Here at PublishPress, our focus is on creating publishing workflows in WordPress. This includes allowing you to create custom statuses in WordPress.
However, before moving on to more advanced workflows, people often need some clarity on the basic workflow features in WordPress.
For example, what exactly is the difference between “Pending Review” and “Draft”?
By default, WordPress users in the admin area can see all the Posts on the site, regardless of whether they are the author.
This is not a problem for many sites. After all, most Posts on most sites are publicly available – there's no need to hide them.
However, in some situations, site owners don't want authors to see the Posts that other users are working on. For example, one PublishPress customer wanted to create a private inbox for WordPress users.
If you write blog posts in your browser, you have probably had the gut-wrenching experience of losing content.
Maybe your browser crashed. Perhaps your internet connection dropped.
But when you went back to your post, your content was missing. Ouch!
Fortunately, autosaves are a WordPress feature that can help you avoid losing your content.