We seen a few PublishPress users report problems with embeds in Gutenberg. If they restrict permissions for users, they sometimes find that those users can not add embeds from YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and other sites.
iFrames are a feature of the web that can be very useful and also very frustrating. WordPress is a good example of this. On one hand, WordPress uses iFrames as a key part of the Customizer. On the other hand, WordPress often blocks iFrames as a security threat. In this guide, I’ll show you how…
An accordion layout allows you to pĺace large quantities of text on a reduced space. Your site’s visitors can get overwhelmed when presented with too much text to read at once. If you use an accordion layout, your visitors can scan and look for the information they need. An accordion is perfect for Frequently Asked…
This question came across the PublishPress support desk this week: Do you know how to set a maximum character length on the excerpt field? I need to be the point of entry, rather than when displaying it on the frontend. I want to force the user to write an excerpt of a certain length. Yes,…
Many WordPress themes rely on Excerpts, but they can be a mystery to many users. In this post, I’ll explain what an Excerpt is, how you create them, where they appear, and how you can get more control over how they’re used on your site.
A CTA Button (call-to-action) is essential for the health of your business. A call-to-action is intended to drive the user to a specific action, to complete a conversion. This conversion can be many things, such as signing up to a newsletter, buying an product or redirecting the user to the paid area of the site. …
PublishPress Authors allows you to show an author box at the end of your posts. This box can display just one author, multiple authors, and even guest authors. PublishPress Authors 3.11 is now available with several new features and improvements.
Many requests from PublishPress revolve around published posts. Some site owners want to stop their users from updating published content. Other site owners want to go further and stop their users from editing published content at all. This is because their content often needs an approval process. And what’s the point of an approval process…
In some situations, you may need to completely refresh your WordPress site. If you need to reset your WordPress user permissions, this is possible with a plugin called PublishPress Capabilities. This plugin has an option to delete all the current permissions and user roles, and restore the WordPress defaults.
We all know that local newspapers are in trouble. At least 25% of US papers have closed in the last 15 years. But there are also positive signs: if you look carefully, we’re seeing many fresh, independent media projects. These new projects are innovative, diverse, making money and overwhelmingly using WordPress. That last point really…