Typo Hunter

Typo Hunter transforms your readers into active contributors by gamifying the proofreading process. Let your audience help you maintain professional, error-free content while building community engagement.

Key Features

• 🎯 Gamified Experience – Turn typo hunting into an engaging activity for your readers
• ⚡ Quick Reporting – Keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd + Enter) for instant submissions
• 🛡️ Spam Protection – Rate limiting (5 reports/hour) and duplicate detection
• 📊 Admin Dashboard – Clean, sortable table to manage all typo reports
• 🚀 Performance First – Assets only load where needed, optimized for PHP 8.3+
• 🔒 Enterprise Security – SQL injection protection, input validation, nonce verification
• 💾 Smart Storage – Optional database logging with indexed queries
• 🎨 Modern UI – Native HTML dialog with beautiful, responsive design

How It Works

1. Reader spots a typo on your site
2. Selects the incorrect text
3. Presses Ctrl/Cmd + Enter (or clicks footer link)
4. Submits correction in sleek modal form
5. You review and fix in the admin dashboard
6. Content quality improves continuously!

Perfect For

• 📰 Blogs & News Sites – Crowdsource proofreading at scale
• 📚 Documentation Sites – Community-driven accuracy improvements
• 🎓 Educational Platforms – Maintain high-quality learning content
• 🛒 E-commerce Stores – Professional product descriptions
• 🏢 Corporate Websites – Brand reputation through polished content
• 📖 Publishing Platforms – Engage readers as quality contributors

Security & Privacy

• ✅ Rate limiting prevents abuse (5 reports/hour per IP)
• ✅ IP addresses hashed for privacy compliance
• ✅ All inputs sanitized and validated
• ✅ SQL injection protection with prepared statements
• ✅ Nonce verification for all AJAX requests
• ✅ GDPR-friendly (no personal data stored)

Technical Details

Database Schema

Custom table: typohunter_reports * id – Unique report identifier (bigint, primary key) * post_id – Associated WordPress post ID (bigint, indexed) * text – Incorrect text (varchar 255) * suggestion – Suggested correction (varchar 255) * url – Page URL (varchar 500) * timestamp – Submission time (datetime, indexed)

Optimized with indexes on post_id and timestamp for fast queries.

Security Features

• 🔒 SQL injection protection ($wpdb->prepare() with placeholders)
• ✅ Nonce verification for all AJAX requests
• 🛡️ Rate limiting via WordPress transients
• 🧹 Input sanitization (sanitize_text_field(), esc_url_raw())
• 🔍 Duplicate detection (5-minute window)
• ✓ Post validation (ensures posts exist)
• 🔐 Secure IP detection with fallback

Performance Optimizations

• ⚡ Assets only load on single posts/pages (conditional loading)
• 💾 Options cached in class property (reduces DB calls)
• 📊 Database indexes on post_id and timestamp
• 🎯 Minimal JavaScript footprint (vanilla JS, no jQuery)
• 🚀 PHP 8.3+ features (typed properties, readonly, match expressions)
• 🔥 First-class callable syntax for hooks
• ⚡ Null coalescing operators for cleaner code

Support

For support, feature requests, or bug reports: 🐛 GitHub: https://github.com/skyminds/typo-hunter 💬 Support Forum: WordPress.org support tab

Roadmap

Available in Pro Version (v1.1.0+): * 📊 Analytics dashboard with stats and 30-day trend charts * 📧 Email notifications (instant, daily digest, weekly digest) * 📤 Export reports (CSV/PDF with filtering) * ⚡ Enhanced rate limiting (30 reports/hour vs 5/hour) * 🎨 Modern tabbed admin interface

Coming in Future Updates: * 🤖 AI-powered correction suggestions * 👥 Team collaboration features * 🎨 Custom branding options * 🔌 Grammarly API integration * 🌍 Multi-language improvements

Credits

Developed with ❤️ by Matt Biscay 🌐 https://mattbiscay.com 🐙 https://github.com/skyminds

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