
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api.twilio.com<\/code> (and to the redirected media CDN URLs Twilio returns) using your Twilio Account SID and Auth Token.<\/li>\n\n
https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1\/chat\/completions<\/code>. In the app, voice recordings are sent to https:\/\/api.openai.com\/v1\/audio\/transcriptions<\/code> (Whisper) to transcribe them, and the submitted photo may be included so the model can draft a fitting title and blurb. All requests use the OpenAI API key you configure.<\/li>\n\n
https:\/\/challenges.cloudflare.com<\/code>, and the visitor's browser obtains a token. On submission, that token is sent to your server and verified against https:\/\/challenges.cloudflare.com\/turnstile\/v0\/siteverify<\/code> using your Turnstile secret key.<\/li>\n\n
partyline<\/code> directory to your \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\nyour-site.com\/partyline<\/code>; share that link with your community.<\/li>\n\n
What do I need to use Partyline?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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How do I manage Partyliners?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
+15555555555<\/code> (you can still set it on the standard WordPress user profile too).<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n1.3.0<\/h4>\n\n
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Broadstreet*<\/code> class names)<\/li>\nwp-admin\/includes\/*<\/code> requires from the Twilio webhook handler \u2014 the sideload helper loads what it needs<\/li>\nhas_partyline_phone<\/code> query var to partyline_has_phone<\/code> so the prefix leads<\/li>\n1.2.1<\/h4>\n\n
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manage_options<\/code>, and sanitizes every field before saving<\/li>\nwp_localize_script<\/code><\/li>\n1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n
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wp_mkdir_p()<\/code>, replaced date()<\/code> with gmdate()<\/code>, prefixed globals, hardened webhook key comparison with hash_equals()<\/code>, unslashed\/sanitized all $_POST<\/code>\/$_SERVER<\/code> input, removed debug print_r()<\/code> calls<\/li>\n1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n
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