Multi-Product Management

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Multi-Product Management

Time to read: 8 minutes

Manage separate roadmaps for different products, services, or projects.

What You’ll Learn

  • Creating and managing products
  • Assigning items to products
  • Filtering by product in admin
  • Displaying product-specific roadmaps
  • Product settings and customization

Understanding Products

What are Products?

Products let you maintain separate roadmaps for:

  • Different apps (Mobile, Web, Desktop)
  • Different services (Basic, Premium, Enterprise)
  • Different projects (Version 1.0, Version 2.0)
  • Different audiences (B2B, B2C)
Products management page showing product cards with names, slugs, item counts, and action buttons

Why Use Multiple Products?

Organization:

  • Keep roadmaps separate
  • Avoid confusion
  • Clear focus per product

Targeting:

  • Show relevant items to specific audiences
  • Different priorities per product
  • Custom settings per product

Scalability:

  • Add products as you grow
  • Manage complex portfolios
  • Scale without chaos

Creating Products

Add a New Product

  1. Go to Roadmap > Products
  2. Find “Add New Product” form (left side)
  3. Fill in details:

Name (Required)

  • Product display name
  • Example: “Mobile App”, “Web Platform”, “API”
  • Shows in admin and frontend

Slug (Auto-generated)

  • URL-friendly version
  • Example: “mobile-app”, “web-platform”, “api”
  • Used in shortcodes
  • Edit if needed

Description (Optional)

  • Brief product description
  • Internal reference
  • Not shown to users
  1. Click Add New Product

Product is created immediately!

Product List

After creating, you’ll see:

  • Product name
  • Number of items
  • Shortcode to use
  • Edit/Delete links

Editing Products

  1. Find product in list
  2. Click Edit
  3. Modify name, slug, or description
  4. Click Update

Deleting Products

Warning: Deleting a product doesn’t delete items, but they become unassigned.

  1. Find product in list
  2. Click Delete
  3. Confirm deletion
  4. Items stay in database

Before deleting:

  • Reassign items to another product
  • Or accept items will be unassigned

Assigning Items to Products

When Creating New Item

  1. Roadmap > Add New Item
  2. Find Product box (right sidebar)
  3. Check product(s) for this item
  4. Can select multiple products
  5. Click Publish

Default: Items get “Main” if none selected.

When Editing Existing Item

  1. Open item for editing
  2. Find Product taxonomy box
  3. Check/uncheck products
  4. Click Update

Bulk Assignment

Assign multiple items at once:

  1. Roadmap > All Items
  2. Check items to update
  3. Bulk Actions > Edit
  4. Click Apply
  5. Find Product dropdown
  6. Select product
  7. Click Update

All selected items now assigned!

Multiple Products Per Item

Items can belong to multiple products:

Example: “User Authentication” item belongs to:

  • ☑ Mobile App
  • ☑ Web Platform
  • ☑ API

Appears on all three product roadmaps.

Use cases:

  • Shared features
  • Cross-product improvements
  • Platform-wide updates

Managing Products in Admin

Product Filter Dropdown

Filter admin item list by product:

  1. Roadmap > All Items
  2. Find dropdown at top: “All Products”
  3. Select specific product
  4. List shows only that product’s items

Use for:

  • Focus on one product
  • Review product roadmap
  • Bulk operations per product

Product Column

See which products each item belongs to:

  1. Roadmap > All Items
  2. Product column shows assignments
  3. Hover to see all products
  4. Click to filter

If you don’t see Product column:

  • Click Screen Options (top right)
  • Check ☑ Product

Sorting by Product

Click Product column header to sort:

  • Groups items by product
  • Alphabetical by product name
  • Easier to review

Displaying Product Roadmaps

Frontend products archive page listing all products

Basic Product Display

Show specific product roadmap:

[roadmap product="mobile-app"]

Replace mobile-app with your product slug.

How to find slug:

  1. Roadmap > Products
  2. See “Shortcode” column
  3. Copy exact shortcode
  4. Or use product slug from URL

Multiple Products on One Page

Show several products:

## Mobile App Roadmap
[roadmap product="mobile-app"]

## Web Platform Roadmap
[roadmap product="web-platform"]

## API Roadmap
[roadmap product="api"]

Each section shows different product.

Separate Pages Per Product

Best practice: Create dedicated page per product.

Mobile App page:

  • URL: /mobile-app-roadmap/
  • Shortcode: [roadmap product="mobile-app"]

Web Platform page:

  • URL: /web-platform-roadmap/
  • Shortcode: [roadmap product="web-platform"]

Benefits:

  • Clean URLs
  • Easy to share
  • Better SEO
  • Focused view

Combined Product Display

Show items from multiple products:

[roadmap product="mobile-app,web-platform"]

Comma-separated product slugs.

