5 must-have plugins for every Websiter that accepts posts

5 must-have plugins for every Websiter that accepts posts - The importance of guest website writing is increasing day by day, thus forcing each newcomer to take the time to submit guest posts in websites with the High Domain Authority. Despite the fact that writing a guest's website only for backlinks is not the only way, the superior intention of writing a guest's website is still backlinks. Therefore, websiter and internet marketers, website owners, especially those with high DA websites, are forced to tighten the already busy schedule with many different tasks.

As you know, publishing posts on your website is not an easy task but a lot of time and effort! So what do you think about the dozens of requests in your letter to publish guest posts? If your website platform is WordPress, we have some effective solutions for you, combined will help you simplify the process of accepting, reviewing and publishing guest posts. As you might have guessed, we are using some WordPress plugins for this purpose and we have filtered the list so you can do the best with these plugins.

Before we begin

Just before you use the mentioned plugins to improve the process of accepting guest posts, you should try to change the way you receive guest posts from people. Today, create a ‘Write us’ page in your website and provide your email address to receive post requests from guest websites. Instead, there are many different ways to choose. That is:

Through the form

Instead of providing your email id, you can provide a form of in-page submission to receive guest posts and related details. Users will have to provide some details such as name, post title, content, etc. However, your email inbox will be filled with messages as usual, although you can simplify the process.

Via account

You can also provide collaborators accounts for guest websiter. In this method, users will have to register on your website as a collaborator and then save guest posts for review. Once you have reviewed the post, you can accept or decline the post. But in this method, it's possible that you may have multiple spam registrations.

Now, we will test different plugins to simplify the process, as we mentioned earlier. Using these plugins, you can also fix the problems we mentioned above. And above all, these plugins must have if you are a busy websiter, who is getting dozens or hundreds of guest website writing requests every month. Now, we will test those plugins.

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   Peter’s Collaboration Email - Notifications are made easy

   
   

This method is only useful if you are using an account-based system to accept guest posts. And, you need all the guest websiters to be registered as collaborators on your website. Once you have installed the plugin in your website, instead of publishing button, each contributor can see ‘Submit for review’. If the contributor has saved the post for review, specific roles, as you defined in the settings, will receive an email notification that the post was submitted for review of the process. At the same time, the contributor will receive a letter regarding his post being marked for review process and will be monitored by the authorities soon.

Contributors will also be notified when you change the status of guest posts. For example, if you have approved or denied a post, the corresponding contributor will know in a few seconds. By using this plugin, you can reduce your efforts to send email confirmation when you have published a post.

In addition, there are many different settings in the plugin to customize your email message, the author role orientation will be notified when a post has been submitted for review, the role of being able to accept posts from visitors, etc. In general, it's a pretty essential WordPress plugin for every websiter, with lots of guest website writing requests.

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   Saber

   
   

Earlier, we said that the process of accepting guest posts based on an account is quite simple. However, the problem can be found that the number of spam account registration is increasing as well as the requirements of guest website writing. To combat this problem, it is possible to use the Saber plugin for WordPress. Installing this plugin will enhance the registration process and thus reduce the amount of spam emails. For example, the plugin will add great powerful CAPTCHA code to the registration form and add math code, etc.

Obviously, this plugin can reduce the number of spam account registrations you receive. In addition, you can use the plugin in your website even if you are not using guest posting methods but want to reduce the number of spam accounts.

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   Capacity Manager - for different roles

   
   

As you know, WordPress has a feature that allows anyone to register on the website. When selecting the option, you must specify the user role that should be given to newly registered users. By default, there are five roles as Administrator, editor, collaborator, and subscriber. However, in some situations, you may think that this list is not enough. You will then have to create a new user type in your website, with specific privileges. For that purpose, you can use the WordPress plugin in question.

You have options to build a new user type; edit existing user type privileges, etc. If you want to edit the ‘Contributors’ privileges, you can see the following image. From the capabilities tab, you must select the appropriate privileges and then press save. Obviously, this tool is useful not only for writing guest websites but also if you want to promote your partner with a specific number of privileges.

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   Write guest website from MyWebsiteGuest

   
   

If you've ever turned your attention to guest website writing, you may be familiar with MyWebsiteGuest.com, the community to receive and send guest posts to your website. Using the service, you can get a lot of guest posts without asking others. First, you must create an account in the website in question, then add your website and install the plugin.

Once you've provided details such as URL, category, title, etc., you can find hundreds of guest posts, meeting your requirements, in the community in question. After verifying the website, you can install the WordPress plugin in your website and start exploring the large number of guest posts available to your website. Therefore, it is easier for you to accept and publish guest posts from your WordPress dashboard itself. Of course, this is really useful tool. For more details, the service has published full instructions on their website.

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   Really Simple Guest Post

   
   

In the first part of the article, we said that you can use ‘Forms’ to accept guest posts on your website. But, not everyone can use their PHP skills and build such form. In this situation, you can use the plugin to create a great form to receive guest posts from guest websiter.

Once you've finished installing the plugin, you must enter the custom shortcode, (mag-Simple-guest-post), where you want to display the form to receive posts, maybe on the ‘write us’ page. Once you have saved the page, you can see the full form, as shown in the image above. All of these posts will be saved as drafts in your website and you can see them when you open your dashboard. Therefore, the plugins mentioned are excellent.

Hopefully these WordPress plugins can help you improve the guest posting experience in your website. If you are ready to follow these methods, make sure the process is easier for both the guest websiter as well as you, as the website owner. Do you use any other plugin for this purpose? Let us know in the comments below.