Title: Chief Editor
Author: termel
Published: <strong>Desembre 17, 2013</strong>
Last modified: Gener 29, 2020

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# Chief Editor

 By [termel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/munger41/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/chief-editor.zip)

 * [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chief-editor/)

## Description

This plugin is aimed to _help the multisite wordpress editor-in-chief_ in order 
to plan publication of posts. Both PRINT and WEB workflows.
 More particularly:

 * _Manage all posts_ across all sites in the network : they are shown with a link
   to the article for quick reviewing or editing.
 * _See all recent comments_ accross the network of a multisite install, a link 
   allow the user to answer directly.
 * _Author stats_ tab allow you to compare all authors efficiency accross the network.
   And give much more stats.
 * _One button ready for publication_ notification process in order for authors 
   to receive their post and validate it before publication
 * _Calendar_, allowing for global point of view, is available for chief editor 
   of blog network.
 * _Roles aware_ allow editors to manage almost all, and contributors to only see
   prepared posts.
 * _Custom statistics_ for more precise control

#### Translations

 * Serbo-Croatian : https://webhostinggeeks.com/

## Screenshots

[⌊Easily see all drafts, approved and scheduled posts across the network⌉⌊Easily
see all drafts, approved and scheduled posts across the network⌉[

Easily see all drafts, approved and scheduled posts across the network

[⌊See comments of all blogs in the same place, and get a direct link to answer⌉⌊
See comments of all blogs in the same place, and get a direct link to answer⌉[

See comments of all blogs in the same place, and get a direct link to answer

[⌊Complete stats per author, clic on column head to sort, then on button to trace
corresponding graphs⌉⌊Complete stats per author, clic on column head to sort, then
on button to trace corresponding graphs⌉[

Complete stats per author, clic on column head to sort, then on button to trace 
corresponding graphs

[⌊Horizontal Bars author stats using ChartNew.js lib⌉⌊Horizontal Bars author stats
using ChartNew.js lib⌉[

Horizontal Bars author stats using ChartNew.js lib

[⌊Pie Chart⌉⌊Pie Chart⌉[

Pie Chart

## Installation

 1. Upload `chief-editor.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory OR install with
    WP admin GUI at network level
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Settings available at network level : https://MY_SITE_URL/wp-admin/network/settings.
    php
 4. Single Site settings available at : https://MY_SITE_URL/wp-admin/options-general.
    php?page=chief_editor_single_options
 5. Dashboard available at each network site level : https://MY_SITE_URL/wp-admin/admin.
    php?page=chief-editor-dashboard

## FAQ

If you have questions, please [post a comment here](http://www.termel.fr/)

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Chief Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ termel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/munger41/)

[Translate “Chief Editor” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/chief-editor)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chief-editor/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/chief-editor/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chief-editor/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chief-editor/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 5.4.3

 * bugfix on swal calls

#### 5.4.2

 * better system requirements checks

#### 5.4.1

 * special chief editor roles to manage posts on multisite

#### 5.4.0

 * special chief editor roles to manage posts

#### 5.3.3

 * hook refactor in order to get correct CPT menu translations

#### 5.3.2

 * better managers notifications

#### 5.3.1

 * colors defaults changed and search on coauthors

#### 5.3.0

 * print and web workflow splitted

#### 5.2.7

 * post sort fixed for ‘post’ type

#### 5.2.6

 * check if existing periodicals in setting

#### 5.2.5

 * time filters as setting

#### 5.2.4

 * cleaning translations

#### 5.2.3

 * much better datatable search field

#### 5.2.2

 * publish status removed by default from list

#### 5.2.1

 * bugs with media upload / swal2 integrated

#### 5.2.0

 * some bugs between network / single site settings pages fixed

#### 5.1.3

 * color scale and better status integration

#### 5.1.2

 * manage peridocial shots and allow pre desktop publishing posts to be affected
   to a specific shot

#### 5.1.1

 * add post builder in cc emails when sending BAT

#### 5.1

 * better images export in XML

#### 5.0

 * developing InDesign Connector

#### 4.1.2

 * bug fix : now includes post author in email sent

#### 4.1.1

 * prepared for Ben

#### 4.1

 * old array use of object removed, now up to date and php7 compliant

#### 4.0.5

 * date format for custom stats set to dmY

#### 4.0.4

 * bug fixes on date and WP_Sites

#### 4.0.3

 * jqueryui upgrade to 1.12.1

#### 4.0

 * wp table list introduced

#### 3.7.2

 * Security fixes to repect wordpress plugins repo standards

#### 3.7

 * Serbo-Croatian translation by https://webhostinggeeks.com/ : thanks to them !
   🙂

#### 3.6

 * New settings and dashboard pages URL : please change your favorites
 * Custom stats available, specify period in settings

#### 3.5

 * Double check for email recipients before sending email

#### 3.4

 * settings page moved to network settings : www.mysite.com/wp-admin/network/settings.
   php

#### 3.3

 * date order fixed
 * scheduled text readability improved

#### 3.2

 * security improvments
 * custom post types management
 * chief editors management for in-press sends

#### 3.0

 * Most commented posts ever and most commented posts last month added

#### 2.9.2

 * Roles changed : Admin can see settings, Editors can see all but Settings, and
   special users with edit_others_posts, can review posts before published.

#### 2.9.1

 * Calendar added in order to easy scheduling of posts
 * CSS image zoom
 * preparing per blog chief editors

#### 2.9

 * bug fix for comments

#### 2.8

 * “For Press” automatic email sends

#### 2.7

 * compatible with default Edit Flow post statuses

#### 2.4

 * dynamic graphs added using ChartNew.js

#### 2.3

 * more authors stats added

#### 2.2

 * Authors stats added

#### 2.1

 * Single wordpress install (not multisite) ready

#### 2.0

 * Comments tab added in order to manage all recent comments accross the network
 * Remove schedule functionnality because buggy

#### 1.3

 * Bug fix

#### 1.2

 * Colored lines according post status
 * possibility to schedule/unschedule posts directly from chief-editor admin panel

#### 1.1

 * Translated to english
 * Table layout improved

#### 1.0

 * First version

## Meta

 *  Version **5.4.3**
 *  Last updated **6 anys ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[draft](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/draft/)
   [editor](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/editor/)[multisite](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/chief-editor/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ termel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/munger41/)

## Support

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