One PublishPress user asked us if it was possible to have different statuses for different WordPress post types. This user wanted to have a customized workflow for each post type. For example, this is a possible approach they could use: Posts can move between these statuses: Draft, Pitch, Assigned, Approved, Published. Pages can move between…
Welcome to another post in our series that features exciting WordPress publishers. We’re not always looking for household brand names. We’re also searching for publishers who are building new, brave and innovative platforms. This week’s WordPress site is a new site with a long history. Defector.com is a sports and media blog that is owned…
The Advanced Slider block in PublishPress Blocks lets you create image sliders (carousels) to present them on posts, pages, or even custom post types on your WordPress site. After finishing this tutorial, you will be able to insert an image slider in the Gutenberg editor, and configure all its settings. Let’s start!
The Count Up block is perfect for showcasing a number in the Gutenberg editor. You can use it show how many clients you have, how much money you have raised, how many cups of coffee you’ve served, or anything else. In fact, count up blocks are useful to present any kind of statistics on your side. Showing…
It is possible to control access to certain Gutenberg blocks for some users or WordPress roles. This is possible thanks to the PublishPress Blocks plugin and its Block Access system. Keep reading to learn how to use this useful PublishPress Blocks feature.
PublishPress Checklists is a plugin that we’ve been working on throughout 2020. With this plugin, you can define tasks that users must complete before content is published. For example, you can make sure your posts have a minimum or maximum number of words. Or you can ensure that all your posts have a featured image….
We develop a plugin called PublishPress Revisions that allows you to submit, approve and schedule changes to your WordPress content. However, PublishPress Revisions doesn’t (yet) keep an easily visible log of all your content changes. This week, someone emailed us and wanted to know if this was possible using another plugin. I decided to install…
Zack Katz from GravityView is someone I’ve admired for a long time. His team have run some of the coolest initiatives I’ve seen. At the end of last year, they gave $5 from each sale to charities and then they quadrupled those donations from their own pocket. They plant trees with Ecologi to offset their…
Welcome to the first of a new series about the environmental impact of the technology we use. Why should you or I care about this topic? Good question. Personally, I’ve been online 40+ hours per week for 15 years now. I’ve spun up hundreds of servers and served millions of visitors. Does any of that…
In another tutorial here at PublishPress, we showed how to hide other users’ posts in the WordPress admin area. This means that users will only see their own posts when they log in to WordPress. One PublishPress member asked us if it was possible to do the same thing for the Media Library. Yes, it…