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Blog Write

Blog Write is a lightweight and user-friendly WordPress plugin designed to enhance your blogging experience. It provides seamless integration with the WordPress dashboard to help bloggers create, manage, and customize their posts more efficiently. Key Features: Simple and intuitive user interface for quick blog post creation.

by Esteham H Zihad Ansari · github.com/esteham/blog-write · website

★ 8stars

Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/esteham/blog-write/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/esteham/blog-write ↗

📝 Blog Write – Custom Blog Editor Plugin for WordPress

Blog Write is a lightweight and developer-friendly WordPress plugin that allows site admins and editors to create and manage blog posts directly from a custom interface. Designed for simplicity and speed, this plugin integrates seamlessly with your WordPress installation and enhances the content writing workflow.

🚀 Features

  • ✅ Custom blog post submission form
  • 🖊️ Rich text editor using WordPress's built-in wp_editor()
  • 🧾 Title, content, excerpt, tags, and category input support
  • 📁 Media upload support (optional)
  • 🕵️ Role-based access control (Admin & Editor by default)
  • 📜 Clean and secure code structure following WP standards

📦 Folder Structure

blog-write/
├── blog-write.php          # Main plugin file
├── includes/
│   └── form-handler.php    # Handles post submission logic
├── templates/
│   └── blog-form.php       # Form UI template
├── assets/
│   └── css/
│       └── style.css       # Optional styling
└── README.md

⚙️ Installation 🔌 Manual Install

Clone or download this repository:
    git clone https://github.com/esteham/blog-write.git
Upload the blog-write folder to your WordPress /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

Go to your WordPress Admin → Plugins → Activate “Blog Write”.

🌐 From Admin Panel

Download the ZIP of this repo.

Go to WordPress Admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.

Choose the ZIP file and click Install, then Activate.

🧰 How to Use

After activation, go to your WordPress Admin Dashboard.

Navigate to Posts → Blog Write Form (or a custom page where the form is embedded).

Fill in the blog title, content, category, etc.

Click “Publish” to create the post.

You can also embed the form on any page using a shortcode (if added):

[blog_write_form]

🔐 User Roles & Access

By default, only users with edit_posts capability (like Admins and Editors) can access and use the blog write form. This can be changed in the plugin settings or manually in the code. 📌 Requirements

WordPress 5.5 or later

PHP 7.2+

MySQL 5.6+ or MariaDB

📤 Future Improvements (Planned)

Media upload support

Draft saving feature

Success/error alert UI

Frontend form shortcode

Rich category & tag suggestion

🤝 Contributing

Have suggestions or want to improve the plugin?

Fork this repo

Create a feature branch

Submit a pull request with clear description

🧑‍💻 Author

Esteham H. Zihad Ansari
📧 Email: estahamulhasan@gmail.com
🌐 GitHub: @esteham
📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Feel free to use, modify, and share!