Title: [Plugin: Edit Flow] Editflow features
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Edit Flow] Editflow features

 *  [lbolognini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbolognini/)
 * (@lbolognini)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-edit-flow-editflow-features/)
 * Does Editflow enforce a default status for everything, say, written by
    Authors
   that don’t have Editor level?
 * Say I edit my site with another person but I don’t want him to be able
    to publish
   until I review the post. Or maybe I want to “trust” someone without giving him
   the Editor role but I want him to publish everything without me reviewing it 
   first.
 * Are these scenarios currently supported?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Bachhuber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielbachhuber/)
 * (@danielbachhuber)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-edit-flow-editflow-features/#post-1766653)
 * Hey Lorenzo,
    I’d recommend looking at [WordPress’ Roles and Capabilities](http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities),
   which would probably allow you to do what you want to do outside of Edit Flow.
   For instance, if you wanted to give a user the ability to write a post but not
   publish, you’d make them a “Contributor”. If you want to allow them to publish
   but not edit others’ posts, you’d make them an “Author”.
 * Does that address your scenario? If not, could you explain further?
 * Thanks,
 * Daniel
 *  [qrandle2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qrandle2/)
 * (@qrandle2)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-edit-flow-editflow-features/#post-1767035)
 * Great plug-in… Trying to decide if it will work for my purposes.
 * My scenario would be something similar. It’s great to be able to add custom statuses
   for organizational purposes. But is there a way to associate hierarchically specific
   access/roles to those new statuses? It other words, what’s they point of having
   all the statuses if basically all the editors still have the same capabilities?
   So I’m exaggerating here a bit, but let’s say I set up these new statuses. How
   do I create roles where Desk Editor only push it up to the next level (or back
   down) but not beyond.
    STATUSES Ready for Desk Editor Ready for Copy Desk Ready
   for Executive Editor Ready for Publisher (who publishes it)
 * In regular WP, there are basically three levels of roles: writing, editing and
   publishing. I don’t want someone who is a desk editor to be able to mess with
   stuff that’s already gone to the copy desk. I don’t want the copy desk to be 
   able to get to things that are still at the desk editor phase (role).
 * Granted, if everyone “follows the rules” then just having custom statuses can
   work but I want to maintain the integrity of the edits at one level, so once 
   they go up, then can’t be messed with by those “below.”
 * I’ve examined all of the various role plug ins, but you are still dealing with
   the same basically levels of writing, editing and publishing, that’s it.
 * Quint

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-edit-flow-editflow-features/#post-1767035)
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