Scott Reilly

This plugin records which user actually published a post, which in a multi-author environment may not always be the original post author. This helps to maintain accountability for who was ultimately responsible for a post appearing live on a site.
The admin listing of posts is amended with a new “Published By” column that shows the name of the person who published the post (for those posts that have actually been published). A dropdown above admin post listings allows for the listing to be filtered by a particular publishing user (but only includes posts with a known publishing user).
For posts that were published prior to the use of this plugin (and thus the plugin could not directly record who published those posts), the plugin makes a best guess attempt to ascertain who published the post. After failing to find the publisher of the post as recorded by the plugin, it checks for who last edited the post, then who is responsible for the latest revision of the post, and finally failing those, it assumes it was the post author. In cases where it had to go through this process, the name of the person it deduced as the likely publisher appears italicized and with a question mark at the end. If you’d rather the plugin not make an attempt to guess the publisher, you can disable the checks by including this snippet in your theme’s functions.php (or, ideally, a site-specific mu-plugin):
<pre><code><?php add_filter( 'c2c_published_by_skip_guessing', '__return_true' ); ?>
</code></pre>
Links: <a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/published-by/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/published-by/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/published-by/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="http://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>

Published By

Track which user actually published a post, separate from who created the post. Display that info as a column in admin post listings.

ContentBeast

ContentBeast Auto Publisher automatically receives and publishes SEO-optimized blog articles to your WordPress site from ContentBeast.com.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Automatic Article Publishing – Receives articles via secure webhook and publishes them automatically</li>
<li>SEO Meta Descriptions – Automatically includes meta descriptions for better search engine optimization</li>
<li>Multi-SEO Plugin Support – Works with Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, and SEOPress</li>
<li>Featured Images – Automatically downloads and sets featured images</li>
<li>Tags & Categories – Automatically creates and assigns tags and categories</li>
<li>Scheduled Publishing – Schedule articles for future publication</li>
<li>Daily Cron Job – Optional daily automated publishing at 2am CST</li>
<li>Secure Webhook – HMAC signature verification for secure connections</li>
<li>Clean & Fast – Lightweight plugin with no bloat</li>
</ul>
How It Works:
<ol>
<li>Connect your WordPress site to ContentBeast.com</li>
<li>ContentBeast generates high-quality, SEO-optimized articles</li>
<li>Articles are automatically pushed to your WordPress site</li>
<li>Published articles include meta descriptions, tags, categories, and featured images</li>
</ol>
Third-Party Service:
This plugin connects to ContentBeast.com (https://contentbeast.com) to receive article content. By using this plugin, you agree to ContentBeast’s terms of service and privacy policy:
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://contentbeast.com/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://contentbeast.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
The plugin sends your API key to authenticate with ContentBeast.com and receives article data including: 
* Article title and content 
* Meta descriptions for SEO 
* Tags and categories 
* Featured image URLs 
* Publishing status and scheduling information
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>A ContentBeast.com account</li>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
This plugin connects to ContentBeast.com to receive article content. The plugin sends: 
* Your API key for authentication 
* Webhook requests from ContentBeast.com are received and processed
No user data or personal information is collected or transmitted by this plugin beyond what is necessary for the webhook functionality.
For more information, see ContentBeast’s privacy policy at https://contentbeast.com/privacy

ContentBeast Auto Publisher

Automated SEO blog writer and publisher that drives endless traffic.

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