https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/find-your-way-around-the-member-blog-settings/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-01-admin-tour.webp How to Find Your Way Around the Member Blog Settings in WB Member Blog How to find your way around WB Member Blog, step by step: the settings screen under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, the Overview tab with Needs review, the post counts and Configuration Status, the six settings tabs (Features, Pages, Editor, Access, Content, Shortcode Areas), the review queue under Posts, then Member submissions, and the member's blog home, My Blog Dashboard. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/a2d481db5f8f026edf6ba1839b80a982/iframe 165 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/set-the-writing-page-and-the-dashboard-page/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-02-pages.webp How to Set the Writing Page and the Dashboard Page in WB Member Blog How to set the two pages WB Member Blog needs, step by step. On WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Pages, the Blog Post Submission Page card sets the page members write on, which holds the [bp-member-blog] shortcode, and the Member Blog Dashboard Page card sets the page where members manage their posts, which holds the [member-blog-dashboard] shortcode. Pick a page from the list and click Save Settings, or click Auto Create Page, which makes or repairs the page and saves the choice itself. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/8b0c2d64002d77b3f66ff1e35b639d7d/iframe 155 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/choose-who-can-write-blog-posts/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-03-who-can-write.webp How to Choose Who Can Write Blog Posts in WB Member Blog How to choose who can write blog posts in WB Member Blog, step by step. On WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Access, the Allowed User Roles card lists every role on your site as a tile. Tick the roles that may write, or use Select all and Clear all, then click Save Settings. Administrators can always write. A member whose role is not ticked gets a blog home with only Saved and Following (with Reading list and Follow writers on), and no Create Post button. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/bd88ebefb0767db0a495a4e214de1150/iframe 125 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/choose-the-editor-and-turn-on-autosave/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-04-choose-editor.webp How to Choose the Editor and Turn On Autosave in WB Member Blog How to choose the editor your members write in, and turn on autosave, in WB Member Blog. On WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Editor, the Active editor list offers Editor.js (Block-style, recommended), Medium Editor (Inline) and Classic Editor (TinyMCE). Autosave drafts saves a draft about once a minute while a member writes; on a live post the changes go live only when the member presses Update. Click Save Settings, then open the writing page as a member to see the editor. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/b3a6aecd3d5416eb6b153d0eb79e01ca/iframe 139 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/turn-on-the-reader-features/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-05-reader-features.webp How to Turn On the Reader Features in WB Member Blog How to turn on the reader features in WB Member Blog, step by step. On WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Features, the first group, On your site's own pages, holds Writer profiles, Topic hubs, Clap and save under the article, and Related posts. The second group, In Member Blog, holds Follow writers, Claps, Reading list, Clap and save on post lists, and Digest email (members opt in with WB Member Blog Pro). Switch features on, or use Turn everything on to tick every feature except the digest email, then click Save Features. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/601da2ea5474e683262143b69bf46a72/iframe 163 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-start-here/write-and-publish-your-first-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-06-first-post.webp How to Write and Publish Your First Post in WB Member Blog How to write and publish your first post as a member with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open My Blog Dashboard and click Create Post. Type a title and write in the block editor, which has buttons for headings, images, lists, quotes, code, dividers and video. In Post settings, choose categories, add tags and a featured image. Then click the main button at the foot of the form: it reads Publish when members may publish straight away, or Submit for Review when the site owner checks posts first. Save Draft keeps the post for later and Preview shows it as readers will. A published post has its own page and is listed on the Articles tab of your BuddyNext profile. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/cd1603a366239193121048f2733ae7df/iframe 151 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/save-a-draft-and-finish-it-later/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-07-save-draft.webp How to Save a Draft and Finish It Later in WB Member Blog How to save a draft and finish it later with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open My Blog Dashboard and click Create Post. Type a title and a few words, and use Save Draft at the foot of the form to keep the post as a draft that no reader can see. Your drafts wait on the Drafts tab of My Blog Dashboard, each with the date you last edited it and its category. Click Edit on a draft to open it again with your title, words, tags and image in place, then carry on writing and send it when it is ready. