👋 FC Auto Space Join & Welcome Post

👋 FluentCommunity Auto Space Join & Welcome Post is a powerful onboarding automation plugin designed specifically for FluentCommunity-powered websites.

The plugin automatically enrolls newly registered users into a selected FluentCommunity space after their first login (email verification) and optionally publishes a welcome post inside that space. You can choose between instant welcome posts for real-time engagement or delayed batch welcomes to group new members into a single announcement.

With Markdown support, dynamic placeholders and smart cron handling this plugin helps you create a welcoming, organized, and scalable community experience — without manual work.

Perfect for membership sites, online courses, creator communities, and private networks using FluentCommunity.

🔹 Key Features

🚀 Automatic Space Enrollment

Automatically adds new users to a selected FluentCommunity space
Triggered after email verification / first login
Prevents duplicate joins using user meta tracking

🎉 Welcome Post Automation

Automatically publishes welcome posts inside the space feed
Fully customizable title and message templates
Admin account used as post author (with smart fallback)

⚡ Instant & Delayed Welcome Modes

Instant Mode
Post a welcome message immediately when a user joins
Delayed Mode (Batch Welcome)
Collect new users and publish a single batch welcome post after a configurable number of days

📝 Markdown-Based Message Editor

Write welcome messages using Markdown
Clean formatting, emojis, mentions, and links supported
Safe sanitization using WordPress standards

🧩 Smart Placeholders

Use dynamic placeholders inside welcome messages:

Instant Mode

{{username}}
{{display_name}}
{{space_name}}

Delayed Mode

{{mentions}} (auto-generated user mentions)
{{count}} (number of new members)
{{date}} (formatted join dates per user)
{{space_name}}

⏱️ Advanced Cron Scheduling

Choose cron frequency: Hourly, Twice Daily, or Daily
Automatic rescheduling when frequency changes
Concurrency lock prevents duplicate posts
Cron is safely cleared on plugin deactivation

🛠️ Clean Admin UI

Dedicated top-level admin menu
Toggle controls and dropdown selectors
Clear descriptions for every setting
WordPress Settings API compliant

🔹 Benefits

✅ Saves hours of manual onboarding work
✅ Keeps your community active and welcoming
✅ Prevents feed spam with delayed batch mode
✅ Improves first-time user engagement
✅ Works seamlessly with FluentCommunity
✅ Fully automated — set it once and forget it