LimeSurvey Reminder Plugin

The Limesurvey Inviter plugin allows survey administrators to automatically send reminders.

Plugin Installation LimeSurvey

  • for LimeSurvey 3 copy the Reminder folder to the plugins folder
  • for LimeSurvey 5 copy the Reminder folder to the upload/plugins folder, scan for new files and install the plugin
  • activate the plugin at the LimeSurvey plugin manager (requires proper user rights for accessing the feature at the LimeSurvey admin interface)
  • create a cron job which calls $php application/commands/console.php plugin --target=Reminder
  • the cronjob should be executed at least once a day (eg 0 1 * * * for every night at 1 am)

Plugin General Settings

Plugin General Settings are valid for every survey.

  • Check, if the BaseUrl-Setting is set correctly (but it should automatically on activating the plugin)
  • https://yourlimesurvey.com/index.php

Setting the Base URL

Plugin Survey Settings

Plugin Survey Settings are valid for one survey only.

  • isActive (yes/no)
  • reminderInterval (eg 7 for 7 days, the reminder will wait before sending a new reminder email)
  • maxReminderCount (eg 3 for up to 3 times a participant will be reminded)
  • ignoreMaxBatchSize (yes/no), in your global email settings you can define the number of emails, that will be sent in one go, with ignoreMaxBatchSize the Reminder will sent all relevant eamils at once

Survey Settings

Changelog

  • 1.1.1 (2021-06-19) added baseUrl on activating the plugin automatically
  • 1.1.0 (2021-06-19) fixed LimeSurvey 5.x compatibility