WordPress.org

Author: CMSBuilder Jonnya PeteInnes

Post Control from WordPress CMS Modifications builds upon the new controls in WordPress 2.7 to give you complete control over your write options. It not only allows you to hides unwanted items like custom fields, trackbacks, revisions etc. but also gives you a whole lot more control over how WordPress deals with creating content! This helps you use WordPress more like a CMS, alowing you to totally customise what your authors see and use.

The latest version of Post Control covers all features of WordPress 2.7 and is a substantial upgrade over the previous version - including full admin over-ride of hidden panels from users of lower levels.

IMPORTANT - If you are still using WordPress 2.6.x you can use the previous stable release of this plugin that was designed for full compatibility with WordPress v2.5-2.6.3

With this plugin you can control the following advanced options:

• Force standard browser upload instead of Flash upload - great if you are having trouble with the Flash uploader, this stops you needing to select 'browser uploader' every time if the Flash uploader doesn't work for you!

• Turn off the revisions feature completely, some people don't want to use this. This is great when you are developing a site - why clutter up your database with loads of revisions when you don't need them! Just turn them off whilst you are developing the site, then turn back on if you want the functionality back on site launch!

• Turn off the auto save feature, some people have problems with this or don't wish to be interrupted as they type.

• Create a collapsable message panel that appears below the write panel, allowing you to show messages to authors.

• Hide the Screen Options and Help dropdown introduced in WordPress 2.7

• Hide the favorites dropdown in the admin header introduced in WordPress 2.7

• Hide the Dashboard QuickPress panel introduced in WordPress 2.7

You can control the display of the following post options:

• Post: Preview button
• Post: Permalink
• Post: Tags
• Post: Categories
• Post: Excerpt
• Post: Trackbacks
• Post: Custom fields
• Post: Discussion
• Post: Comment & ping options

You can control the display of the following page options:

• Page: Custom fields
• Page: Discussion
• Page: Comment & ping options
• Page: Attributes

You can control the display of the following global post/page options:

• Post & Page: Publish visibility
• Post & Page: Publish date
• Post & Page: Media upload
• Post & Page: Revisions menu
• Post & Page: Word count

We love WordPress, and think it makes a fantastic CMS - this plugin goes one step further to making WordPress behave more like a CMS and a-little less like a blog! Some of the options are confusing for many people (or they simply don't use them!), so make their lives simple by using Post Control!

This plugin builds upon some great work by Brady J. Frey, Mark Jaquith. Many thanks to Pete Innes for bug swatting, testing and fresh eyes on the code!