Author Category

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1. ★★★★★ Leo Antonioli

   7.5y ago

   Não restringe as categorias, pelo menos a partir do WordPress 5.1.1 🙁

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2. ★★★★★ Jennifer Moss

   11.1y ago

   We use categories as separate “Blogs” on our site. So it is critical that one blogger does not post in another’s category. This makes it simple to make sure of that. Thanks!

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3. ★★★★★ gilvancn

   11.8y ago

   I really enjoyed this plugin to get the smartphone and test to see how he quit. To my misfortune he showed all categories ability to author that I had set only one category to be displayed. TRADUZIDO PELO GOOGLE TRADUTOR DE: Não funciona na versão móvel do wordpress Gostei muito deste plug-in mas quando testei no smartphone para ver como ele se saia. Para minha infelicidade, ele mostrou todas as categorias da capacidade “autor” e eu havia definido apenas uma categoria a ser exibida para autores.

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4. ★★★★★ gilvancn

   11.8y ago

   I really enjoyed this plugin to get the smartphone and test to see how he quit. To my misfortune he showed all categories ability to author that I had set only one category to be displayed.

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   12.5y ago

   This plugin works perfectly in a multi-author environment when you don’t want every author to be able to post to whichever category they want. I’m using it for a school. So, the coaches can post to “athletics.”

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6. ★★★★★ krogan.ro

   12.7y ago

   works as described 🙂

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7. ★★★★★ gerardbik

   12.7y ago

   It looks like this plugin is going to solve the problem of having 12 different schoolteachers supply posts for just the blog of their own class. The school has a Multisite with four sub-sites. No problems found so far. Thanks!

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8. ★★★★★ Mustafa

   12.9y ago

   it works fine for new posts, only the allowed category is displayed. however, posts in different categories can be edited, and the post’s category is changed to the allowed one. it’s a severe bug! if it’s fixed, it’ll be a great, easy to use plugin!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.8 Added POT file for translations. Added french translation. Fixed translation loading to an earlest time to allow panel translation. 0.8
2. — Version 0.7 updated simple panel version. added textdomain to plugin and to option panel. wrapped checkboxes with labels categoires are now ordered by name. 0.7
3. — Version 0.6 Fixed xmlrpc posting issue. Added an option panel to allow configuration of multiple categories. added An action hook in_author_category_metabox 0.6
4. — Version 0.5 Added post by mail category limitation. 0.5
5. — Version 0.4 Added support for multiple categories per user. added option to remove user selected category. 0.4
6. — Version 0.3 added plugin links, added XMLRPC and Quickpress support changed category save function from save_post to default input_tax field. added a function to overwrite default category option per user. 0.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-12-13 5K+ → 4K+ down after 423 days in tier
2. 2024-10-16 4K+ → 5K+ up after 87 days in tier
3. 2024-07-21 5K+ → 4K+ down

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