PublishPress Series 3.2: AI Tools Can Manage Your Series
This post is about a release of the PublishPress Series plugin. This plugin allows you to organize WordPress posts into issues or series. This is ideal for anyone who writes multiple posts on the same topic.
PublishPress Series 3.2.0 adds native MCP integration for compatible AI tools. You can use your favorite AI tool to create and manage the links on your site.
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AI abilities integration
The new MCP support is helpful for teams exploring AI tools that connect with WordPress workflows. If you use compatible tools, PublishPress Series can now fit more naturally into that setup. Here’s a table of all the tasks you can do with your AI tool and PublishPress Series.
| Ability | What it does |
|---|---|
get-content-choices | Lists Series taxonomies, post types, blocks, and active Pro addons |
get-plugin-settings | Reads all Series settings and field schema |
update-plugin-settings | Changes Series settings |
list-series | Finds Series or Series Categories by name |
get-series | Reads one Series: name, description, icon, order, categories |
save-series | Creates or edits a Series or Series Category |
delete-series | Deletes a Series term, keeping its posts |
list-series-posts | Lists posts in a Series with part numbers and status |
manage-series-posts | Reorders, publishes, unpublishes, or trashes posts in a Series |
get-post-series | Reads one post’s Series membership, part number, and Series blocks |
update-post-series | Sets one post’s Series membership and part number |
bulk-update-post-series | Sets Series membership for up to 20 posts |
update-series-block | Adds or updates a Series block in a post |
list-layouts | Lists Post List Box, Post Details, or Post Navigation layouts |
get-layout | Reads one layout’s settings and fields |
save-layout | Creates or edits a layout |
transition-layout | Trashes, restores, or permanently deletes a layout |
Accessibility and editing improvements
This release includes accessibility work focused on WCAG 2.2 AA. These updates improve both the front end experience for readers and the admin experience for people managing series.
- Improved screen reader support: Current posts and series navigation are now announced more clearly for visitors using assistive technology.
- Better ordering controls: “Move up” and “Move down” buttons make it easier to arrange series and series posts without relying only on drag and drop.
- More helpful Series Order screen: The screen now shows post dates, while Categories and Tags stay hidden unless you enable them in Screen Options.
- Clearer admin screens: Improved labels, tooltips, focus styles, and settings page structure make the plugin easier to use.
Other fixes and maintenance
PublishPress Series 3.2.0 also includes several fixes that improve reliability across permissions, SEO data, embedded content, widgets, and plugin compatibility.
- Editor permissions: Editors now receive the correct Series management permission on new installs and during upgrades.
- Smarter limited post lists: The Post List Box can now show the posts before and after the current post when you limit how many items appear.
- SEO sitemap dates: Series Category sitemap dates generated with All in One SEO now use valid date formatting.
- Embedded posts: Series boxes no longer appear inside posts that are embedded within another post.
- Table of Contents widget: The widget now keeps its selected series after you save it.
- Stability fixes: The update resolves fatal errors that could happen during larger series updates or when another plugin requests a post title in an unexpected way.
- Release information: The plugin readme now includes the changelog, making update details easier to view from standard WordPress tools.
The release also includes small maintenance updates for the JavaScript files used by the plugin.
This post provides an overview of the new features in this release of the PublishPress Series plugin. The complete changelogs for both Free and Pro versions are available in our Docs area.
Organize WordPress posts into issues or series
PublishPress Series allows you to group posts into issues or series. This is ideal for anyone who writes multiple posts on the same topic.
