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PublishPress Capabilities 2.17 is out now. This is our final big release of 2024, and it’s a good one! If you’re using the free version of PublishPress Capabilities, you’ll see a new “Redirects” screen to control where users are sent when they log in and log out. If you’re using the Pro version, you will…
We had an interesting question from a PublishPress user this week: I am trying to allow user in one role to choose an existing Tag, but not allow them to create new Tags. This was simple enough to do with Categories, but I cannot figure it out for Tags. This was a great question that…
In the latest version of PublishPress Capabilities Pro, you can now rename, redesign and rearrange your WordPress admin menus. Previously, it was possible to control who could access each admin menu. Now you can change the name and icon for each menu link. You can also re-arrange the order of the links. This screenshot below…
By default, WordPress users which access to the “Posts” screen can see all the Posts on the site, regardless of whether they are the author or can edit then. This is not a problem for many sites. After all, most Posts on most sites are publicly available – there’s no need to hide them. However,…
I’ve written often that many areas of online publishing are absolutely dominated by WordPress. I was delighted to see that was reflected on the stages of WordCamp US in Portland. We got talks from the New York Post, CNN, iOne Digital, Vox Media, Pew Research, Grist, Harvard, Wikimedia, Time, Disney, and RecipeTin. That’s a lot…
I’m super excited to share PublishPress Future 4.0 with you. The PublishPress Future plugin allows you to schedule changes to posts. Version 4.0 enables you to schedule changes using advanced, drag-and-drop workflows. Here are some examples of what’s possible:
PublishPress Checklists is the best plugin to make sure your content is ready to go live. With PublishPress Checklists, you can choose pre-publishing requirements for your content. Here are some example requirements: The newest version of PublishPress Checklists adds improved support for WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, and the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin.
Chris Hardie is a software engineer with a deep interest in journalism. Chris worked for Automattic for five years and recently completed a master’s degree in journalism. Back in 2022, he took over running Western Wayne News in Wayne County, Indiana.
If you run a newspaper or magazine site, there may be a lot of activity with authors, editors, and also ordinary users. You may even have multiple sites to run. It’s important for publishers to have an accurate way to track who is making changes on their sites. And it’s vital to know what has…
It’s now possible to combine the PublishPress Revisions and PublishPress Planner plugins. In the Revisions plugin, you can schedule revisions to be automatically published in the future. This allows you to update content now, but publish those changes at a later date. In the Planner plugin, you can use the Content Calendar screen to see…