WordPress Plugin — Digital Product
The Author Marketing
Planner Plugin
You already have a WordPress site. Now put it to work for your writing business. Install this plugin, create a private page your readers can’t see, and you have a permanent home for your entire book marketing strategy — author profile, content pillars, social media calendar, book details, and performance tracking, all in one place, saving automatically as you type.
Auto-Save to Database
Clean PDF Export
Private Page — Readers Never See It
Any WordPress Theme
A workbook tool built for authors who are serious about their marketing.
Most authors plan their marketing in scattered notes, forgotten spreadsheets, and documents they can never find again. This plugin gives you one permanent, organized workspace right on your own WordPress site.
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Persistent, Per-User Storage
Every entry saves to your WordPress database automatically, 1.2 seconds after you stop typing. No Save button. No lost work. Log back in from any device and everything is exactly where you left it.
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Clean PDF in One Click
One button opens a clean, branded version of your completed workbook in a new tab with no website navigation, no sidebars, nothing but your plan. Print it or save it as a PDF to keep at your desk.
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Completely Private
Set the page to Private in WordPress and your readers, search engines, and anyone else visiting your site will never know it exists. It is purely for you.
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Works on Any WordPress Theme
The plugin and its PDF export are completely independent of your theme. It has been tested and confirmed to work cleanly on multiple themes including Kadence.
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Author Photo Upload
Upload your author headshot directly in the workbook. Stored as a standard WordPress media attachment so it appears in your PDF alongside your profile information.
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Add as Many Books as You Need
Add book entries dynamically. Each one has its own synopsis, hashtag bank, and six post ideas. Add monthly and quarterly analysis entries as the year progresses. No caps, no limits.
Six tabs. Your complete marketing plan.
Each tab covers a different layer of your book marketing strategy. All data saves independently per tab.
Tab 01
About You
Author profile, pen names, website, genres, social media links, short bio with character counter, long bio with word counter, and author photo upload.
Tab 02
Trends & Tips
Reference content covering TikTok/BookTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, and BlueSky — 2026 platform strategies for book marketing.
Tab 03
Content Pillars
The 30/40/30 framework — five self-knowledge questions plus three fillable idea banks covering personal content, educational content, and book promotion ideas.
Tab 04
Workbook
Dynamic book entries — title, synopses, purchase link, target audience, 10-hashtag bank, and six labeled post ideas per book. Add as many books as you need.
Tab 05
Calendar
Monthly content calendar with columns for post title, time, and platform. Navigate forward and back by month. Every month saves independently.
Tab 06
Analysis
Dynamic monthly and quarterly performance entries plus a year-end review with revenue and ROI fields. Add entries as the year progresses.
Note for Individual Authors
You don’t need a course site. Your author website works just fine.
This plugin installs on any WordPress site — including your existing author website. Create a new page, set the WordPress visibility to Private, add the shortcode [sdp_author_planner], and you have a personal planning workspace that lives on your own site.
Your readers never see it. Search engines never index it. No separate subscription, no third-party app — just your plan, on your site, accessible from any device where you are logged in.
What your site needs to run it.
The requirements are minimal. If your site runs modern WordPress with user accounts, you are ready.
WordPress
Version 6.0 or higher
PHP Version
7.4 or higher
Database
MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB
Permalinks
Must not be set to Plain
User Accounts
You must be able to log in to WordPress
What to Know Before You Buy
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You must be logged in to WordPress to use the workbook. Anyone who visits your site without logging in will not see the planner content at all. -
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The plugin does not include hosting or a WordPress installation. You install it on your own existing WordPress site. -
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The Trends & Tips tab contains content written for 2026. All other tabs are evergreen and contain no dated material. -
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No refunds on digital products after download. Please read the requirements above carefully before purchasing.
Three tiers. One plugin.
Each tier is the same plugin. The difference is how many sites you can install it on and what rights you have. All are one-time payments with no annual renewal required.
All prices in USD. Checkout handled securely by Payhip. No refunds on digital products after download.
WAG, First Coast Romance Writers, and Sisters in Crime NE Florida members receive 50% off — contact Jolene directly before purchasing.
Honest answers.
Built by someone still in the trenches.
The Author Marketing Planner Plugin was built by Jolene MacFadden, owner of Southern Dragon Publishing Services. With more than 30 years of digital marketing experience and consultations with over 100 authors, she builds tools that work because she uses them herself. This plugin was built for her own courses site first. It works because it had to work.
WAG, First Coast Romance Writers, and Sisters in Crime NE Florida members — contact Jolene directly for your 50% member discount before purchasing.
