Beschreibung
SuryaCreates Pencil Pointer adds a playful, no-clutter drawing feature to your site. The moment a visitor clicks-and-drags (or, on mobile, long-presses and drags), their cursor becomes a pencil and they can sketch freehand right on top of your pages — no buttons, no toolbars, no visible UI at all.
How it works
- Desktop: click and drag anywhere to draw.
- Mobile: long-press and drag to draw (so normal scrolling isn’t affected).
- Sketches live only in the visitor’s own browser tab and disappear the moment they refresh the page — nothing is saved, stored, or sent anywhere.
- Optionally, visitors can clear their sketch instantly with the C, Delete, or Backspace keys.
Fully configurable
- Turn the feature on or off site-wide with one click.
- Choose your own pencil color and stroke size.
- Adjust the mobile long-press duration to fine-tune how easily drawing triggers versus normal scrolling.
- Show the feature to everyone, only logged-out visitors, or only logged-in users.
- Run it on every page, only on specific pages, or everywhere except specific pages — using a simple page picker in the settings screen.
Who is this for?
Any WordPress site owner who wants a small, memorable, interactive flourish — portfolios, agencies, landing pages, event sites, or just for fun. It adds personality without adding any visible interface elements.
Installation
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New and search for „SuryaCreates Pencil Pointer“ — or upload the plugin
.zipfile directly via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
- Go to Settings > Pencil Pointer to choose your pencil color, size, and where the feature should appear.
- Visit your site and click-drag (or long-press-drag on mobile) anywhere to try it out.
FAQ
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Are visitor sketches saved anywhere?
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No. Sketches exist only in the visitor’s browser for the current page view and are cleared automatically on refresh. Nothing is stored in your database or sent to any external service.
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Will this interfere with normal scrolling on mobile?
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No. On mobile, drawing only begins after a deliberate long-press-and-drag, so normal scrolling and tapping are unaffected. You can adjust the long-press duration in the settings if you’d like it to trigger more or less easily.
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Can I limit this to certain pages only?
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Yes. Under Settings > Pencil Pointer, choose „Only run on the pages selected below“ or „Run everywhere EXCEPT the pages selected below“ and pick your pages from the list.
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No. There is no on-page UI at all — the only thing that changes is the cursor itself, which becomes a pencil.
Rezensionen
Zu diesem Plugin liegen noch keine Rezensionen vor.
Mitwirkende und Entwickler
„SuryaCreates Pencil Pointer“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin mitgewirkt:
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Änderungsprotokoll
1.0.2
- Removed the Plugin URI header (was identical to Author URI, which Plugin Check flagged). Author URI remains https://suryacreates.com/.
1.0.1
- Renamed plugin to „SuryaCreates Pencil Pointer“ (shorter, slug-friendly name) per WordPress.org naming review.
- Fixed a broken Plugin URI.
- Replaced the raw inline
<script>tag on the settings page with a properly registered/enqueued script viawp_add_inline_script().
1.0.0
- Initial public release.