Source: https://wpinplate.com/en/docs/manager-panel/ # Manager panel in the KDS The manager panel is the **Manager** view in the KDS. It lets you run the menu from a tablet in the kitchen – add products, change prices and stock, organize categories and product tags, set the schedule and the TV screens – without signing in to the WordPress dashboard. The view is available to people with the **Menu management** permission (the Manager profile). Open the KDS menu and choose **View → Manager**. Day to day you see four tabs: **InPlate dishes**, **Products**, **Categories** and **Schedule**. You open the others with the **See more →** button – they show in a second row, in groups: - menu: **Badges**, **Add-ons**, **Variants**, **Allergens**, **Cross-sell** and – on a [multilingual site](/en/docs/multilingual-menu/) – **Translations**, - sales: **Promotions** and **Happy hours** (each when you turn the feature on), - screens: **TV**. The tablet remembers whether the list is open. **← Less** hides it again; if one of the hidden tabs was open, the panel goes back to **InPlate dishes**. Adding products and changing categories and product tags require the **Shop manager** role – the Manager profile has it. Staff accounts, QR tables, delivery zones, payments and the other settings are changed in the WordPress dashboard. See [Team and permissions](/en/docs/team-and-permissions/). ## Pausing orders When something goes wrong suddenly – no water, a broken oven, no driver – you pause order-taking with one button, without changing the schedule. 1. In the **Manager** view tap **Pause** in the KDS header. 2. Choose the **channels**: **All channels** or only selected ones, e.g. delivery alone. The channels are the enabled fulfillment methods and QR tables. 3. Choose **for how long**: 30 min, 1 h, 2 h or **Until resumed**. 4. Optionally enter a **reason for customers**, e.g. “Technical problem – sorry”. 5. Tap **Pause orders**. What happens while orders are paused: - All KDS screens show a red “Orders paused” bar with the channels, the start time, the end of the pause and the person who turned it on. Other tablets see it within about 20 seconds. - Customers see the message “Ordering is paused for now.” in the menu and in the order form, with the reason and the time ordering resumes. A paused fulfillment method is visible but can't be chosen. The others work normally. - The server rejects an order on a paused channel, even if the customer's page was open earlier. - Orders placed before the pause are fulfilled normally. The **Edit** button on the bar changes the channels, the time or the reason. **Resume** brings back ordering straight away. A pause with a time limit ends by itself. The schedule doesn't change – after resuming, everything works as before. A person with the **Pausing orders** permission (the Manager profile) or a shop manager can pause and resume orders. You can do the same in the WordPress dashboard: the top bar has a **Pause orders** item, and during a pause **Orders paused** with a **Resume orders** option. Pausing works regardless of the license – in an emergency you can always stop orders. ## InPlate dishes The same functions as **InPlate → Dishes** in the WordPress dashboard, with a tab for each dish type: - adding and editing dishes with active dates, - the list of dishes for today and tomorrow, - turning a dish off for today or until it is turned back on manually, - the archive and reusing a dish with new dates. The **Dish types** button opens dish type management, the same as **InPlate → Dish types**. Shop managers and administrators see it. See [Daily specials and time-limited offers](/en/docs/daily-specials/). ## Products The list of menu products with a search field and a category filter. If the list doesn't load, the panel shows an error with a **Retry** button. **Availability:** - the switch next to each product turns the dish on and off, - after you choose a category, the bar above the list turns **all products in that category** on or off at once. The bar shows whether all of them are on, off or only some. A dish that is off disappears from the menu or shows as unavailable – depending on the [setting](/en/docs/products-and-categories/#turning-dishes-on-and-off). **Allergens:** a dish without allergen information has the note “Allergens: not filled in”. The **Without allergen information** field narrows the list to such dishes, and the **Allergen for the products shown** bar adds or removes an allergen in all products in the list (e.g. Gluten in the whole Pizza category). See [Allergens](/en/docs/allergens/#checklist-and-bulk-editing). **Sizes:** a dish with [sizes](/en/docs/sizes-and-variants/) has a row for each size under it, with the price and its own switch. Customers see a size that is off greyed out; the other sizes work. A product that has a size set assigned but no prices yet has a note that its sizes are waiting for prices. ### Adding a product The **Add product** button opens the new product window. The product is published straight away as a regular WooCommerce product (without variations). | Field | Description | |---|---| | **Name** | The dish's name in the menu | | **Categories** | At least one – without a category the product won't appear in the menu | | **Description** | A short description of the dish, e.g. what it is served with | | **Weight / portion** | A number or a range and a unit, e.g. 300 g or 2-3 pcs | | **Photo** | From the media library | | **Badges** | E.g. “Vegan” – see [Product tags](/en/docs/products-and-categories/#product-tags) | | **Allergens** | The dish's allergens and **Ingredients** with the allergens highlighted – see [Dish allergens](/en/docs/allergens/#dish-allergens) | | **Add-on templates**, **Cross-sell template** | Templates assigned to categories work automatically – there is no need to tick them here | | **Regular price**, **Sale price** | An empty sale field = no sale | | **Stock** | Described below | A new product goes to the end of its category. If the category already has a product with the same name, the panel warns you. You can still add it with the **Add anyway** button. ### Editing a product The edit button next to a product opens a window with the same fields as when adding. - The sale price must be lower than the regular price. An empty field means no sale. - During a sale the menu and the list show the regular price struck through. - Only the changed fields are saved. - **A sale schedule from WooCommerce:** if the sale has dates set in WooCommerce, the window warns you. Saving the price in the KDS removes the schedule – the new price applies straight away. - **Allergens:** a section with the 14 allergens and your own, the **Ingredients** field and the **Highlight** button – see [Dish allergens](/en/docs/allergens/#dish-allergens). - **Products with sizes:** you set the prices of all sizes in the **Variants → Prices** tab, and each size's availability with the switch in the list. Variations created in WooCommerce are edited in WooCommerce. ### Stock The **Stock** field is in the product window, under the prices: - **an empty field** – unlimited quantity, - **0** – the product is unavailable, - **a number** – that many pieces can be ordered. Every order reduces the stock, and at 0 the product can no longer be ordered. Setting a number turns off backorders for the product. The list of products shows the stock under the name, e.g. “Stock: 5 pcs”, and at zero in red “Stock: 0 – unavailable”. Products without a limit don't have this line. The field works for regular products. For products with variations, and when stock management is off (**Sales panel → Settings → Products → Inventory**), a hint shows instead of the field. ## Categories Product categories, i.e. the sections of your menu: - **Add category** – a window with the **Name** and **Slug** fields. An empty slug field = a slug created from the name, - **editing** – the pencil icon opens the same window: changing the name and the slug. Described below, - **order** – the up and down arrows. The order in the list is the order of the sections in the menu, - **TV only** – a category visible only on TV screens, not in the menu on your website. See [TV-only categories](/en/docs/products-and-categories/#tv-only-categories), - **deleting** – an empty category only. The default WooCommerce category can't be deleted. Each category shows its number of products and its slug. ### Changing a category's slug The slug is the category's identifier in addresses, e.g. `desserts`. After the slug changes, the dish types and TV screens that use this category update themselves. The anchors of the menu sections change too (e.g. `#menu-desserts`), so old links to a specific section no longer scroll to it. The window warns you about this before saving. A slug already used by another category can't be saved. ## Badges Product tags, e.g. “Vegan”, “Spicy”: - **Add tag** and editing (the pencil icon) – a window with the name, icon and appearance, and a preview of the tag, - **Icon** – an image from the media library, or a character or emoji typed on the keyboard (a text icon). The image takes priority. Without an icon, only the name shows, - **Appearance** – your own background (a color or transparent), text color and outline. Without ticking **Custom appearance**, the tag uses the theme's appearance, - **deleting** – the panel asks for a confirmation and says how many products the tag will be removed from. See [Products, categories and availability](/en/docs/products-and-categories/#product-tags). ## Allergens The same list as **Products → Allergens**: the 14 allergens of the regulation with hints, your own allergens and the number of dishes without information. See [Allergens](/en/docs/allergens/#the-list-of-allergens). ## Translations The tab shows when you turn on a multilingual site with an extra language in **Settings → System → Translations** (the KDS reads this when it opens – refresh the tablet). It is the same screen as **InPlate → Translations**: the menu texts in the main language next to their translations, filters for missing ones and ones to check, DeepL suggestions and a CSV file. See [The Translations screen](/en/docs/multilingual-menu/#the-translations-screen). ## Add-ons, Variants and Cross-sell The editors of add-on templates, size sets (with the price table) and cross-sell templates – the same as in the WordPress dashboard, in the KDS colors, across the full width of the screen. Each tab starts with a short description of what it is for, and every template and set can be duplicated (**Duplicate**). In a cross-sell template the search is on the left and the added products are on the right. The search also finds products by category name. See [Add-ons](/en/docs/add-ons/), [Sizes and variants](/en/docs/sizes-and-variants/) and [Cross-sell](/en/docs/cross-sell/#cross-sell-templates). ## Schedule The full schedule form, the same as **InPlate → Schedule**: the order-taking hours, the hours at tables, the fulfillment methods, the fulfillment windows with [switching off single times](/en/docs/schedule/#switching-off-single-times) at peak hours, ordering for the next day, preparation time, delivery window, closing days, holidays. For a sudden breakdown don't change the schedule – use [pausing orders](#pausing-orders), which brings everything back as it was after you resume. Change the schedule for planned changes, e.g. shorter hours in the summer. See [Schedule](/en/docs/schedule/) for all options. ## TV The dishes on TV screens, the same as in TV Manager: - choosing the screen and the slot, - adding dishes with a search and a category filter (several dishes in a row), - the order by dragging – with the mouse and a finger, - hiding a dish on the screen without removing it, - badges next to a dish, e.g. “Promotion”, “Today's pick”. The **TV badges** button opens editing of the badge catalog (name, icon, colors, outline). Shop managers and administrators see it. A change of name or color applies straight away on all screens. See [Badges on TV screens](/en/docs/tv-screens/#badges-on-tv-screens). Changes appear on the TVs at the next refresh, usually within a dozen or so seconds. See [TV screens](/en/docs/tv-screens/). If there are no screens yet or a screen has no slots, the panel suggests creating a screen in TV Manager or adding slots in the screen editor. ## Happy hours The tab shows when the feature is turned on in **Settings → Sales → Happy hours**. An automatic discount on chosen days and at chosen times: the **Happy hours on** switch, the list of rules (days, hours, discount, categories and products, channels) with the **Active** switch, editing and deleting, and the **Add rule** button. The same panel is in the WordPress dashboard in **InPlate → Happy hours**. See [Happy hours](/en/docs/promotions-and-happy-hours/#happy-hours). ## Promotions The tab shows when the feature is turned on in **Settings → Sales → Promotions**. The list of promotions (type, conditions, days, hours, channels) with the **Active** switch, arrows for the order, editing and deleting, and the **Add promotion** button. The same panel is in the WordPress dashboard in **InPlate → Promotions**. See [Promotions](/en/docs/promotions/). ## License Changes to InPlate dishes, adding products, changes to categories, product tags and templates, happy hours, and changes to the schedule and TV screens require an active license or a trial. See [License](/en/docs/license/).