Centre One Community
Free people, Reception, attendance, Fire Register and basic reporting tools for community organisations.
Use with caution
Centre One Community works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Needs PHP 8.1 or newer
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Centre One Community stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| attendance | #63 |
| community centre | #2 |
| fire register | #71 |
| people management | >100 |
| reception | #22 |
About Centre One Community
From the official readme · v1.0.2Description
Centre One Community is a permanently useful free operations plugin for community centres, charities and other local organisations.
Centre One is an original software product created and owned by Paul Maddison. Its official website is centreone.co.uk.
It includes:
- People records for Staff, Volunteers, Visitors and Young People
- Visitor sign-in at Reception
- Staff and Volunteer sign-in and sign-out
- Live Attendance
- A printable Fire Register
- Visit Categories, Activities and Locations
- A live Dashboard
- Date-filtered attendance reports
- CSV export
Community is a standalone plugin. It does not contain locked premium modules, licence checks, advertising, tracking or code that installs another plugin.
Centre One Pro is a separate commercial product distributed from centreone.co.uk. Community and Pro use compatible operational records so an organisation can move later without re-entering its people and attendance history.
Privacy
Centre One Community stores operational information in the site’s own WordPress database. Version 1.0.2 does not transmit personal or usage data to Centre One or any third party.
Site administrators are responsible for deciding what information they collect, establishing a lawful basis, publishing an appropriate privacy notice, controlling user access and applying their retention policy.
External services
Centre One Community 1.0.2 does not connect to any external service.
Installation
- Upload the
centre-one-communityfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the ZIP through Plugins > Add Plugin. - Activate Centre One Community.
- Open Centre One > Settings and check your Site name, Reception heading, Categories, Activities and Locations.
- Add Staff and Volunteers under Centre One > People.
- Open Reception or Attendance.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a time-limited trial?
No. Centre One Community is free and permanently usable.
Does it send data to Centre One or another external service?
No. Version 1.0.2 makes no external service requests and includes no telemetry.
Can I move to Centre One Pro later?
Yes. People, attendance, Categories, Activities, Locations and Site records use a compatible structure. Leave “delete data on uninstall” unticked, deactivate Community, then install and activate Pro.
What happens to records when the plugin is deactivated?
Nothing. Deactivation does not delete records.
What happens on uninstall?
Records are preserved by default for safety and for a future Pro move. An administrator can explicitly enable permanent deletion under Centre One > Settings before uninstalling.
Changelog
Updated ownership and contributor details and moved the Centre One menu to a standard plugin position.
1.0.2
- Identified Paul Maddison as the creator and owner of Centre One.
- Corrected the WordPress.org contributor username.
- Moved the Centre One admin menu below the main WordPress content menus.
- Added translator context for interface text containing placeholders.
1.0.1
- First standalone Community edition.
- Added People, Reception, Attendance, Fire Register, Categories, Activities, Locations, Dashboard, reports and CSV export.
- Added an explicit opt-in uninstall data deletion control.
- Added a data-compatible transition path to the separately distributed Pro edition.
- Applied WordPress Plugin Check security, escaping and database-identifier corrections.
For developers
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FAQ
Centre One Community: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026
Is Centre One Community free?
Yes. Centre One Community is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Centre One Community safe to use in 2026?
Centre One Community works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 55/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Centre One Community?
Centre One Community is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 143 times since it launched in August 2026. It was downloaded 57 times in the last 30 days.
Does Centre One Community work with WordPress 7.1?
Centre One Community is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
What PHP version does Centre One Community need?
Centre One Community requires PHP 8.1 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Centre One Community last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.2, was released on August 6, 2026 (2 months ago).
Who makes Centre One Community?
Centre One Community is developed and maintained by pauldaq.
What are the best alternatives to Centre One Community?
The most popular alternatives to Centre One Community are Attendance Manager (700+ installs), Clock In Portal- Staff & At… (200+ installs) and HR Management Lite (200+ installs).
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