PublishPress Statuses Pro

Description

The Statuses Pro expands the editorial workflow of PublishPress by adding custom publication statuses beyond the default “Draft”, “Pending”, and “Published”, allowing you to name your own stages like “In review”, “Waiting for images”, or “Ready for final editing”. The extension organizes these stages into a visible production line within the WordPress editor, ideal for newsrooms and teams that coordinate multiple hands on each post.

Key Features

• Unlimited custom statuses
  Create your own stages beyond the native WordPress ones, with name, color, and icon defined.
• Drag and drop ordering
  Reorganize the sequence of stages on the configuration screen to reflect the real workflow of the newsroom.
• Integration with the editor
  The stages appear in the status selector of both Gutenberg and the Classic Editor alongside the defaults.
• Compatibility with post types
  Apply the stages to posts, pages, and custom post types defined by the theme or plugins.
• Role-based permissions
  Control which WordPress roles can move content to each stage of the editorial pipeline.

Benefits of Statuses Pro

• Visibility into editorial progress
  The team can see which stage each story is in without exchanging messages outside the panel.
• Process standardization
  Reduces discrepancies between writers, reviewers, and editors by clarifying the meaning of each stage.
• Less rework
  Prevents posts from being published before final review by blocking improper transitions by role.
• Adaptation to the team’s workflow
  The stage vocabulary reflects the newsroom’s internal jargon instead of the WordPress default.

Who Is It For?

• News portals and digital magazines where the agenda goes through multiple hands before publication.
• Content agencies that deliver copy to clients and need to separate internal approval from external approval.
• Corporate blogs with a formal review workflow between writer, editor, and the marketing team.

The Statuses Pro gives PublishPress the missing piece to turn WordPress into an organized newsroom: stages named by your own team, with recognizable colors and role-based permission rules. The result is a transparent editorial pipeline, where each article moves through clear stages and nobody needs to ask in chat where the story stopped.

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