Publishers
Includes: shortcodes, profile and post editor enhancements, membership control, and other features for improved editing and management of multi-author teams.
Consider an alternative
Publishers shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.8 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Publishers stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| Blogs | >100 |
| companion-plugin | >100 |
| magazines | >100 |
| Publishers | #71 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Publishers
From the official readme · v1.0.1Description
Companion plugin for the Publishers theme.
Includes: shortcodes, profile and post editor enhancements, membership control, and other features for improved editing and management of multi-author teams.
Note: There are some cool features here that will work in other themes too, but they’ve been designed specially for the Publishers theme.
Features:
- Add SEO, social media, and schema tags
- If you would like to enable the dark mode feature, simply add a new menu item to any of your menus (and give it the class lights and
#for the URL) - You can also add the dark/light mode switcher as a button anywhere you like and style it with
<span class="lights"><a href="#" class="button black">Lights</a></span> - Use the shortcode
[non-member]...[/non-member]to show content to logged-out visitors only - Use the shortcode
[member]...[/member]to show content to logged-in members only - Use the shortcode
[access capability="read"]...[/access]to show content to users with specific capabilities - Use the shortcode
[share]to add share buttons to posts - You’ll find new optional profile fields: Public Email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and Twitch
- Add a body class for the logged-in user role
- Improved post editor tools/buttons
- Add subtitles/sub-headers to posts
- Feature posts on homepage
- Show a link to editor notes and guidelines in the post editor
- Uploaded images automatically have titles and alts generated
- Stop contributors from being able to delete files
- Receive an email for guest post submissions, and guests receive a follow-up email based on whether you published or deleted their submission
- Uncluttered admin and post editor screens for authors
- The /author/ slug in URLs is rewritten to /writer/
- New users are automatically logged in when they register
- Improved images handling: unnecessary files sizes aren’t generated, thumbnails are generated for RSS feeds
- Users are sortable by registration date
- Records user IPs to assist with anti-spam measures and security whitelisting
- More to come…
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FAQ
Publishers: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 4, 2026
Is Publishers free?
Yes. Publishers is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Publishers safe to use in 2026?
Publishers shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 9 months ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Publishers?
Publishers is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,160 times since it launched in February 2021. It was downloaded 80 times in the last 30 days.
Does Publishers work with WordPress 7.1?
Publishers is officially tested up to WordPress 6.8.10, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Publishers last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.1, was released on January 21, 2026 (9 months ago).
Who makes Publishers?
Publishers is developed and maintained by Web Guy.
What are the best alternatives to Publishers?
The most popular alternatives to Publishers are Ultra Companion (1K+ installs), WP Over Network (80+ installs) and BuddyPress Groupblog (50+ installs).
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