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General
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- How to Find the Latest Versions of PublishPress Plugins
- Changelogs for Free PublishPress Plugins
- Changelogs for PublishPress Authors
- Changelogs for PublishPress Blocks
- Changelogs for PublishPress Capabilities
- Changelogs for PublishPress Checklists
- Changelogs for PublishPress Future
- Changelogs for PublishPress Permissions
- Changelogs for PublishPress
- Changelogs for PublishPress Revisions
- Changelogs for PublishPress Series
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PublishPress Authors
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- Legacy: How to Create Custom Author Layouts
- Legacy: Add Data in Custom Author Layouts
- Legacy: Using Conditionals in Custom Author Layouts
- Legacy: Add CSS in Custom Author Layouts
- Legacy: The Loop Object in PublishPress Authors
- Legacy: Add External Data to PublishPress Authors
- Legacy: Modify the Author Avatar
- Legacy: Where are Author Layouts Stored in the Database?
- Legacy: Add Social Links to Author Profiles
- Deprecated Functions in PublishPress Authors
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PublishPress Blocks
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- Accordion Block
- Button Block
- Columns Block
- Contact Form Block
- Content Display Block
- Countdown Block
- Count Up Block
- Icon Block
- Image Block
- Images Slider Block
- Info Box Block
- Feature List block
- List Block
- Login & Register Block
- Map Block
- Newsletter Block
- Pricing Table block
- Search Bar Block
- Social Links Block
- Table of Contents Block
- Table Block
- Tabs Block
- Testimonial Block
- Video Block
- Woo Products Block
- Core Blocks
- Layout Options in PublishPress Blocks
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PublishPress Capabilities
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- The Admin Menus Screen
- Control Access to WooCommerce Admin Menus
- Control Access to Contact Form 7 Admin Menus
- Control Access to Yoast SEO Admin Menus
- Control Access to Elementor Admin Menus
- Control Access to Jetpack Admin Menus
- Control Access to WPForms Admin Menus
- Control Access to The Events Calendar Admin Menus
- Control Access to Gravity Forms Admin Menus
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PublishPress Checklists
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- Number of characters in title
- Numbers of words in content
- Number of categories
- Number of tags or taxonomy terms
- Number of characters in excerpt
- Number of internal links in content
- Number of external links in content
- All links use a valid format
- ALT Text for all images
- Featured image
- Latin characters in permalink
- Approved by a user in this role
- Yoast SEO tasks
- WooCommerce product tasks
- Featured image height and width
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PublishPress Future
- Introduction to PublishPress Future
- Ways to Expire Posts
- Defaults for Post Types
- PublishPress Future Email Notifications
- Shortcodes to Show Expiration Date
- Automatic Footer Display for Expiry Dates
- Scheduling in PublishPress Future: Cron Jobs
- Technical Details for PublishPress Future
- Troubleshooting in PublishPress Future
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PublishPress Permissions
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- Control Access to Custom Post Types
- Control Viewing Access to Specific Categories
- Allow Editing of Specific Pages
- Force Users to Create Posts in a Category or Parent Page
- Block Users from Seeing Non-Editable Posts
- Control Viewing Permissions for WordPress Content
- Control Editing Permissions for WordPress Content
- Block Access to WordPress Category and Tag Archives
- Configure Who Can See Other People's Posts
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- Developer Information for Permission Groups
- PublishPress Permissions Database Tables and Settings
- pp_create_group()
- pp_delete_group()
- pp_get_group()
- pp_get_group_by_name()
- pp_get_metagroup
- pp_get_groups()
- pp_get_group_members()
- pp_get_groups_for_user()
- pp_add_group_user()
- pp_remove_group_user()
- pp_update_group_user()
- ppc_get_roles()
- ppc_assign_roles()
- ppc_get_exceptions()
- ppc_assign_exceptions()
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PublishPress Planner
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- Getting Started With Notifications in PublishPress Planner
- Understanding the PublishPress Planner Notification Options
- Get PublishPress Planner Notifications by Email or Slack
- How to Customize PublishPress Planner Notifications With Shortcodes
- How to Use Reminder Notifications
- Notify Me: Manually Add Yourself to Notifications
- The PublishPress Planner Notifications Log
- Hooks and Filters for Notifications
- Troubleshooting Email Notifications in PublishPress Planner
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PublishPress Revisions
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- Does My Plugin Support PublishPress Revisions?
