Wordpress Plugin Repsonsible Author

This plugin adds a meta field to the post objects named _responsible_author. The value is a list of user ids that are set as responsible for the post. The plugin allow to define whether a single user is responsible or many users can be selected as responsible. Also, the admin may define on which post types (e.g. pages only) the field should appear.

Installation

1. Create a new diretory responsible-author in your Wordpress plugins directory.
2. Copy the contents of thius repository inside the new directory.
3. Login to your Wordpress admin panel and go to Plugins. The new plugin should be listed there.
4. Click on "Activate" to enable the plugin.
5. Go to the plugin settings and add the post types where you wish that this field appears and save the setting.

Usage

Whenever you edit a post that is of the type where the meta field should appear, you see in the right column a box "Responsible Author" where you can select one or many users. After managing the selection the post must be updated to save the meta data field.

History

1.1

• Use checkboxes to select post types in admin.
• Use public post types only and display their names instead of the internal key.
• Hide post meta key from being viewed directly when editing a post.
• Add upgrade routine with version compare.

1.0

Initial Release