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title: Getting Started With PublishPress Permissions
description: "[PublishPress Permissions](https://publishpress.com/links/permissions) is the plugin for content-specific WordPress permissions. These guides have useful background information as you're getting started: - [Technical requirements for our plugins](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/technical-requirements/). - [How to move from Free to Pro plugins](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/how-to-move-from-free-to-pro-plugins/). --- ## Installing and Configuring PublishPress…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/permissions-start/"
updated: "2026-03-19"
category: PublishPress Permissions / Getting Started
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# Getting Started With PublishPress Permissions

[PublishPress Permissions](https://publishpress.com/links/permissions) is the plugin for content-specific WordPress permissions.

These guides have useful background information as you're getting started:

- [Technical requirements for our plugins](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/technical-requirements/).
- [How to move from Free to Pro plugins](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/how-to-move-from-free-to-pro-plugins/).

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## Installing and Configuring PublishPress Permissions

The free version is available [on WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/press-permit-core/). [PublishPress Permissions Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/permissions) has many more features and is available to PublishPress members.

- Install either [PublishPress Permissions](https://publishpress.com/links/permissions) Free or [PublishPress Permissions Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/permissions).
- Go to the "Permissions" link in the WordPress admin menu.
- Click "Settings".
- Click the "Core" tab.
- Under "Filtered Post Types", you can choose the post types you want to use with PublishPress Permissions:

![Permissions settings](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/permissions-settings-1024x525.png)

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## Permissions inside Posts or Terms

This feature allows you to control who can see and read the content. You can find these settings inside Posts, Pages, Categories, and Tags.

- In the image above, we selected "Posts".
- Go to the "Posts" screen and edit a post.
- Scroll down and you can see the PublishPress Permissions metaboxes. Here you can control who is able to access this post. [Click here for a guide to using this feature](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/multiple-users-edit-wordpress-post/).

![Permissions Metabox](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/permissions-metabox.png)

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## The Permissions Screen

This feature allows you to control the permissions for multiple posts at once.

- Go to "Permissions" in the WordPress admin menu.
- Choose a role that you want to edit. In this example, we'll choose "Author".

![Permissions screen in WordPress](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/permissions-screen-1024x521.png)

Inside this area, you can create custom permissions for users.

- Click the "Add Specific Permissions" tab.
- Choose a post type:

![Edit Permissions group](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/permission-specific.png)

Now you can give very specific permissions to this user role. For example, you can allow users in this role to read (or not) content with a particular category or tag. When you're finished, click "Add Selected" and then "Save Permissions".

![Edit Permission Group](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/edit-permission-group-1024x568.png)