Publishpress Series Pro
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What is PublishPress Series Pro?
PublishPress Series Pro is a comprehensive WordPress plugin designed to help site administrators, content creators, and educators group related articles, tutorials, or stories into sequential series. Instead of relying on standard categories or tags that show posts in reverse-chronological order, this tool establishes clear hierarchies, automated navigation links, and dedicated index pages for multi-part content.
Latest Version 3.1.3 Changes
PublishPress Series Pro version 3.1.3 focuses on improving the onboarding experience with a new welcome panel and making the settings area easier to understand through descriptions and visual grouping. The update also includes crucial bug fixes, such as resolving a fatal error, addressing PHP 8.5 compatibility, and fixing a database upgrade issue. Additionally, developer-focused improvements include safer template handling, code cleanup, and repository workflow updates.
- Added a welcome panel designed to guide new users toward creating their first Series.
- Added a description to each editor setting to explain its purpose.
- Indented sub-settings visually below their parent setting for easier scanning.
- Linked Pro feature badges to the Series upgrade page.
- Fixed the category filter on the Add Series screen.
- Resolved a fatal error involving ‘Cannot redeclare ppseriesaddonssettings_hooks()’.
Who is PublishPress Series Pro For?
This plugin is ideal for anyone publishing serialized content on WordPress. It serves magazines publishing multi-part investigative pieces, fiction writers releasing chapters online, educators structuring online courses, and niche bloggers creating step-by-step tutorial series. Readers benefit from intuitive navigation that guides them effortlessly from one part of a story or guide to the next.
Key Capabilities and Features
- Automated series navigation links placed on posts to guide readers forward and backward.
- Customizable post list boxes and metadata displays for each series.
- Flexible management tools allowing posts to belong to single or multiple series simultaneously.
- Dedicated welcome panels and streamlined editor settings for a smooth administrative workflow.
- Robust template controls to customize how series indices and lists appear on the frontend.
Practical WordPress Use Cases
PublishPress Series Pro fits seamlessly into various publishing workflows. Online magazines use it to bundle special reports. Tech blogs use it to group multi-part software installation tutorials. Educational websites rely on it to organize lesson plans sequentially, ensuring students read study materials in the correct logical order without manual internal linking.
Setup and Compatibility
Setting up the plugin involves installing the package, navigating to the new series management screen, and assigning existing or new posts to your newly created series. The software integrates smoothly with standard block editor workflows and supports modern PHP environments, ensuring reliable performance across contemporary WordPress installations.
Reasons to Choose PublishPress Series Pro on WPPick
Choosing PublishPress Series Pro equips your website with professional-grade content structuring tools that enhance user engagement and reduce bounce rates. By keeping readers on your site longer through connected reading paths, you improve overall user experience and content discoverability.
Latest Version Context
Version 3.1.3 introduces a dedicated welcome panel to guide new users, improves editor setting descriptions with visual sub-setting indentations, and updates template tag escaping for enhanced security. This release also resolves important bugs, including a fatal settings hook redeclaration error, PHP 8.5 deprecation warnings, and category filtering issues on the Add Series screen.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a single post belong to more than one series?
Yes, the plugin supports assigning posts to multiple series depending on your content strategy and organizational needs.
Does PublishPress Series Pro automatically add navigation links to posts?
Yes, it automatically generates previous and next navigation links for posts included within a series, helping readers move through the sequence easily.
Is the plugin compatible with standard WordPress themes?
PublishPress Series Pro works natively with standard WordPress block themes and classic themes, utilizing standard template hooks and shortcodes for display.
How do readers view all parts of a series together?
The plugin generates a dedicated series overview page that lists all articles belonging to that specific sequence in the correct chronological order.
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- Updates may be delayed compared to official releases
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Quick Tips for Best Experience
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- Added: Add a welcome panel with the first steps for new users #1170
- Added: Add a Dependabot triage workflow #1145
- Changed: Add a description to each setting in the editor #1150
- Changed: Indent the sub-settings below their parent setting #1149
- Changed: Link the PRO badges to the Series upgrade page #1148
- Changed: Replace the use of extract() with explicit variable assignments #1153
- Changed: Refactor the ppseries_get_series_slug() function #1144 (thanks @lenasterg)
- Changed: Update the dev-workspace and the GitHub workflows #1133
- Changed: Add a workflow to sync the changelog #297
- Fixed: Fatal error "Cannot redeclare ppseries_addons_settings_hooks()" #1139
- Fixed: The category filter is broken on the Add Series screen #1172
- Fixed: PHP 8.5 deprecation warnings from SplObjectStorage #1163
- Fixed: The string "Custom Template" is hard-coded and not translatable #1154
- Fixed: The top banner is missing on three screens in the Free plugin #1147
- Fixed: Improve the escaping and the sanitization in the series navigation template tags #1141
- Fixed: The series icon column upgrade fails in the database #1143 (thanks @lenasterg)
- Fixed: Resolve the open Dependabot security alerts in the development dependencies #305
- Restructured Pro plugin to include Free as Composer dependency
- Pro now extends Free functionality via hooks instead of code duplication
- Patch for XSS Vulnerability
- Series Post Navigation editor #998
- Add a View link from the Series Order screen #984
- Add a checkbox to migrate terms to new taxonomies
- Border color does not match on Post List Box
- ES-FR-IT Translation #1002
- Series Post Details editor #969
- Resolve PHP warning on Post List Box editor #944
- Custom template on Post List Box not working #948
- Fix domain in some strings (credit @DAnn2012)
- Increase shortcode size on Post List Box #951
- Remove description, image, order on series creation #949
- Remove shortcode link in Post List Box editor #954
- Allow to choose different fallback featured image #953
- Add "not part of a series" on multiple series #913
- New Post List Box Editor #933
- Remove Old translation file #912
- Remove "Bulk Actions" from Series Order #660
- Update promo banner using new style #915
- Clean up "Series" screen whitespace #940
- Enable Multiple Series by default #937
- Update "Templates" tab #939
- Bulk edit is not available for Series on custom post type #731
- Excerpt not returned on single series post #897
- Missing translationg strings in Series Free #879
- Only public post type to show #730
- Missing translationg strings in Series Pro #880
- Scheduled posts publish with no part, #821
- Update banner library #914
- New Promo for Pro version #901
- Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time #900
- Warning when SiteOrigin active #866
- Hide the metabox if there are no Series #902
- Hide Filter on CPT #875