Featuring guest bloggers without them having access to the site

  • Resolved Torvon

    (@torvon)


    7 years ago

    I am running a blog for which I solicit guest blogs. For these, I created accounts for authors, and then posted for them (using my administrator account). I don’t want them to have access to the site (I created “author” accounts in wordpress).

    Today, a pingback email was generated, and the email sent to me, but also the author of the post. He could use this link to then reset his password and log into the website, and has access to most features. This is worrisome and I never intended for this.

    Would you recommend:
    1) A better solution (I don’t want authors to log in).
    2) A way to migrate the current solution (18 guest authors) to the better solutio you proposed in 1).

    Thanks!

    • This topic was modified 7 years ago by Torvon.

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  • There are a handle of plugins that do 1). Example is https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/molongui-authorship/

    He could use this link to then reset his password and log into the website, and has access to most features. This is worrisome and I never intended for this.

    What user level did you grant these folks? If you make them CONTRIBUTORS, they can only see their own posts and write new ones. They wouldn’t see themes, plugins, other authors’ posts or anything else. Also, new posts they make wouldn’t appear live on the site unless approved by an admin or editor.

    Thread Starter Torvon

    (@torvon)

    Thanks George. I made them “authors”. So “contributors” have fewer rights? Couldn’t really find a list of what category of users have what kind of rights. Again, I don’t want people to actually log in (I post stuff for them), I just need the accounts with email & name so they appear as authors of the posts.

    luisthegeek

    (@luisthegeek)

    1) A better solution (I don’t want authors to log in).

    If you do not want them to log in, try using a plugin such as User Submitted Posts

    2) A way to migrate the current solution (18 guest authors) to the better solutio you proposed in 1).

    If you want another solution, I would recommend using a plugin such as User Role Editor to allow you to create custom user roles (for example Guest blogger) and give them special permissions restricting them access to everything other than their own posts.

    Thread Starter Torvon

    (@torvon)

    This is super helpful, thanks!

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