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Collaborative Post Notes is a simple but powerful internal communication tool for WordPress teams. 
It adds a clean, threaded note system inside the post/page editor, allowing editors, authors, and content teams to communicate directly while working on content — with no external tools (Telegram, WhatsApp, etc.) needed.
This plugin improves your editorial workflow, reduces miscommunication, and keeps all discussions connected to the content they belong to.
<h3>Why use Collaborative Post Notes?</h3>
Managing content in a team often leads to scattered messages across multiple platforms. 
This plugin solves that problem by keeping all notes, replies, and discussions inside WordPress, right inside the editor.
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Instant AJAX notes — add notes without saving/updating the post</li>
<li>Threaded (nested) notes — reply inside discussions like a mini comment system</li>
<li>Resolve / unresolve notes — mark discussions as handled</li>
<li>@mentions — mention teammates with autocomplete</li>
<li>Email notifications — mentioned users receive an email with a link to the post</li>
<li>Delete notes — authors can delete their own notes; editors can delete any note</li>
<li>Custom post type support — enable notes on any public post type from Settings</li>
<li>Internal-only — notes never appear on the frontend</li>
<li>Lightweight — uses minimal database space, optimized for speed</li>
<li>Auto-recorded username & timestamp</li>
<li>Block editor compatible — works in the WordPress block editor and WordPress 7</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ideal For:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Editorial teams</li>
<li>Multi-author blogs</li>
<li>News websites</li>
<li>Agencies with content workflows</li>
<li>SEO/content strategy teams</li>
<li>Anyone who collaborates inside WordPress</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Open any supported post, page, or custom post type</li>
<li>Scroll to the Team Notes metabox</li>
<li>Add a top-level note or reply to existing ones</li>
<li>Mention teammates with <code>@username</code></li>
<li>Resolve notes when done</li>
<li>Notes save instantly via AJAX</li>
</ol>
<h3>Private & Secure</h3>
These notes are not public, not accessible through template files, and never appear on the frontend.

Collaborative Post Notes

A lightweight, threaded internal notes system for WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types. Perfect for editorial teams, content creators, and mu …

Automattic

Daniel Bachhuber

Gary Jones

Mohammad Jangda

Scott Bressler

Edit Flow empowers you to collaborate with your editorial team inside WordPress. We’ve made it modular so you can customize it to your needs:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/calendar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Calendar</a> – A convenient month-by-month look at your content.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/custom-statuses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Statuses</a> – Define the key stages to your workflow.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/editorial-comments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Editorial Comments</a> – Threaded commenting in the admin for private discussion between writers and editors.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/editorial-metadata/" rel="nofollow ugc">Editorial Metadata</a> – Keep track of the important details.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/notifications/" rel="nofollow ugc">Notifications</a> – Receive timely updates on the content you’re following.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/story-budget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Story Budget</a> – View your upcoming content budget.</li>
<li><a href="http://editflow.org/features/user-groups/" rel="nofollow ugc">User Groups</a> – Keep your users organized by department or function.</li>
</ul>
More details for each feature, screenshots and documentation can be found on <a href="http://editflow.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">our website</a>.
We’d love to hear from you! For support questions, feedback and ideas, please use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/edit-flow/" rel="ugc">WordPress.org forums</a>, which we look at often. If you’d like to contribute code, <a href="http://editflow.org/contribute/" rel="nofollow ugc">we’d love to have you involved</a>.

Edit Flow

I have a fresh install with no plugins and Twenty Seventeen and I get this error when I try to activate the plugin: 

The plugin does not have a valid header.

Is this plugin dead?

Unable to Activate

Great plugin, logical interface. But there are two huge downsides:


	No active support from the developers
	It does not work on Gutenberg


So if you're not working with Gutenberg (which will be the default editor in WP 5.0) and you have no need for support: go for it! Great plugin!
In all other cases: find something better, and let me know what you've found, I need a replacement as well ;)

Collaborative Post Notes vs Edit Flow