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/781f2ff3ee63f39820586c6d351dc7e8/iframe 119 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/add-a-category-tags-and-a-featured-image/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-08-category-tags-image.webp How to Add a Category, Tags and a Featured Image in WB Member Blog How to add a category, tags and a featured image to a post with WB Member Blog, step by step. On the writing page, the first fold of Post settings is Category, tags and image. Choose one or more categories from the list. Type tags and press comma or Enter, and remove one with the cross on its label. Drag a picture onto the Featured image box, or click it to choose one; the hint shows the file types and the largest size, and the recommended size is 1200 by 630 pixels. On a published post the image sits under the title, and the category and tags are linked at the foot of the post. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/c4c50268c588a1bb1fc118aeaec8c609/iframe 128 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/control-who-can-read-and-comment-on-a-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-09-visibility-comments.webp How to Control Who Can Read and Comment on a Post in WB Member Blog How to make a post private or password protected, and turn comments off, with WB Member Blog, step by step. On the writing page, open the Publishing fold in Post settings. Under Visibility, Public shows the post to everyone, Private lets only you, editors and administrators read it, and Password protected asks readers for a password that you choose. Untick Allow comments on this post to block new comments; comments the post already has stay visible. Open a published post later to change the same choices, and save with the main button, which reads Update on a live post. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/f13d3f76a299c9f3b7be5c990e35a29d/iframe 121 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/write-the-summary-shown-when-a-post-is-shared/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-10-social-summary.webp How to Write the Summary Shown When a Post Is Shared in WB Member Blog How to write the summary shown when a post is shared, with WB Member Blog, step by step. On the writing page, open the Social sharing fold in Post settings. The Summary for social sharing box holds the short text that goes with your post when it is shared on social media, ideally 150 to 160 characters; the counter under the box and the note beside it show when the length is good. Leave the box empty and the plugin writes a summary from the post for you. The summary is saved with the post whether you publish it or keep it as a draft. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/ba30562976d6839ad8354aa80298d6a6/iframe 115 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/preview-a-post-and-write-without-distractions/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-11-preview-focus.webp How to Preview a Post and Write Without Distractions in WB Member Blog How to preview a post and write without distractions, with WB Member Blog, step by step. On the writing page, click Preview beside the main button to open a window with the post as readers will see it: the featured image, the title, the category, your words and your tags. Nothing is saved or published by opening it. Click Continue Editing to go back to the form. The button for distraction-free writing, next to the word count, hides the site menu and the sidebars so only your title and words stay; click the close button at the top right to come back to the full form. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/631cd465adab7e668cc13b6ff669e356/iframe 115 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/edit-a-post-that-is-already-published/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-12-edit-published.webp How to Edit a Post That Is Already Published in WB Member Blog How to edit a post that is already published, with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open My Blog Dashboard, find the post on the Published tab and click Edit. The writing page shows the post as Live, with a link to it and when it last changed. Change the title, the words, the category, the tags or the featured image, then click Update at the foot of the form to save your changes to the live post. Unpublish, beside it, is a separate button that takes the post down and asks you first, so editing never does that by accident. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/efaf174b59c12f194f06db97d6436040/iframe 117 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-writing/unpublish-or-delete-a-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-13-unpublish-delete.webp How to Unpublish or Delete a Post in WB Member Blog How to unpublish or delete a post with WB Member Blog, step by step. On My Blog Dashboard, the three-dot button next to Edit opens a menu with Unpublish and Delete. Unpublish asks first: readers will no longer see the post, it moves to your drafts, and you can publish it again later. Delete asks first too: the post is moved to the trash. In each window, Keep it live or Cancel leaves the post exactly where it was. