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How do I customize category pages in WordPress?
Category Pages and Menus
- Open the Customizer. (My Site(s) → Appearance → Customize)
- Go to Menus.
- Select the menu to edit.
- Click on Add Items.
- Select Categories.
- Click the Plus icon next to the Category you want to add.
- Click Publish to save the changes.
What do the different roles in WordPress mean?
WordPress uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site. WordPress has six pre-defined roles: Super Admin, Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. Each role is allowed to perform a set of tasks called Capabilities.
How do I restrict certain categories in WordPress?
After you’ve activated the plugin, go to Users » All Users and then click on ‘Edit’ for the user profile you want to restrict. On their profile page, you’ll need to scroll to the bottom. You will see a section where you can select categories that you want to restrict the user’s ability to post to.
What can you do with Category Editor in WordPress?
Provided the theme calls the WordPress category, tag or terms description then you have the ability to format and design the area. Add media, use shortcodes and turbo charge the category archive page with images and anything else you can think of.
How do I restrict a user to a category?
First thing you need to do is install and activate the Restrict Author Posting plugin. Upon activation, you need to go to Users screen, and click on the edit link next to the user you want to restrict. On the user’s profile page, scroll down to the Restrict Author Post to a category section and select the category for the user to post into.
How can I change the default category in WordPress?
In the first box, whatever category you select is what they’ll be able to use. In the field below, you can select a default category for that specific user. Once you’re done, click the ‘Update User’ button and you’re all done. Now, when the author goes in the WordPress content editor to create a post, they’ll see the following on their sidebar: