Author Categories is a feature in the PublishPress Authors plugin. It allows you to have different types of authors for WordPress posts. This enables you to give different types of credit to the all the people who work on your content.
Different Types of Author #
The easiest way to see how the Author Categories feature works is to see some examples. One of the simplest examples is distinguishing between the writer and the editor of a post. This screenshot below shows two authors. One is a “Contributor” and one is an “Editor”.
Here's an example from a parenting blog using different terminology. The post is “Written” by one person, but “Medically Reviewed” by another person.
This third screenshot shows a more complex example. There is the main writer, the person who updated the post, and the person who reviewed the post.
How to Use Author Categories #
The “Author Categories” feature is available in both the Free and Pro versions of PublishPress Authors. You'll find a new “Author Categories” screen where you can add, remove, enable, and disable the different categories. There are four default categories:
- Author
- Coauthor
- Reviewer
- Editor
You can add authors to these categories for each post. This gives you the flexibility to place authors into different categories for different posts. The “Authors” metabox on the post editing screen now looks like this screenshot below:
How to Show Author Categories #
In the Free version of PublishPress Authors, you can show the category on the Author's profile. The Author Category will not show by default and must be added to your Author Boxes. You can do this by checking the box for “Show Author Categories”.
In this screenshot below, we've added the category next to the “Display Name”.
The screenshot below has another, similar example. This time we're using the “Inline with Avatars” layout.
You will find that the “Show Author Categories” option is available elsewhere inside the Author Boxes settings.You will find it inside the “Author Fields” area, as in this next screenshot.
