I Can’t See the Author Dropdown Box in WordPress
This week, one PublishPress user asked us about an interesting WordPress problem. They could not see the Author option when they were writing posts. This is how the Author dropdown normally appears:
WordPress Authors
Allow WordPress Authors to Update But Not Create Content
Here’s an interesting question from a PublishPress user: “I want to allow the Author role to edit published posts (theirs or others) and make those changes live without approval. But I don’t want those users to create new posts themselves.“ Yes, this is possible using the PublishPress Capabilities plugin.
WordPress Authors and Comments on Their Posts
We had a question this week from a PublishPress customer who wanted to understand the relationship between authors and their WordPress posts. They wanted to know if authors could see – or perhaps even manage – comments on other people’s posts. This tutorial is a guide to understanding the control that users have over comments…
New and Improved Shortcodes in PublishPress Authors
We’re starting a major set of improvements to the PublishPress Authors plugin. The goal of these upgrades is to add some key new features: More customizable author pages. The ability to display all of your authors on one screen. Better support for the WordPress REST API. More design and layout options for profiles. Categories for…
How to Include Authors in WordPress Search Results
Here at PublishPress, we focus on helping publishers succeed with WordPress. Many of those publishers spend much time to find and showcase awesome authors for their content. However, we’ve regularly heard from publishers who have run into a problem: WordPress authors don’t appear in search results. This makes it hard to find content written by…
How to Create an Inbox for WordPress Authors
This week, we talked with a PublishPress customer who has a busy site with many posts from different authors. They wanted to create an “inbox” effect, where the WordPress “Posts” screen is like a personal email inbox for each author. In the image below, you can see posts from multiple different authors. This can be…
Show Author Content from All WordPress Post Types
On a normal WordPress site, every author automatically gets their own page. So, if my username is “steve”, I’ll have my own URL which will look like /author/steve/. This contains all the Posts I’ve written on the site. A good example of this can be found on the popular WPTavern.com blog. One of the main…
How to Show or Hide Other Users’ Posts in WordPress
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…
How to Create Private Journals in WordPress
One PublishPress user wrote to us and asked about this situation: “I would like every user to get a place where they can enter their own journal entries that no one else can see.” This it is possible to set up private journals with the PublishPress plugins, and I’ll explain how in this post.
How to Add Authors to WooCommerce Products
By default, WooCommerce products don’t show the default “Authors” feature in WordPress. The WooCommerce developers made this choice for a good reason. Posts, Pages and other content normally need an “author”. However, eCommerce products might have a “Vendor” or “Manufacturer”, but not often an “author”.