PublishPress Statuses Pro is an advanced editorial workflow plugin for WordPress that expands default publishing statuses beyond simple options like "Draft" and "Pending Review". It enables editorial and content creation teams to define custom workflow stages, assign granular access controls, and organize content lifecycle management across all post types.
Key Features
- Custom Pre-Publication Statuses: Create custom workflow stages (e.g., Pitch, In Progress, Needs Review, Approved) to track content preparation before going live.
- Visual Customization: Personalize each status with custom labels, color-coding, and icons for quick identification in the WordPress admin panel.
- Role-Based Access Control: Define which user roles or specific users have permission to move posts into or out of particular statuses.
- Workflow Branching & Alternate Paths: Set up multi-path or parent/child workflows for non-linear processes, such as sending posts back to Needs Work or Rejected.
- Custom Visibility Statuses: Control public and private visibility for published content, allowing specific published statuses to remain accessible only to designated roles.
- Custom Post Type Support: Apply custom statuses across standard posts, pages, and any custom post types registered on the site.
- Editor Integration: Full compatibility with the Gutenberg block editor and the Classic Editor, as well as status filters/columns in the WordPress post tables.
- PublishPress Suite Integration: Seamlessly syncs with PublishPress Planner for calendar views, PublishPress Permissions for restricted viewing, and PublishPress Capabilities for fine-grained capability management.