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/209396b5097756ccc367d184ce57ab47/iframe 120 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-your-blog-home/use-your-blog-dashboard/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-14-member-home.webp How to Use Your Blog Dashboard in WB Member Blog How to use My Blog Dashboard in WB Member Blog, step by step. The dashboard is a member's own blog home. The Published tab lists every post readers can see, with the date it went live, its category and how many times it has been read, and an Edit button and a three-dot menu on each row. The Drafts tab keeps posts you have not sent yet, with the date you last edited them; a draft a reviewer sent back is marked Sent back with the note. The Pending tab holds posts waiting for review when your site checks posts first. Search finds a post by a word, and the list and grid buttons change how the list looks. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/560083f3a8e72ddd76da8de30a81880e/iframe 152 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-your-blog-home/find-your-posts-on-your-buddynext-profile/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-15-articles-tab.webp How to Find Your Posts on Your BuddyNext Profile in WB Member Blog How to find your blog posts on your BuddyNext profile with WB Member Blog, step by step. With WB Member Blog and BuddyNext active, every member profile gets an Articles tab. On your own profile it lists every post you wrote, with a badge on posts that are drafts or waiting for review, the date and the first lines, and an Edit button that opens the post in the writing page. Write a new article and Manage articles take you to My Blog Dashboard. Visitors see the same tab with your published posts only, and no buttons. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/90bfb42d01ffcf533257db5ecc224abf/iframe 129 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-review/hold-member-posts-for-review/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-17-hold-for-review.webp How to Hold Member Posts for Review in WB Member Blog How to hold member posts for review before they go live with WB Member Blog, step by step. On WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Access, the Post Publication Rules card has one switch, Publish immediately. New sites start with it on, so members publish their own posts. Untick it and click Save Settings, and every member post waits in Posts, then Member submissions until an administrator approves it. Administrators still publish straight away. Members see Submit for Review as their main button, and their submitted posts wait on the Pending tab of My Blog Dashboard. The number on the Posts menu shows how many posts are waiting. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/848da585c4304a84f6b1d3ca0b4fb929/iframe 135 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-review/approve-or-send-back-member-posts/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-18-approve-send-back.webp How to Approve or Send Back Member Posts in WB Member Blog How to approve a member post or send it back with WB Member Blog, step by step. In your WordPress admin, open Posts and click Member submissions above the list. It lists only posts members wrote, with posts waiting for review at the top and a Review column. Approve publishes the post and emails the author. Send back opens a form that asks what the author should change: pick a quick reason or write your own, then Send back to the author returns the post to them as a draft with your note, and nothing is deleted. To review several posts at once, tick them and choose Approve or Send back from Bulk actions. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/42bd813134722ba8852158e2c9a285c0/iframe 134 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-review/fix-a-post-that-was-sent-back/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-19-revise-sent-back.webp How to Fix a Post That Was Sent Back in WB Member Blog How to fix a post that was sent back, and submit it again, with WB Member Blog, step by step. When your site checks posts before they go live, a reviewer can send a post back with a note. It returns to the Drafts tab of My Blog Dashboard, marked Sent back with the start of the note. Click Edit: the top of the writing page says who sent it back and when, with the full note. Make the changes, then click Submit for Review at the foot of the form. The post waits on the Pending tab until a reviewer approves it, then it moves to Published. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/cb5db2a97a80a16851a0b8ecc4cc946e/iframe 135 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-review/feature-a-member-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-20-feature-post.webp How to Feature a Member Post in WB Member Blog How to feature a member post with WB Member Blog, step by step. In your WordPress admin, open Posts: WB Member Blog adds a Featured column, with a star on each featured post. Point at a published post and click Feature in its row links, or tick several posts and choose Feature from Bulk actions. On a featured post the same link reads Unfeature, and a featured post that is unpublished leaves the picks on its own. Add the Featured Posts block to any page to show your picks to readers. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/8ad2ed476542486f9aa90feb2e80f639/iframe 125 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/read-a-post-and-clap-for-it/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-21-read-and-clap.webp How to Read a Post and Clap for It in WB Member Blog How to read a member's post and clap for it with WB Member Blog, step by step. Under the picture, a post shows how long it takes to read, how many words it has and how many times it was read. After the last paragraph, a visitor sees the clap count and a link to log in to clap and save, and the author box invites visitors to join to follow writers. Signed in, a member gets a clap button: each click adds one clap, up to fifty from one reader, and the number is every reader's claps together. Post cards in lists show the same count, and you can clap from a card too. