{"id":4440,"date":"2014-05-17T06:15:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T06:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.momizat.net\/goodnews\/?p=57"},"modified":"2014-05-17T06:15:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T06:15:04","slug":"restrict-authors-to-specific-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulandrashtrawadi.in\/?p=4440","title":{"rendered":"Restrict Authors to Specific Category in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running a multi-author site efficiently requires a good <a title=\"How to Improve your Editorial Workflow in Multi-Author WordPress Blogs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-improve-your-editorial-workflow-in-multi-author-wordpress-blogs\/\">editorial workflow<\/a>. If you have authors working on a specific topic, then one of the things you can do is limit their publishing capability only to a specific category. In this article, we will show you how to restrict authors to specific category in WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly useful if you have an author specific column on your site. Perhaps something like Dear Abby, or maybe you want to only allow certain authors to write in the Tech Category.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20322\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn4.wpbeginner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/blogsfb.jpg\" alt=\"Author Specific Blog Column\" width=\"520\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video Tutorial<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ft68QjKztUs?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t like the video or need more instructions, then continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>First thing you need to do is install and activate the <a title=\"Restrict Author Posting\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/restrict-author-posting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Restrict Author Posting<\/a> plugin. Upon activation, you need to go to <strong>Users<\/strong> screen, and click on the edit link next to the user you want to restrict.<\/p>\n<p>On the user\u2019s profile page, scroll down to the <em>Restrict Author Post to a category<\/em>section and select the category for the user to post into.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20172\" title=\"Restricting an author to a category\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn3.wpbeginner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/restrictauthorcategory.png\" alt=\"Restricting an author to a category\" width=\"520\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next time the user creates or edits a post they will see the notification that they are allowed to post only in that particular category.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20173\" title=\"Author restricted to post into specific category only\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn3.wpbeginner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/restrictedauthorview.png\" alt=\"Author restricted to post into specific category only\" width=\"520\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to remove the restriction from an author account, then simply visit their user profile again and scroll down to the <em>Restrict Author Post to a category<\/em> section. This time you need to select \u201cNo Restrict\u201d to remove the restriction.<\/p>\n<p>We hope this article helped you restrict authors to specific categories on your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this article, then please join us on <a title=\"WPBeginner on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wpbeginner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> or subscribe to our <a title=\"WPBeginner on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/wpbeginner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube Channel<\/a> for WordPress video tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from :http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-restrict-authors-specific-category-in-wordpress\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mom_quote \" style=\"font-family:verdana;font-size:14px;font-style:italic;border-left-color:#dd9933; color:#474747; background-color:#F5F5F5; \"><span class=\"quote-arrow\" style=\"border-left-color:#dd9933;\"><\/span>This Demo Content Brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/momizat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\">Momizat Team<\/a> <\/blockquote>\n<h2>this is tags and keywords : wordpress themes momizat Tutorial wordpress \u00a0templates<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a multi-author site efficiently requires a good editorial workflow. 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