These posts are news, tutorials, reviews and guides to help you succeed as a WordPress publisher.
We had an interesting question from a PublishPress customer this week. They wanted to hide the “Edit” link on published WordPress posts. This customer wanted to make sure his users clicked the “New Revision” link instead of editing the post directly. This “New Revisions” link is coming from the PublishPress Revisions plugin, which gives you…
The PublishPress Blocks plugin is growing in a new direction. The latest release of PublishPress Blocks (version 2.14) introduces a feature called “Block Controls”. This will give you the ability to control who sees your blocks and when they display. This first “Block Controls” setting allows you to schedule blocks to publish and unpublish. Every…
Quartz is a WordPress publisher that is taking down their paywall. They’ve been going 10 years now and have gone through a few different business models. It looks like they’re moving to selling ads and also premium newsletters. This post explains the thinking behind Quartz’s move.
The Nieman Lab has a story up today about what it’s like to launch a newspaper. The writer launched his paper called Lookout in California 18 months ago and has an interesting story to tell. They aren’t using WordPress, but he’s part of a group of publishing start-ups and many of them are, including LBPost.com…
If you have a busy site with lots of content, it can be difficult to keep it organized. Normally, WordPress sites use Tags and Categories to organize content. However, if you’re publishing 10, 100 or even 1,000’s of posts every day, it can be hard to find and add the correct Tags and Categories. One…
This week, we talked with a PublishPress customer who has a busy site with many posts from different authors. They wanted to create an “inbox” effect, where the WordPress “Posts” screen is like a personal email inbox for each author. In the image below, you can see posts from multiple different authors. This can be…
The Post Expirator plugin allows you to choose an “expire” date for WordPress posts. When your post is automatically unpublished, you can delete the post, change the status, or update the post categories. The plugin has over 100,000 users and has been working reliably for years. We’re delighted to say that Post Expirator is now part of…
We had an interesting question from a PublishPress user this week: “Is there any way to automatically add a specific tag if the user is in a certain role?“ For example, Authors will always get “Tag A” added and Editors will always get “Tag B” added. Yes, this is possible with a little code. Once…
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.
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…