Annotix – Drag, Annotate, Feedback gives your team a way to annotate any page on the frontend, capture screenshots, track status, assign items, set priority, and collaborate through threaded replies – all without leaving the site.

Built by Native Infotech.

Demo video: https://youtu.be/VQssYhmuh0E

Core Features

Click-to-annotate – click anywhere on any page to drop a feedback pin.
Area selection – drag to select a specific region of the page before capturing. Selection is draggable and resizable with corner handles.
Cleaner screenshot selection – the Pins panel auto-hides shortly after feedback mode starts and shows a soft drag-to-select notice so screenshots are not blocked by the sidebar.
Screenshot capture – optionally attach a viewport screenshot via bundled html2canvas. The library is lazy-loaded on demand for faster page loads.
Screenshot format controls – choose JPEG or PNG output and set JPEG quality from the General settings tab.
Annotation tools – draw arrows, rectangles, and circles over the selected area before saving. The arrow tool is selected by default for faster callouts.
Markdown toolbar – format feedback descriptions with bold, italic, bullet lists, numbered lists, links, and inline code.
Guest feedback link – allow clients without WordPress accounts to submit feedback through a private token URL.
File attachments – upload images, PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, and other files alongside feedback. Attachments open in a new tab and display file-type badges.
Priority levels – tag each feedback item as Urgent, High, Normal, or Low with colour-coded badges and dots.
Assignment – assign feedback items to specific team members from a dropdown.
@Mentions – type @ in any comment or reply to mention a user and trigger an instant notification.

Collaboration

Threaded replies – discuss feedback with your team in context under each pin.
Inline editing – edit your own feedback descriptions and replies in place.
Delete with confirmation – delete your own feedback or replies with a skippable confirmation dialog.
Resolve / Unresolve – track completion state for each item. Resolved pins turn green.
Draggable pins – reposition saved pins by dragging them to a new location.

Sidebar & Navigation

Pins sidebar – a collapsible sidebar lists all feedback on the current page with status filters (Unresolved / Resolved).
Pages overview – an expandable pages panel shows feedback counts across all pages on the site.
Priority dots – sidebar items display colour-coded priority indicators for quick scanning.

Email Notifications

Digest mode (recommended) – batches all activity into a single email at a configurable interval (15 / 30 / 60 minutes).
Smart mode – digest by default, but sends instant emails for assignments and @mentions.
Configurable – enable or disable notifications, choose delivery mode, and toggle instant alerts for assignments and mentions independently.

Admin Feedback

Plugin feedback form – send bug reports, questions, or feature requests to Native Infotech directly from the WordPress admin settings.

Security & Permissions

Role-based access – assign each WordPress administrator as Client, Dev, or No Access.
Guest token access – optionally enable a private share link for non-WordPress clients. Guests can view page pins and create new feedback, but cannot edit, resolve, delete, or manage existing feedback.
Client role – full access: create, edit own descriptions, move pins, assign, reply, resolve, delete, and upload attachments.
Dev role – limited access: view, reply, and resolve/unresolve only.
No Access – cannot see or use Annotix.
Zero public routes – all REST endpoints require authentication with valid permissions.
Rate limiting – built-in abuse protection on all REST endpoints.

Performance

Lazy-loaded screenshot library – the 195 KB html2canvas library is only fetched when the user actually takes a screenshot, not on every page load.
Smaller screenshot files – JPEG output at configurable quality keeps feedback screenshots lightweight.
Deferred screenshot saving – feedback submissions return faster by saving screenshots after the REST response is flushed when supported by the server.
Non-blocking font loading – Google Fonts are loaded via the WordPress enqueue API instead of a render-blocking CSS import.
Session caching – REST responses are cached in sessionStorage for instant rendering on repeat visits, with background refresh.
Transient caching – mention-user queries are cached with a 5-minute WordPress transient to reduce database load.
Conditional loading – all plugin assets only load for logged-in users who have been granted access.

Who is it for?

Annotix – Drag, Annotate, Feedback is designed for small teams (web agencies, freelancers, internal teams) where the designer, developer, and client all have WordPress administrator accounts and need a fast way to review and annotate the live site.

Third-Party Services

This plugin loads the Inter and Manrope font families from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) on frontend pages for logged-in users who have feedback access. No personal data is sent by the plugin itself, but the browser will make a request to Google’s servers to retrieve the font files.

Service: Google Fonts
Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

This plugin bundles the html2canvas library (MIT license) for optional screenshot capture. The library is loaded locally from the plugin directory and makes no external requests.

Project page: https://html2canvas.hertzen.com/
License: MIT

This plugin includes a voluntary feedback form in the admin settings (Settings > Website Feedback > Feedback). If you choose to submit feedback, your name, email address, subject, and message are sent to Native Infotech via your site’s WordPress mail system. No data is collected automatically — submission only occurs when you click “Send Feedback”.

Native Infotech: https://nativeinfotech.com/
Privacy Policy: https://nativeinfotech.com/privacy-policy/