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/d3fe38f1eff4912e9730023bcd9aa7d9/iframe 116 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/save-posts-to-your-reading-list/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-22-reading-list.webp How to Save Posts to Your Reading List in WB Member Blog How to save posts to your reading list with WB Member Blog, step by step. Signed in, open any post: after the last paragraph, beside the clap button, is a bookmark. Click it to save the post to your reading list; the number beside it shows how many members saved the post. Post cards in lists carry the same bookmark. Your saved posts wait on the Saved tab of My Blog Dashboard, and the list is private: other members and administrators cannot see it. Under a saved post the bookmark is filled in; click it to take the post off. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/474d1eec1a9c2882a42f4639b73f8529/iframe 115 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/follow-a-writer-and-see-their-new-posts/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-23-follow-writers.webp How to Follow a Writer and See Their New Posts in WB Member Blog How to follow writers and topics with WB Member Blog, step by step. Signed in, scroll to the end of any post: the author box shows the writer with a Follow button. A category's topic page has a Follow button too, so new posts in that topic come to you whoever writes them. This Follow belongs to WB Member Blog and is separate from the Follow button on a member's profile. On My Blog Dashboard, the Following tab lists the writers and topics you follow; point at Following and it reads Unfollow. Below them, Latest from people you follow shows their newest posts, and you get an email by default when a writer you follow publishes. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/5432d30a43303d5278c87028445dae75/iframe 124 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/comment-on-a-members-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-24-comment.webp How to Comment on a Member's Post in WB Member Blog How to comment on a member's post on a WB Member Blog site, step by step. Signed in, open a post and scroll past the article and the related posts to the comments. Each comment shows who wrote it and when, and a reply sits under the comment it answers. Type your comment in the Leave a Reply box and click Post Comment. Click Reply under a comment to answer it, or Cancel reply to put the form back. The writer decides whether a post takes comments, with Allow comments on this post on the writing page. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/3e9a4e4b5c16a650c49f070dfac1e010/iframe 105 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/browse-a-topic-hub/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-25-topic-hubs.webp How to Browse a Topic Hub in WB Member Blog How to browse a topic hub with WB Member Blog, step by step. Click a post's category name to open its topic hub: the topic's name, how many posts it has and how many members follow it. Writers on this topic shows the members who write most about it, once two or more do, with View Posts to open the writer's member profile. Below them, every post in the topic is listed, newest first, twelve to a page. Tag pages work the same way. Signed-in members can follow a category from its hub, so its new posts show on their Following tab. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/157cf50341561b1070d4ca7affeb85be/iframe 104 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/open-a-writers-profile-page/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-26-writer-profile.webp How to Open a Writer's Profile Page in WB Member Blog How to open a writer's profile page with WB Member Blog, step by step. As the site owner, open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Features and switch on Writer profiles, then click Save Features; it replaces your theme's author page, so it starts off. Each writer's profile lives at your site's address followed by /author/ and the writer's name. It shows their picture, name and bio, how many posts they have, how often they were read and how many members follow them. Signed-in members get a Follow button. Below the header is every post the writer published, newest first, twelve to a page. With WB Member Blog Pro's Co-Authors module, posts the writer co-wrote are included too. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/a0eafc3694c916ec4c7be65f73ee35c5/iframe 122 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/show-related-posts-under-each-article/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-27-related-posts.webp How to Show Related Posts Under Each Article in WB Member Blog How to show related posts under every article with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Features and switch on Related posts, in the group On your site's own pages, then click Save Features. It starts off, because many themes show their own related posts and two strips look broken. On the Content tab, How many related posts takes a number from one to twelve, four by default, shown two to a row and one to a row on a phone; click Save Settings. The strip appears after the article and the author box. Related posts share a category or a tag with the post being read, and the newest posts fill the strip when too few match. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/20b9367f977a898455a45cf1d5407630/iframe 120 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-readers/send-followers-a-digest-email/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-28-digest-email.webp How to Send Followers a Digest Email in WB Member Blog How to send members a digest email of new posts by the writers they follow, with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Features and switch on Digest email, then click Save Features. It sends email to your members, so it starts off, Turn everything on leaves it alone, and it needs Follow writers on. On the Content tab, Follow digest frequency is Weekly or Daily, Weekly by default; click Save Settings. With WB Member Blog Pro, each member opens My Blog Dashboard, then the Settings tab, and under Writers you follow ticks Send me a digest of what the writers I follow have published; it is off until they do. A digest lists up to twelve new posts by the writers and topics the member follows, and is never sent when there is nothing new. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/a5d21e1ab2101b134db7b980f422cd9d/iframe 119 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-site-settings/let-members-add-categories-or-block-some/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-29-categories.webp How to Let Members Add Categories, or Block Some, in WB Member Blog How to let members create their own blog categories, or block categories they should not use, with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Content. In the Categories card, tick Allow custom categories so members can create a new category while they write; it starts off, and editors and administrators can always add categories. Under Blocked categories, tick a category to block it: members cannot put a post in it. Leave every box unticked to allow them all, and with more than eight categories a search box and a count help you find and check them. Click Save Settings. On the writing page, the plus button beside Category adds a new category, and a blocked category is missing from the member's list. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/499156ebf6debb1df19d9848ff90084b/iframe 146 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-site-settings/set-image-sizes-and-types-members-can-upload/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-30-images-uploads.webp How to Set Image Sizes and Types Members Can Upload in WB Member Blog How to set the largest featured image and the image types members can upload with WB Member Blog, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Content and scroll to Image Uploads. Maximum upload size is in megabytes, 20 by default, and can never go above your server's own maximum, shown under the field. Allowed image types lists every image type your site accepts; a new site ticks JPG, PNG, GIF and WEBP, and you untick a type to stop members uploading it. Click Save Settings. Under Post Behaviour, Delete featured images with posts removes a member post's image from the media library when the post is deleted for good, but not when it is moved to the trash or when another post uses the image. On the writing page, the Featured image hint shows the types allowed and the largest size. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/f1d0f49136b45b479b1eb7c8354ab9c2/iframe 135 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-site-settings/show-member-posts-on-any-page/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-31-posts-on-pages.webp How to Show Member Posts on Any Page in WB Member Blog How to show member posts and writers on any page, and add your own content before or after every member post, with WB Member Blog, step by step. Edit a page in the block editor and open the blocks with the plus button. Search for member blog to find blocks such as Recent Member Posts, Popular Member Posts, Featured Posts and Member Blog Authors, and click one to add it. Each block is also a shortcode, so the same lists work wherever your site takes shortcodes. Select a block to set its options, such as how many posts, how many columns and what each post shows, then save the page. Visitors see each list on the page. To add content around every member post, open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Shortcode Areas and paste a shortcode, such as a call to action, into Before Entry or After Entry (above and below the full post) or the excerpt boxes (above and below each excerpt in a list). An empty box adds nothing. Click Save Settings. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/f2368f7e6eff1188dac3772b8b904e34/iframe 157 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/turn-pro-modules-on-and-off/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-33-pro-modules.webp How to Turn Pro Modules On and Off in WB Member Blog How to turn WB Member Blog Pro modules on and off, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules. Each Pro feature is a module with a card that says what it does, such as Post Restrictions, Custom Fields and Co-Authors. The switch at the top of each card saves the moment you flip it; there is no Save button. On a new site five modules start on, and Co-Authors, Post Scheduling, Post Series and Post Credits start off, and so does Group Blogs, for sites with groups. Turning a module off hides its feature and its settings tab, and its settings are kept for when you turn it back on. While a module is on, Configure opens its settings, and its tab also appears in the Modules group on the left. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/c3e4b6d5b50399b0e46dd17cba0f8d72/iframe 117 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/edit-the-emails-member-blog-sends/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-34-notification-emails.webp How to Edit the Emails Member Blog Sends in WB Member Blog How to see, switch off and reword every email WB Member Blog sends, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Notification Emails (the Notifications module is on by default). Five emails are listed: the reading digest, a writer you follow published, a post needs approval, your post was approved, and your post was sent back. Each shows what it is for and who it is sent to: followers, the selected administrators, or the post author. Turn an email's switch off and click Save Settings, and nobody gets it; members can also stop the emails they get from the unsubscribe link in each one. Click Edit subject and text to write your own subject and message; an empty box keeps the built-in wording, and placeholders fill in details such as the post title and the reason. Click Save Settings. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/b3f2176566eb8b6b712da7553da6add7/iframe 117 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/choose-who-hears-about-posts-awaiting-review/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-35-review-notifications.webp How to Choose Who Hears About Posts Awaiting Review in WB Member Blog How to choose who is emailed when a member post waits for review, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Notifications (the Notifications module is on by default). Admin Notifications emails the reviewers when a member submits a post for review; it matters when Publish immediately on the Access tab is off. Under Select Admin User(s), add the administrators who should get that email, or remove one with its cross. With nobody picked, every administrator who can review gets it, which is also what the free plugin does on its own. Member Notification emails the writer when their post is approved and published. Both start on. Click Save Settings. Each email can also be switched off on the Notification Emails tab. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/b84229b330054dc33d094ab143e2a648/iframe 110 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/let-members-choose-their-emails/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-36-member-email-settings.webp How to Let Members Choose Their Emails in WB Member Blog How members choose which WB Member Blog emails they receive, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. A member opens My Blog Dashboard, then the Settings tab (from the Author Dashboard and Notifications modules, on by default); the Notifications part opens first. Under Email Notifications, one box sends an email when their post is published and one when a reviewer sends it back; both start ticked. Under Writers you follow, one box tells them when a writer they follow publishes a post (ticked) and one sends a digest of what those writers published (off unless they ask, and sent only when the site owner has turned on Digest email, which is off on a new site). They untick any email they do not want and click Save Preferences. The choices apply to that member's emails only. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/d7d9cfbb95f7511d313cff4ac4136b7f/iframe 110 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/limit-how-many-posts-a-member-can-publish/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-37-posting-limits.webp How to Limit How Many Posts a Member Can Publish in WB Member Blog How to limit how many posts members can publish, role by role, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Restrictions (the Post Restrictions module is on by default). When a member reaches a limit, a banner above the post form says which limit and when it resets; they can still write and save drafts, and only publishing a new post waits. Under Role-Based Limits each role has a row; a new site starts with Subscriber at 100 posts an hour, a day and a week, and 1000 a month and a year. The tightest limit always wins, and administrators are never limited. Click Add Role, choose a role and type a number for each period; leave a period empty or enter 0 for no limit, then click Add Role Limit. Limit Warning, on at 80 percent, warns members before they reach a limit. Click Save Settings. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/f79f8b79e63ea5861c2cad4e170d67e7/iframe 120 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/set-a-minimum-and-maximum-word-count/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-38-word-limits.webp How to Set a Minimum and Maximum Word Count in WB Member Blog How to set the fewest and the most words a member post may have, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Restrictions (the Post Restrictions module is on by default) and find Word Count Limits under Global Settings. Both numbers start at zero, which means no limit. Type the fewest words in Min and the most in Max, leaving either at zero to skip it, and click Save Settings; a minimum higher than the maximum is refused. A post outside the range cannot be published or sent for review, and the member is told how many words it has. Drafts and edits to posts already live are not checked. On the writing page, the count under the editor shows the number of words as the member types. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/0bce9ac00adfea93ac67654d17110967/iframe 110 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/give-one-member-their-own-limit/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-39-user-overrides.webp How to Give One Member Their Own Limit in WB Member Blog How to give one member a posting limit of their own, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Restrictions and, under Global Settings, switch on Per-User Overrides, then click Save Settings; it starts off on a new site. Go to Users and edit the member, then scroll to Blog Posting Limits (Override), which only shows while the switch is on. There is a box for each period, from posts per hour to posts per year. Leave a box empty to keep the role's limit for that period, or enter 0 for no limit. Click Update User. From then on the member follows their own limit, and everyone else keeps the role's. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/b0b69c957558d886f8ff2652d60e44e4/iframe 104 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/add-custom-fields-to-the-writing-form/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-40-custom-fields.webp How to Add Custom Fields to the Writing Form in WB Member Blog How to add your own fields to the member writing form and show the answers on each post, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Custom Fields (the Custom Fields module is on by default). Fields are listed in the order they appear on the form; drag one to move it. Click Add Field, pick a field type such as Text, Dropdown or Checkboxes, type a label (the field ID is made from it), switch off Required if the field is optional (a new field starts as required), choose whether it shows on the post, and click Save Field. Members find the fields in the Details fold of Post settings on the writing page. Fields set to show on the post appear with the article, under their labels. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/daba80af383205fcc1fbe79f69f14ac7/iframe 112 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/read-your-post-views-and-traffic/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-41-author-analytics.webp How to Read Your Post Views and Traffic in WB Member Blog How a writer reads the views and traffic for their own posts, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The writer opens My Blog Dashboard, then the Analytics tab (from the Post Analytics and Author Dashboard modules, both on by default). A view is each time someone else opens one of their posts; their own visits are not counted. Four cards show views of all time, today, this week and this month. The Views Over Time chart shows views day by day, and the list at the top picks the period (last 7, 30 or 90 days, or all time), which changes the chart and the traffic sources; the four cards stay the same. Top Performing Posts lists the most viewed posts first, Traffic Sources shows where readers came from, and Export CSV downloads the numbers as a spreadsheet file. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/78d8d364e3a9dfbe5806c4f4be8b11ad/iframe 114 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/read-views-for-the-whole-site/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-42-site-analytics.webp How to Read Views for the Whole Site in WB Member Blog How the site owner reads views for every member post and chooses who gets analytics, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Analytics (the Post Analytics module is on by default). Four tiles count views across the site: in total, today, this week and this month. Who can use it decides which writers get an Analytics tab on their blog dashboard (as long as the Author Dashboard module is on): Everyone by default, or Only these roles with the roles you tick; then click Save Settings. Data Retention keeps 90 days of daily views and traffic sources and cleans up older days. Show Views Chart puts the views chart on each writer's Analytics tab and starts on. Top Performing Posts lists the ten most viewed posts from every writer, with the writer, the views, the date and buttons to edit or view each post. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/dce176ed7d406d58902ffd09fcf88d93/iframe 113 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/choose-the-dashboard-tabs-members-see/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-43-author-dashboard.webp How to Choose the Dashboard Tabs Members See in WB Member Blog How the site owner chooses which Pro tabs and settings writers see on My Blog Dashboard, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. Open WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Author Dashboard (the Author Dashboard module is on by default; with it on, each writer's dashboard gets a Settings tab). Under Visible sub-tabs, Notifications adds the email choices to the Settings tab, Analytics adds the Analytics tab with post views, traffic sources and top posts, and Co-Authors adds invitations and co-written posts to Settings. All three start on, and each also needs its own module on. Switch one off to hide it, then click Save Settings. A writer then sees the Analytics tab and the Settings tab, with Notifications and Co-Authors inside Settings; Series appears there too while the Post Series module is on. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/704513773d491dcf6eb9205ccd0ec280/iframe 98 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/invite-a-co-author-to-a-post/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-44-co-authors.webp How to Invite a Co-Author to a Post in WB Member Blog How a writer invites another member to write a post with them, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The Co-Authors module starts off on a new site: turn it on under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules, then open Co-Authors. A post can have up to five co-authors and an invitation lasts seven days by default. Co-authors edit the post and share the byline; they cannot delete it or invite others. The writer opens a saved post or draft (a new post must be saved as a draft first), opens the Collaboration fold in Post settings, types a member's name in the search box and clicks them in the list; that member sees the invitation under Settings, Co-Authors on their own blog dashboard. The invited member opens My Blog Dashboard, then Settings, then Co-Authors, and clicks Accept or Decline. Once they accept, their name joins the byline, and every reader sees both writers. