The “Author” role is one of the default user roles in WordPress, alongside “Subscriber”, “Contributor”, “Editor” and “Administrator”. Authors have a medium level of access to WordPress: more permissions than some roles and less than others.
Here’s a rundown of what Authors can do on a default WordPress site:
We had a really interesting question from a PublishPress user: We have many clients who we write posts for. We write the posts 6 months in advance, and get them approved by the clients. Is this possible with the PublishPress plugins? The answer is “Yes”, you can do this. In this tutorial, I’ll show you…
It is possible to control access to certain Gutenberg blocks for some users or WordPress roles. This is possible thanks to the PublishPress Blocks plugin and its Block Access system. Keep reading to learn how to use this useful PublishPress Blocks feature.
In another tutorial here at PublishPress, we showed how to hide other users’ posts in the WordPress admin area. This means that users will only see their own posts when they log in to WordPress. One PublishPress member asked us if it was possible to do the same thing for the Media Library. Yes, it…