PublishPress Statuses Pro

PublishPress Statuses Pro

The PublishPress Statuses plugin allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. You can use each status to create publishing workflows.

Have you ever wanted to label a WordPress post something other than "Draft" or "Pending Review"? The PublishPress Statuses plugin can help.

PublishPress Statuses allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. For example, you can add statuses such as "In Progress", "Needs Work", or "Rejected". You can also control which users can move posts to each status.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Unzip the plugin contents to the /wp-content/plugins/publishpress-statuses/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

Faq

Does PublishPress Statuses integrate with PublishPress Planner?

Yes, the PublishPress Statuses plugin integrates with the PublishPress Planner plugin. This allows you to use custom statuses, icons, and colors on the "Content Calendar" screen.

Click here to see the Planner integration.

Can I Have Different Statuses for Different Post Types?

Yes, it is possible to have different statuses for different WordPress post types. The benefit of this approach is that allows you have different workflows for each post type.

Click here to see how to different statuses for different post types.

Can I Create Nested Statuses / Workflow Branches?

The PublishPress Statuses plugin allows you to create workflow branches. These are separate parts of the workflow are displayed shown as indented, away from the main workflow. These branches be used to take content away from the core approval process.

You can create workflow branches with any statuses except for "Draft" and "Pending Review" which are core WordPress statuses.

To create workflow branches, use the drag-and-drop handles next to each status to place them into branches

Click here to see more about the Workflow Branches.

Does PublishPress Statuses Support the Pending Review Status?

Yes, you can use the Pending Review status with this plugin. "Pending" is one of the default post statuses available in WordPress. You will often see it called "Pending Review".

A post in the Pending Review status is not published and is not visible to the public. The "Pending review" checkbox is available when you edit posts in WordPress.

Click here to see more about the Pending Review status.

Does PublishPress Statuses Support the Draft Status?

Yes, you can use the Draft status with this plugin. "Draft" is one of the default post statuses available in WordPress. Draft is often confused with the "Pending Review" status. However, these two statuses have different meanings. Draft means "This post is not ready to publish. I'm still working on it." Pending Review means "This post is ready. Someone else can approve and publish".

A post in the Draft status is not published and is not visible to the public. Once a post is published, the "Draft" status is the default choice for unpublishing the post.

Click here to see more about the Draft status.

Does PublishPress Statuses Support the Scheduled Status?

Yes, you can use the Scheduled status with this plugin. "Future" is one of the default post statuses available in WordPress. You will often see it called "Scheduled".

A post in the Future status is not published yet, but is scheduled to be published in a future date.

Click here to see more about the Future status.

How does this compare to the Extended Post Status plugin?

Extended Post Status is a very useful plugin. With PublshPress Statuses we're aiming to provide more advanced features such as custom capabilities, workflow branching, icons, colors, and much more.

Screenshots

1. Using PublishPress Statuses you can add custom workflow options that are available when editing posts. You can build one main workflow for your posts. This workflow will be available to your users on the post editing screen.
2. In addition to the default workflow, PublishPress Statuses allows you to create alternate workflows. These statuses are for content that is not on a direct path to publication. Examples of these alternate workflows include "Deferred", "Needs Work" and "Rejected".
3. PublishPress Statuses supports branches in your workflows. You can create parent and child statuses. This allows posts to move through the individual branch before returning to the main workflow.
4. PublishPress Statuses allows you to customize which roles can assign posts to each status. You can give a user role the ability to move a post to just a single statuses. Or you can give a user role full access to your whole workflow.
5. With the addition of the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin you can create highly custom permissions for each status. You can control who can set, edit, and delete posts in each status.

Install

composer require meteorgpl-plugin/publishpress-statuses-pro

The vendor’s license checks are intact: activate the plugin in WordPress with a license key bought from the vendor.

License

The plugin declares no license. The code is redistributed under the license the vendor declared in the plugin’s own headers.

Artwork, fonts, media and documents that may be licensed separately are not redistributed; the licensing page explains what is replaced or removed, and the security tab lists it per version. Support and update entitlement come with the license you buy from the vendor.