WP-CR-Connect

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WP-CR-Connect pulls stories, events, leadership and more straight from ClubRunner onto your WordPress site with a set of simple shortcodes. Update it once in ClubRunner, and your public website follows automatically.

Stories & news
Your club or district’s published ClubRunner stories, displayed live or synced into real WordPress posts with RSS, search and permalinks.
Follows ClubRunner’s own story settings (show in list, show date, show author)
Featured images saved to your Media Library automatically
Story summaries with optional short excerpts and “Read more” links
Stories stay in sync as they’re added, changed or removed in ClubRunner

Interactive event calendars
Upcoming events with date, time, venue and full description, plus a Register link when ClubRunner has one.
Full monthly calendar view
List view, switched to automatically on phones and tablets
Event detail popups
Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and iCal subscriptions

Club and district directories
Where Clubs Meet: a sortable, searchable club directory
Club meeting information, with the president and club greeting
Club presidents across the district
Assistant Governors grouped by area
District business directory, in grid and map views

Club leaders
This year’s officers and board, with photos and a contact form that reaches them without publishing their email address.

District leaders
The Governor, executives and Assistant Governors in one roster that stays in step with ClubRunner.

Where clubs meet map
Interactive club locator map
Meeting information popups
OpenStreetMap integration
No Google Maps fees or API keys required
Adding live club or district content to your website is as easy as placing a shortcode on a page.
Development status
Every feature is being built against ClubRunner’s development API and will be confirmed against live data before launch. Features waiting on ClubRunner will be released as the matching API endpoints become available.

Basic: included free
The core plugin, at no cost.
Stories & news, including Story Sync: In testing
Events, calendar and calendar subscriptions: In testing
Club meeting info and Where Clubs Meet (directory and map): In testing
Club and district leaders: In testing
Club presidents list: In testing
District areas & Assistant Governors: In testing (the list of clubs in each area is pending ClubRunner)
Member directory: Pending ClubRunner
College of Governors: Pending ClubRunner

Expansion add-on
Deeper features for clubs and districts that want more.
Newsletters & bulletins archive: In testing
Member birthdays & anniversaries: In testing
Documents & files library: In testing
Sponsors: In testing
District business directory (grid and map): In testing
Event registration links: In testing
Speaker schedule: Next in development
Committees: Pending ClubRunner
DCC / district leadership team: Pending ClubRunner
Designed for Rotary clubs and districts
WP-CR-Connect was built specifically for Rotary clubs and districts using ClubRunner. It understands Rotary leadership structures, club organization, district roles and areas, event calendars and directories. Unlike generic membership plugins, it’s designed around the way Rotary works.
Performance and reliability
Secure HTTPS communication
Built-in caching for fast page loads
Stays online during ClubRunner outages: visitors see the most recent data instead of an error
Automatic email alerts to the site administrator when ClubRunner’s API stops responding, and again when it recovers
Automatic story sync schedules
Loads scripts only on pages that need them
Mobile-responsive layouts
WordPress update notifications built in

Pricing
WP-CR-Connect will be FREE FOR CLUBS AND DISTRICTS with availability expected in January 2027. You can choose an optional support plan when the plugin becomes available.
Annual support: $99 per year
An optional annual support subscription for help with WP-CR-Connect by email or through the support ticket portal. Help with installation is available only to annual or lifetime support customers.
Lifetime support and updates: $249 one-time fee
A one-time payment that includes lifetime support and every plugin update we publish.

What support includes
We respond to support requests submitted by email or through our support ticket portal within 48 hours. This is a response-time commitment; resolving an issue may take longer.
Live support is not included. Support is provided by email or support ticket, not by phone, video call or live chat.
A ClubRunner NOVA account with ClubRunner API access is required.
Professional services available

Need help getting started?
We offer optional professional services, including:
Plugin installation
Initial configuration
ClubRunner integration setup
Custom page implementation
Website migration assistance
Ongoing support and consulting
These can be arranged separately. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Prepare for the January 2027 launch
Turn your Rotary website into a live extension of your ClubRunner NOVA account. Eliminate manual updates, improve accuracy, and give members and visitors current information automatically.

WP-CR-Connect makes it easy to keep your club or district website current, professional and connected.