Show your board on a page

A board does not appear on your site until you place it on a WordPress page. This page shows you the two ways to do that. Most people use the first way.

Before you start

  • You have created at least one board. If you have not, see Create your first board.
  • You know the board's shortcode. It looks like [sbir_board product="your-board-slug"]. The board edit screen in the admin shows it for you.

Option 1: Use the shortcode on a normal page

This is the way most sites should use. It works with any WordPress theme and any page builder. You pick the page where the board lives. The board fits inside that page like any other content.

Step by step

  1. In your WordPress admin, go to Pages. Click Add New to create a new page, or open an existing page you want to use.

  2. Give the page a title. For example: Roadmap, Ideas, or Feedback.

  3. Click the + button to add a new block.

  4. Search for the Shortcode block. Click it.

  5. Paste your board's shortcode into the block. For example:

    [sbir_board product="product-roadmap"]

  6. Click Publish (or Update if the page already exists).

  7. Click View Page to open the page on your site. You will see the board.

Showing only one tab

The shortcode has a second setting called board. You can use it to show only the Roadmap tab or only the Ideas tab. This is useful if you want two separate pages, one for each tab.

  • Roadmap only:

    [sbir_board product="product-roadmap" board="roadmap"]

  • Ideas only:

    [sbir_board product="product-roadmap" board="ideas"]

If you leave the board setting out, both tabs are shown.

Option 2: Use the board's own page

When you create a board, SimpleBoards also gives it a built-in page address. For a board with the slug product-roadmap, the address is:

https://your-site.com/products/product-roadmap/

The products part is the default. You can change it in SimpleBoards > Settings > General under Permalink Base.

The built-in page works on its own without a shortcode. It uses a clean template that hides the theme's post title and post meta, so the board has room to breathe.

There are good reasons to use this option:

  • You do not want to make a new WordPress page.
  • You do not want the theme's normal page layout around the board.

There are also good reasons to use Option 1 instead:

  • You want the board on a page with a custom URL such as /roadmap or /feedback.
  • You want the theme's page layout (a sidebar, a footer block, etc.) around the board.
  • You want to mix the board with other content on the page.

You can use both options at the same time. The board exists in only one place in your database; the shortcode and the built-in page are two windows into it.

A note about the URL base

If you set the Permalink Base to something that matches an existing WordPress page (for example, you change it to roadmap but you already have a page called Roadmap), SimpleBoards will reset the base to boards to avoid a clash. The board will then live under /boards/.... This protects your existing pages from being hidden.

Check that it worked

  1. Open your board page in a normal browser window where you are not logged in.
  2. You should see the board's title and description (unless you hid them), a tab bar with Roadmap and Ideas, and either an empty state or the items you have created.
  3. If you see the text [sbir_board product="..."] printed on the page instead of the board, the shortcode block is not used. Edit the page and make sure the shortcode is inside a Shortcode block, not a paragraph block.

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Last updated

2026-05-23 · SimpleBoards 1.0.4