Title: Editorial Access Manager
Author: Taylor Lovett
Published: <strong>ޖުލައި 22, 2014</strong>
Last modified: މާރޗް 18, 2017

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Editorial Access Manager

 By [Taylor Lovett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlovett1/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/editorial-access-manager.zip)

 * [Details](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/#installation)
 * [Development](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/editorial-access-manager/)

## Description

A simple plugin to let you control who has access to what posts. By default in WordPress,
we can create users
 and assign them to roles. Roles are automatically assigned 
certain capabilities. See the codex article for a list of [Roles and Capabilities](https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities).
Sometimes default roles are not enough, and we have one-off situations. Editorial
Access Manager lets you set which users or roles have access to specific posts. 
Perhaps you have a user who is a Contributor, but you want them to have access to
edit one specific page? This plugin can help you.

#### Configuration Overview

There are no overarching settings for this plugin. Simply go to the edit post screen
in the WordPress admin and
 configure access settings in the “Editorial Access Manager”
meta box in the sidebar.

#### Managing Access by Roles

In the “Editorial Access Manager” meta box, enable custom access management by “
Roles”. Once enabled, the post can only be
 edited by users that fall into those
roles. However, no matter what, the Administrator role can always edit any post.
This if for safety reasons. You can also only use roles that have the “edit_posts”
capability; therefore “Subscriber” by default cannot be used.

#### Managing Access by Users

In the “Editorial Access Manager” meta box, enable custom access management by “
Users”. Once enabled, the post can only be
 edited by designated users. However,
no matter what, any administrator can edit any post. This if for safety reasons.
You can also only use users that have the “edit_others_posts” capability; therefore“
Subscriber” users by default cannot be used.

Fork the plugin on [Github](http://github.com/tlovett1/editorial-access-manager)

## Installation

 1. Upload and activate the plugin.
 2. Browse to any post in the WordPress admin and navigate to the “Editorial Access
    Management” meta box in
     the sidebar.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2f773caa80ba0e0906d6eda230753d42f21e2c649ffbf5d62f3d2f1b23c39128?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-2960/)󠁿

 [Satyanarayan IYENGAR](https://profiles.wordpress.org/satyablogadmin/) ޖުލައި 12,
2018

Good one

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Looks great but doesn't seem to be working now](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looks-great-but-doesnt-seem-to-be-working-now/)󠁿

 [Janafor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janafor/) ސެޕްޓެމްބަރ 3, 2016 1 reply

This plugin would really help me but it seems like it’s not working anymore 🙁 crying…

 [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/editorial-access-manager/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Editorial Access Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Taylor Lovett ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlovett1/)

“Editorial Access Manager” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/editorial-access-manager/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Editorial Access Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/editorial-access-manager)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/editorial-access-manager/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/editorial-access-manager/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/editorial-access-manager/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/editorial-access-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.2

 * Only enqueue scripts and styles when editing a public post type. Props [jeremyfelt](https://github.com/jeremyfelt)

#### 0.3.1

 * Fix bug where logged out user could edit role restricted post [@tripgrass](https://github.com/tripgrass)

#### 0.3.0

 * Bulk edit access. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Filterable post types. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Custom capability to use EAM meta box. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)

#### 0.2.0

 * Add Italian language support. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Add post table column to show editorial access. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Remove source file for minified CSS. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Tweak capability handling. Props [@marcochiesi](https://github.com/marcochiesi)
 * Add proper bower.json
 * Cleanup messy JavaScript
 * Remove unit testing of unnecessary WP versions

#### 0.1.1

 * Properly revoke access, if necessary, for users that have edit_page but not edit_post.

#### 0.1.0

 * Plugin release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.2**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **80+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/) and [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/editorial-access-manager)
 * Tags
 * [role management](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/role-management/)[user capabilities](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-capabilities/)
   [user permissions](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-permissions/)[user roles](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-roles/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://dv.wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-access-manager/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.9 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  7 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/editorial-access-manager/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  1 4-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/editorial-access-manager/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Taylor Lovett ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tlovett1/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/editorial-access-manager/)

## Donate

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