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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
edit_posts
What is the edit_posts Permission in WordPress?
The edit_posts permission controls access to most of the key writing features in WordPress.
For example, if you don't have the edit_posts permission, you won't be able to access the “Posts” area of WordPress at all. Also, if you don't have the edit_posts permission, you won't be able to create new Posts or upload new media.
Seeing the Edit Posts Permission in Action
Let's start exploring the Edit Posts permission. We'll start by looking at a group of users who do not have the Edit Posts permission: Subscribers.
This image below shows what people in the Subscriber role will see when they log in to WordPress. They are able to edit their profile, but that’s it. They have zero access to the Posts screen.

However, let's see what changes if we get the Edit posts permission to Subscribers. In this image below, I'm using the Capability Manager Enhanced plugin to control access.

This next screenshot below shows a user that does have the “Edit Post” permission. This user has access to the “Posts” screen and also the “Comments” screen. Oddly, they also have access to the “Tools” screen, even though it is blank. You'll notice that this user does not have editing access to other people's Posts, but they can see all of them. There is no separate permission that controls viewing Posts in the WordPress admin area.

Any user with the “Edit Posts” permission also has access to the “Add New” button. This means that they can write new posts, although they can only send them to the “Pending Review” status.
Now we finally get to reason behind the “Edit Posts” name. Yes, a user with this permission can edit their own posts. However, remember that they have no ability to edit anyone else's posts.

Also, in the Comments area, a user with the Edit Posts permission can view but can not edit any comments.

Editing Media with the Edit Posts Permission
Users with the “Edit Posts” permission can write new Posts, but they can not upload or access images. If you want to give Media access, you need to give users the “Upload Media” permission. Technically, in WordPress, this is because Media are Posts. Every media item uploaded to WordPress gets a Post ID.
Summary of the Edit Posts Permission
Yes, the the Edit Posts permission is strangely named.
The Edit Posts permission gives WordPress users access to far more than the ability to edit posts. The Edit Posts permission grants access to all these features:
- Accessing the Posts screen.
- Creating new Posts.
- Editing your own Posts.
- Uploading and editing Media.
- Accessing the Comments screen.
- Accessing the Tools screen (although it's useless).