Pwork

What Pwork is and what problem it solves

Coordinating a team through scattered emails, messy shared folders and external chat apps ends up creating disjointed information and opaque processes. Pwork turns your WordPress installation into a private, self-hosted intranet where employees, collaborators or clients manage projects, share documents, communicate in real time and keep up with company news from a single centralized portal.

A self-contained environment inside your own WordPress

Rather than mixing the intranet with the public site, Pwork creates its own dedicated URL with an application interface that's independent of the active theme. This means the team works in a clean space, free of distractions from the public-facing site, while the front end keeps running normally.

• Modern app-style design: top navigation bar, collapsible side menu, notification center and quick profile menu.
• Customizable home dashboard: widgets showing active projects, recent announcements, upcoming events, forum discussions and personal stats.
• Branded login screen: logo, custom background, terms-and-conditions acceptance, and configurable redirects after login or logout.

Collaboration modules included in Pwork

Pwork brings together in a single plugin the tools that would normally require several separate extensions:

• News and announcements: rich text editor, featured notices on the main dashboard, employee comments and automatic email notifications.
• Discussion forum: categories organized by department or project, multi-level nested replies and moderation tools for administrators.
• Projects and Kanban boards: drag-and-drop cards across customizable stages, deadlines with countdown, checklists with progress bars and task assignment with email alerts.
• Event calendar: monthly and weekly views, automatic reminders and an upcoming-events widget on the home dashboard.
• User directory: search by name, department or role, profiles with bio and recent activity, and a personal contacts list.
• Direct messaging: one-on-one conversations with dynamically loaded history and email notifications when the recipient is offline.
• File library: folder structure, format validation, role-based permissions and instant document search.
• Knowledge base: tagged articles managed by administrators, designed for manuals, internal policies and onboarding guides.

Activity logs for auditing and compliance

Pwork includes an activity logging system that tracks actions across eight categories: files, projects, tasks, forum, announcements, direct messages, logins and profile changes. Each entry can be inspected in detail (timestamp, IP address and direct links to the affected content), filtered by user, category or date, exported to CSV and automatically deleted according to the configured retention period.

What kind of projects Pwork is suited for

It's useful for companies that need an internal portal without setting up a separate WordPress installation, agencies managing clients and external teams from a private space, organizations that need centralized documentation with role-based access control, and any team looking to replace scattered chat, task management and storage tools with a single dashboard.

Pwork vs. traditional intranet themes

Unlike dedicated intranet themes, which typically require a fresh WordPress installation, demo content import and the setup of several additional plugins such as forums or page builders, Pwork activates on top of your existing site with no external dependencies. The public site's visual theme is unaffected and can be changed at any time without breaking the intranet.

Technical details

Frequently asked questions about Pwork

Do I need to install other plugins for it to work?
No. All modules (forum, messaging, projects, calendar, files) are built into the plugin itself.

Does it affect the design of my public site?
No. Pwork runs on its own URL and application environment, independent of the active theme, so the public site remains unchanged.

Can I restrict access to projects or files?
Yes. Both projects and the document library support role-based access control, allowing you to create public or fully private spaces.

Can user actions be audited?
Yes. The activity logging system records events for files, projects, tasks, forum, announcements, messages, logins and profile changes, with CSV export.

How long does it take to set up an intranet with Pwork?
The process comes down to installing the plugin, activating it and defining the private area, with no need to import templates or configure external tools.