[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Find out how many posts a person can publish or submit for review.
If you’re running a multi-author website or have a large number of contributors, limiting the number of new posts can be advantageous. So you can simply manage material on your site, you can limit the number of articles a user can contribute.
How to add a post creation restriction for users on your WordPress site is covered in this article.
Who Needs to Limit WordPress Post Creation?
Some bloggers limit the number of entries any author can submit per day, per week, or even by month if they run a multi-author site.
You may better manage your website’s content and editorial workflow by limiting postings per author. Having extra time will allow you to read and review more articles, as well as assign different themes to different authors.
Think about a WordPress membership site that allows its members to promote their content via announcements.
Alternatively, you may limit the amount of announcements each member can post every week or month.
A listing directory of some sort is another wonderful use case. Have a realty website where agents may list properties? It is possible to set a daily or monthly limit on the number of properties each agent can add.
That said, let’s take a look at how to limit the number of posts that users can submit and create.
How to Limit User Posts in WordPress
Using a WordPress plugin, you can quickly limit articles for various users without touching a single line of code.
We’ll be utilizing the User Post Limit plugin for this lesson. It’s a free plugin that allows you to set post restrictions with a few clicks.
Once the plugin is activated, navigate to Settings » Posts Limit on your WordPress dashboard. You’ll find options to set post restrictions depending on different user roles from there.
The plugin allows you to edit the notification that a user will receive when they surpass the limit in the ‘text’ box. There are more complex choices available, but the default settings will do for the majority of users.
Following that, you can choose a user role for which you want to set a post limit. You can, for example, choose Author, Editor, Administrator, or any other role from the dropdown menu.
After you’ve chosen the user role, you can limit the type of content you want to restrict. In the dropdown menu, you’ll find options such as posts, pages, media, revisions, and more.
After that, set a restriction for the number of postings a user can make and choose a cycle, such as days, years, months, or weeks. When you’re finished, remember to click the ‘Save Changes’ option.
We hope this article has assisted you in implementing a post creation restriction for WordPress users on your site.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
