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<p>Your older posts can quickly become out-of-date and require editing to provide up-to-date information.<br />
For instance, posts at medical sites might require regular reviews to make sure they’re keeping up with the latest research.<br />
Spritz keeps track of when each post needs to be reviewed.<br />
When the time arrives, the post is marked as needing review and an optional email is sent to the admin user.<br />
You can adjust the timing on a per-post basis if you want: some posts might require monthly reviews, others might only need them yearly.<br />
A listing page shows the current state of each post.<br />
You can even subject the review to a further approval step if you want.</p>
<p>To read more about ‘Spritz’ visit <a href="https://wisdomtree.dev/spritz-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a>.</p>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>A post can be in one of the following states: NEUTRAL, AWAITING_REVIEW, REVIEWED, NEEDS_WORK, APPROVED, or DISAPPROVED.<br />
Each post has a “Next action date”.<br />
If the post is in REVIEWED or APPROVED state, it’s moved into AWAITING_REVIEW state on the “Next action date”.<br />
Then, it’s expected that an admin will put the post into the REVIEWED or APPROVED state. After an admin does that, the timer starts over again.<br />
Of course, an admin could also put the post into the NEEDS_WORK or DISAPPROVED state,<br />
but what happens in that case is beyond the scope of this plugin.</p>
<h3>Details</h3>
<p>Screenshot 1 shows the sidebar where you set the state of your posts.<br />
At the top it shows the current state, the next action date, and the note on the current state.<br />
Below that, you can set the new state and provide notes.<br />
To add the new state, you have to check the confirm checkbox and save the post.<br />
At the bottom you can override the settings just for this post, see below.</p>
<p>Screenshot 2 shows the settings screen.<br />
If you check ‘Automatically approve posts’, any time a post is put into the REVIEWED state,<br />
it will automatically be moved into the APPROVED state. If you don’t check that, an admin<br />
will need to move it into the APPROVED state manually.<br />
‘Number of days’ controls the timer.<br />
The other settings are for the email that’s sent out when a post is moved into the AWAITING_REVIEW state.<br />
If you don’t fill out all three email fields, no email will be sent out.</p>
<p>Referring back to Screenshot 1, you can override settings on a per-post basis.<br />
For instance, you might want some posts to be reviewed more frequently than others.<br />
You can also change the auto-approval settings.<br />
As with setting the new state, you have to check the confirm checkbox to have the overrides saved.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>Three shortcodes are provided: [spritz_post_status], [spritz_post_note], and [spritz_post_nextreviewdate].<br />
If used on a post, those show the current status of the post, the last note, and the next review date.<br />
If used on something other than a post, nothing is shown.</p>
<h3>Multiple Roles</h3>
<p>If you have multiple roles that will review posts, you’ll need to install one of the many<br />
member plugins that are available.<br />
Screenshot 4 is from one of those plugins.<br />
Only roles with the ‘spritz_edit_settings’ permission can change the global settings.<br />
Only roles with the ‘spritz_override_post_settings’ permission can override those global settings on a per-post basis.<br />
The other permissions are of the form ‘spritz_transition_from_X_to_Y’.<br />
You may decide that users of a certain role can move a post from REVIEWED to NEEDS_WORK but not vice versa, and so on.</p>
<h3>Customizations</h3>
<p>If you’d like a customization for a reasonable fee, please contact us with the details:<br />
https://wisdomtree.dev/contact/feedback</p>
<h3>Support future development</h3>
<p>Your generous support will help support new versions:<br />
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4U3VYC5LNWRM4</p>
<h3>Additional Documentation</h3>


Spritz

Spritz reminds you to review or refresh your WordPress posts on a regular basis.

Unioney

<p>Author by Category helps news websites and multi-user blogs keep post authors consistent without disrupting the editorial workflow. The plugin is not limited to authors. <strong>Administrators can assign any user — including editors, contributors, or themselves — to any category.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create simple rules that connect categories to specific users.  </li>
<li>When a post is saved with those categories, the plugin can automatically assign the author.  </li>
<li>If an editor changes the author manually, their choice is always remembered.  </li>
<li>This prevents posts from being published under the wrong name by accident.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works with any user — not just authors.  </li>
<li>Admins can assign any user (editor, contributor, etc.) to any category.  </li>
<li>Manual author selection is always allowed and remembered.  </li>
<li>Rules can include multiple categories; first match wins.  </li>
<li>Duplicate guard: one category can only be used in one rule.  </li>
<li>Optimized for large sites with many users.  </li>
<li>Secure: follows WordPress coding standards (nonces, capability checks, sanitization).  </li>
<li>Compatible with scheduled posts, REST publishing, PHP 8, and the latest WordPress versions.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Best Practice for Performance</h3>
<p>For smooth scheduling and zero-maintenance cron execution, we recommend hosting your WordPress site on <a href="https://ihost.eco" rel="nofollow ugc">ihost</a> WordPress Cloud Hosting.<br />
See FAQ <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Recommended Hosting for an <strong>ihost-optimised <code>php.ini</code> template</strong> you can copy and paste.</p>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>Scheduled posts: applies the correct author at publish time.  </li>
<li>REST/remote publishing: ensures the correct author after categories and content are set.  </li>
<li>Designed for large editorial teams.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Author by Category</strong> and create rules that match categories to users.  </li>
<li>When a post is saved or published, the plugin checks which categories are selected.  </li>
<li>If a matching rule is found, the post author is updated automatically.  </li>
<li>If an editor changes the author manually, the plugin remembers that choice for future posts with the same categories.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or share any data.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by <a href="https://unioney.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Unioney</a>.</p>


Author by Category

Automatically assign post authors based on categories, while keeping full manual control.

Spritz vs Author by Category