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If you’re running a multi-author blog, then it can be helpful to limit author’s ability to only post on a selected category or sections of your site. In this article, we’ll show you how to restrict authors to a specific category in WordPress. Why Restrict Authors to a Specific Category?
How to list categories in WordPress by number of posts?
In the example below, we list the categories by the number of posts they contain: as the order is reversed, the category containing the greatest number of posts will be the first one to be displayed. Once we have ordered our categories, we may want to limit the number of items listed.
“A post should typically be in no more than one or two categories, and tagging should be limited only to the most relevant topics covered in the post.” If you keep reading around the WordPress world, you’ll see similar advice. There is definitely a maximum and a minimum number of tags that is optimial for your site’s SEO.
Which is an example of a category in WordPress?
The “Category” is one of the most used taxonomies of WordPress. The category in WordPress is used to group contents [Post, Media etc] into different sections. In case any website publishes contents on a variety of topics, they can use the WordPress categories feature to divide their website into sections. Example:…
You can even assign an author to post in just one category. This not only helps them focus on their writing strengths, but it can also prevent content from being posted in the wrong category. Overall, using categories properly can be very beneficial to your website’s SEO ranking as well.
How to display a list of authors in WordPress?
Easily display a list or grid of post authors and links to their post archives page using a shortcode. The shortcode is [authors_list] and accepts the following attributes. orderby ( post_count, post_date, ID, login, nicename, email, url, registered, display_name, first_name, last_name )
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.