Shows who actually clicked Publish beside the credited post author—without opening a separate activity log.
Alternatives to Published By
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Email the press office, client or author the moment their post goes live, with the direct link. No newsletter, no list: one recipient per post.
Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Track who actually publishes and edits WordPress content, independently from the assigned post author.
Auto post WordPress posts to Facebook Business Pages with queueing and retries. Pro adds scheduling, featured images and additional post types.
Auto Post Publisherv1.8.1
Automatically publishes scheduled posts that may have missed their scheduled time.
ETBS Edit Conflict Guardv1.2.1
Actually blocks the save, not just the notice: a per-post exclusive lock that stops a second editor from overwriting someone else's work.
Advance User CRUD lets you see different posts, pages and attachments created by a user. And lets you manage the user generated posts.
Auto post and schedule WordPress posts to Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky and more, right from the editor.
PilotDeck Connectorv1.3.1
Publish content from PilotDeck into WordPress with the SEO meta, FAQ schema and author details that the core REST API silently discards.