Use for:

  • Overview page
  • All products view
  • Cross-product features

Product-Specific Analytics

Frontend Analytics Tab

When displaying a product roadmap, users see an Analytics tab with:

  • Total items for that product
  • Total votes
  • Total comments
  • Completion rate

Automatic: Appears when using product parameter:

[roadmap product="mobile-app"]

Backend Analytics

Filter analytics by product:

  1. Roadmap > Analytics
  2. Product dropdown at top
  3. Select specific product
  4. All charts/tables update

Shows:

  • Product-specific metrics
  • Votes for that product only
  • Popular items in product
  • Activity for product

Product Settings

All settings apply globally to every product. Per-product setting overrides (custom default status, feature toggles, colors per product) are planned for a future release.

To customize how a specific product displays on the frontend, use shortcode attributes:

[roadmap product="mobile-app" template="timeline" status="planned,in-progress"]

Each product page can use different shortcode parameters to create a tailored view without per-product admin settings.

Best Practices

Naming Products

Do:

  • Use clear, descriptive names
  • Keep names short
  • User-facing terminology
  • Consistent naming scheme

Examples:

  • ✅ “Mobile App”
  • ✅ “Web Platform”
  • ✅ “API v2”
  • ❌ “Proj-001”
  • ❌ “Internal Tool Thing”

Organizing Items

Strategy 1: By Platform

  • Mobile App
  • Web App
  • Desktop App

Strategy 2: By Service Tier

  • Free Plan
  • Pro Plan
  • Enterprise Plan

Strategy 3: By Version

  • Version 1.0
  • Version 2.0
  • Version 3.0

Strategy 4: By Audience

  • Customer Portal
  • Admin Dashboard
  • Partner API

Choose what makes sense for your business.

Product Structure

Keep it simple:

  • 2-5 products is ideal
  • Too many = confusing
  • Too few = not useful

When to create new product:

  • Distinct user base
  • Different roadmap priorities
  • Separate development teams
  • Different release cycles

When NOT to create:

  • Minor variations
  • Internal categories
  • Temporary projects
  • Use categories instead

Common Workflows

New Product Launch

  1. Create product:
  2. Create initial items:
  3. Create page:
  4. Announce:

Migrating Items Between Products

Scenario: Move items from “Beta” to “Main” product

  1. Roadmap > All Items
  2. Filter by Product: “Beta”
  3. Check all items to move
  4. Bulk Actions > Edit
  5. Product: “Main”
  6. Click Update

Items now in Main product!

Sunsetting a Product

When deprecating a product:

  1. Archive completed items:
  2. Migrate active items:
  3. Update page:
  4. Delete product:

Product URLs and Slugs

Slug Requirements

Valid slugs:

  • Lowercase letters
  • Numbers
  • Hyphens (-)
  • No spaces

Examples:

  • ✅ mobile-app
  • ✅ web-platform-v2
  • ✅ api-beta
  • ❌ Mobile App (has spaces)
  • ❌ web_platform (use hyphens, not underscores)

Finding Product Slug

Method 1: Products Page

  1. Roadmap > Products
  2. See “Shortcode” column
  3. Slug is in: [roadmap product="SLUG"]

Method 2: Edit Product

  1. Click Edit on product
  2. See slug field
  3. Copy exact slug

Method 3: URL

  1. Edit product
  2. Look at URL: ...taxonomy=roadmap<em>product&tag</em>ID=123
  3. Or hover over product name

Troubleshooting

Product Not Showing

Check shortcode:

  • Correct slug used?
  • Typo in product name?
  • Product exists?

Verify items:

  • Items assigned to product?
  • Items published?
  • Check Roadmap > All Items

Items Not Filtering

In admin:

  • Clear browser cache
  • Refresh page
  • Check database

On frontend:

  • Clear WordPress cache
  • Clear CDN cache
  • Test in incognito mode

Can’t Delete Product

In free version:

  • Can’t manage products
  • Need Pro addon

In Pro:

  • Check permissions
  • Admin account required
  • Check for conflicts

Shortcode Not Working

Common issues:

Wrong format:

❌ [roadmap product=mobile-app]
✅ [roadmap product="mobile-app"]

Wrong slug:

❌ [roadmap product="Mobile App"]
✅ [roadmap product="mobile-app"]

Missing product:

❌ [roadmap]
✅ [roadmap product="main"]

Advanced Usage

Combining Filters

Product + Status filter:

[roadmap product="mobile-app" status="in-progress"]

Product + Category filter:

[roadmap product="mobile-app" category="feature"]

Multiple products + sorting:

[roadmap product="mobile-app,web-app" orderby="votes"]

Next Steps

  • Analytics Dashboard – Track per-product metrics
  • Timeline View – Visualize product roadmap
  • Import/Export – Bulk manage product items

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Last updated: March 4, 2026