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/f43958114bc769a1a522867cf6bfc456/iframe 128 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/let-editors-review-posts-on-the-front-end/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-45-reviewer-roles.webp How to Let Editors Review Posts on the Front End in WB Member Blog How to let reviewers approve member posts, or ask for changes, right on the writing page, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The Co-Authors module starts off on a new site: turn it on under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules. Open Co-Authors and scroll to Editorial Workflow. Front-end review tools adds Approve and Request Revision buttons to the writing page; it starts off, so switch it on and click Save Settings. A new site publishes member posts at once, so first untick Access, then Publish immediately; only then do posts wait for review. Under Reviewer Roles, Administrator and Editor start on; switch on any other role that may review. Editors and any other role picked here can clear member posts only, and never a post they helped write; Administrators can clear any pending post. On a pending post, the writing page says the post is pending review. Approve and Publish asks to confirm, then publishes the post and tells the writer. Request Revision asks what to change, then sends the post back to the writer with the note. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/47c0312f144d357084fcdf4b2a8121da/iframe 114 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/schedule-a-post-and-use-the-calendar/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-46-schedule-post.webp How to Schedule a Post and Use the Calendar in WB Member Blog How a writer schedules a post to go live later and plans posts on the Calendar, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The Post Scheduling module starts off on a new site: turn it on under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules, then open Scheduling. Default Publish Time fills the time picker (9:00 by default), Minimum Schedule Time keeps posts at least one hour ahead, and Scheduled Posts lists every post waiting to go out. On the writing page, the writer opens the Publishing fold, ticks Schedule for later, picks the date and time (in the site's time) and saves the post; it goes live by itself at that time. If the site checks posts first, it waits for approval and keeps its date. My Blog Dashboard has a Calendar tab: published posts are green, scheduled posts purple and drafts grey. A scheduled post has buttons to reschedule it or unschedule it back to a draft, and can be dragged to another day. Unscheduled drafts lists drafts, each with a Schedule button. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/93da86938b27e9616f9e31e5e783b63c/iframe 129 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/group-posts-into-a-series/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-47-post-series.webp How to Group Posts Into a Series in WB Member Blog How a writer groups posts into a series that readers follow part by part, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The Post Series module starts off on a new site: turn it on under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules, then open Series. Default Navigation Style sets how the links between parts look (Buttons by default), progress tracking remembers which parts each reader has read (on by default), and Manage Series lists every series with its writer, posts and status. On the writing page, the writer opens the Collaboration fold and picks a series, or clicks Create New Series; Order in series sets the part number, and left empty the post becomes the next part. Each series has its own page with the writer, the number of parts, the status, the reader's progress, Start Reading and All Parts. Each part says which series it belongs to, and after the post Prev and Next move through the series. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/5b0cbe3ec6f88227da1ad945ddbc1ffe/iframe 121 2026-10-22 yes https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/member-blog/tutorials-pro/charge-credits-to-publish/ https://wbcomdesigns.com/videos/posters/tut-mb-48-post-credits.webp How to Charge Credits to Publish in WB Member Blog How to charge members a credit for each post they publish and sell more credits in packs, with WB Member Blog Pro, step by step. The Post Credits module starts off on a new site: turn it on under WB Plugins, then Member Blog, then Manage Modules, then open Post Credits. Default Credits is how many a new member starts with (25 by default), Credits per post is what each publish costs (1 by default), Block at Zero Balance stops a member publishing once their credits run out (on by default), and Purchase URL is the page members are sent to when they need more (it starts empty, so set it to the page that shows your packs). With WooCommerce, create credit packs with a name, the credits, a price, a type and an optional description; the products stay hidden from your shop, and the credit packs shortcode shows them on any page. Members pick a pack, click Buy Now and pay through your WooCommerce checkout; once the order is paid, the credits are added to their balance. On the writing page each member sees how many credits are left and what publishing costs. Administrators are never charged. https://customer-sqrde2e4q6u2ayi6.cloudflarestream.com/563e01f8422f4533eb7d2943e9b4ae7e/iframe 129 2026-10-22 yes