- A List of Some Plugins Supported by PublishPress Revisions
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and The Events Calendar
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and WooCommerce
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Advanced Custom Fields
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and WPML
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Custom Post Type UI
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Yoast SEO
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and the PODS Framework
- Submit and Moderate Revisions with the Divi Theme
- Create Revisions Using an API
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Elementor
- PublishPress Revisions Pro and Beaver Builder
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PublishPress Series
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How-to Guides
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- A WordPress Editorial Workflow for Writing, Reviewing and Publishing
- A WordPress Workflow for Editing and Reviewing
- Create a Workflow for University Departments in WordPress with PublishPress
- Create a Multi-Step Workflow in WordPress
- How to Create a Publishing Workflow for Authors in WordPress
- How to Get 2 People to Approve Content in WordPress
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- How to Allow WordPress Admin Area Access for WooCommerce Users
- How to Manage Permissions for WooCommerce Products
- Allow WooCommerce Users to Edit Only One Product
- How to Approve and Schedule Changes to WooCommerce Products
- WooCommerce Users Can Edit Products Only in Some Categories
- How Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Products
- How to Create and Schedule Revisions for WooCommerce Products
- How to Control Who Can Duplicate WooCommerce Products
- Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View Reports
- How to Control Who Can Access WooCommerce Coupons
- How to Create WooCommerce Users Who Can Only View and Edit Orders
- How to Manage Permissions for WooCommerce Orders
- How to Control Permissions for WooCommerce Refunds
- How to Create Checklists with WooCommerce
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WordPress Permissions
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- activate_plugins
- add_users
- create_users
- delete_others_pages
- delete_others_posts
- delete_pages
- delete_posts
- delete_plugins
- delete_private_pages
- delete_private_posts
- delete_published_pages
- delete_published_posts
- delete_themes
- delete_users
- edit_dashboard
- edit_others_pages
- edit_others_posts
- edit_pages
- edit_plugins
- edit_posts
- edit_private_pages
- edit_private_posts
- edit_published_pages
- edit_published_posts
- edit_theme_options
- edit_themes
- edit_users
- erase_others_personal_data
- export
- export_others_personal_data
- import
- install_plugins
- install_themes
- list_users
- manage_categories
- manage_links
- manage_options
- manage_privacy_options
- moderate_comments
- promote_users
- read
- read_private_pages
- read_private_posts
- remove_users
- switch_themes
- unfiltered_html
- unfiltered_upload
- update_core
- update_plugins
- update_themes
- upload_files
Alternatives to the Authors Page Feature
In WordPress, and the PublishPress Authors plugin, every author has their own URL. This page lists all the content they have written.
By default, these author pages do not contain much information. For example, the TwentyTwenty theme, will only show the author's name and list of their posts.
The best way to customize this page is to use the Author Pages feature in PublishPress Authors.
It is possible to use the normal authors pages in WordPress with PublishPress Authors. However, this route is likely to be more complicated. We've included some suggestions below.
Option #1. Use a Theme With PublishPress Authors Support
Some themes do automatically support PublishPress Authors. For example, the popular Astra theme will automatically find and display your author's name, description and avatar. We also have child themes available that will help with many themes.

Option #2. Add PHP to your theme
One option is to place this code directly into the template file for your WordPress theme. As with all WordPress development, we do recommend using a child theme if you want to modify the code.
This code uses PHP to display a shortcode and this guide explains how to customize the shortcode.
<?php echo do_shortcode( '[author_box layout="boxed" archive=1]' ); ?>
This code should be placed in the Archives section of the themes layout. For example, in the TwentyTwenty theme, you can place it directly under this code at line 65 of the index.php file:
<?php if ( $archive_title ) { ?>
<h1 class="archive-title"><?php echo wp_kses_post( $archive_title ); ?></h1>
<?php } ?>
If you want more control you can use the function get_multiple_authors to get an array of authors for the current post or post specified by the post ID.
Check the API provided by the Authors plugin for more details.
Here is an example of how you can iterate over the authors list passing the post ID:
<?php
$authors = get_multiple_authors($post_id);
$first_author = true;
echo '<ul>';
foreach ($authors as $author) {
echo '<li>';
if (!$first_author) {
echo ', ';
}
echo sprintf(
'<a href="%s">%s %s</a>',
$author->link,
$author->get_avatar(),
$author->display_name
);
echo '</li>';
$first_author = false;
}
echo '</ul>';
The get_multiple_authors function can be used to return the current user on the author's page setting the third param as true and the first as 0:
<?php
$authors = get_multiple_authors(0, true, true);
echo $authors[0]->display_name;
Option #3. Use a shortcode
This option can be used if you have a theme or pagebuilder that allows you to customize the Authors pages.
For example, the Elementor Pro plugin has a “Single & Archive Builder” that allows you to control the author pages. Another example, is the Beaver Builder that allows you to modify author pages with the Beaver Themer add-on.
If you have this option on your site, you can use this shortcode to show the author profile. This guide explains how to customize the shortcode.
[author_box layout="boxed" archive=1]
If your pagebuilder or theme doesn't have a way to display shortcodes, they probably will accept the “Widget Shortcode” plugin.