In this guide we’re going to show you how to stop used from creating new WordPress posts. This is possible with the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. First, I’ll give you some helpful background that explains the approach we’re going to take. Then I’ll show you how to block users from creating new posts.
Revisions are one of my very favorite WordPress features. When you write in WordPress, your changes will be automatically saved as “Revisions”. You can use them easily restore any previous version of your content. And if you want to compare your current version of a post to an old version, WordPress gives you an easy…
In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, we interview Pete Ericson, the founder of Leaky Paywall. He has many years of experience building paywalls for publishers. Pete says that publishers are still nervous about paywalls, but increasingly see how valuable they can be. We talk a lot about the importance of newsletters in building audience…
PublishPress Blocks is one of our most popular plugins. Honestly, that’s a little surprising to me. One reason that’s surprising is because the plugin has a smaller potential audience than most. It’s only for people who use the WordPress block editor. The plugin isn’t helpful if you’re using Elementor, Beaver Builder, or another page-builder.
The PublishPress Future plugin allows you to schedule changes to posts, pages and other content types. The great thing about these changes is that they can happen automatically, when you’re busy doing something else. But it can be important to get notifications when these changes happen. You can now get notifications for all those changes…
Matt Hoy is the Chief Revenue Officer of Revcontent which provides native advertising for publishers. In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, Matt talks about how publishers can drive revenue despite the challenges posed by changes in Google search and the rise of AI. Matt believes the key to success is trust. The advertising landscape…
In this guide, I’m going to show you to hide Gutenberg blocks that you don’t want some WordPress users to access. As more plugin developers support Gutenberg, you may end up with a very long list of blocks. Or you may simply not want to give some users access to some functionality.
We had a question from a PublishPress user asked us about an interesting configuration for their WordPress eCommerce site. This user wanted to create a WooCommerce Product Editor role. Any users in this role will be responsible for editing all the WooCommerce products, but will not have access to other areas of the site.
Ben May runs The Code Company, one of the most successful WordPress agencies in Australia. In this episode of the PublishPress Podcast, we discuss Ben’s journey in the Australian publishing industry, the evolution of WordPress, and the importance of community engagement. Ben has tons of experience with scaling WordPress sites, particularly with comment and community…
One of our customers is using WooCommerce and had a question about configuring the Shop Manager role. They wanted to modify this role so that users in the Shop Manager role had limited ability to modify the orders. First, we suggested this tutorial to make that happen: “Allow users to view and not edit WooCommerce…