WP Frontend Post Dashboard
Lightweight Post & Draft Management Directly from the Frontend
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Webmasters & Agencies looking to provide clients or external contributors with an intuitive, self-explanatory writing space.
- Multi-Author Blogs & Editorial Teams that require a focused, distraction-free publishing workflow without backend access.
- Protected Team Portals & Intranets needing a secure, PIN-protected author environment on internal pages.
- Guest Writers & Creators who need to submit, draft, and manage articles without navigating complex /wp-admin/ menus.



CORE HIGHLIGHTS & FEATURES
► Full-Featured Rich-Text Editor: Seamless content creation with headings, lists, curated font families, font sizes, text formatting, and automatic theme color palette extraction.
► Resilient Auto-Save System: Background auto-saving via localStorage protects your work against accidental tab closures or reloads with one-click draft recovery.
► Native Media Integration: Upload content images, embed video players, or assign featured images directly via the standard WordPress Media Library modal.
► „My Articles“ Overview: A clean dashboard tab listing all personal posts with real-time client-side sorting by Title, Status (Live / Draft), and Publication Date.
► Flexible Authentication & Role Security: Supports standard WordPress logins as well as a standalone Frontend Author PIN Login – ideal for password-protected pages without backend credentials.
► Responsive Layout Shield: Embedded videos and iframes are automatically wrapped in responsive 16:9 containers to prevent theme layout breaks.
► Automated One-Click Updates: Seamless updates powered by GitHub Releases – integrated natively into the WordPress core update notification system.
SETUP IN 3 STEPS
- Upload and activate the plugin ZIP in WordPress.
- Create a new page (e.g., „Author Dashboard“ or „Submit Article“).
- Add the shortcode: [ frontend_post_dashboard ]
(Optional: Configure allowed roles, guest author logins, and frontend PINs under Tools → Frontend Dashboard.)
