Documentation

Editant is available through the WordPress.org plugin directory. In the WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New, search for "Editant", and click Install Now on the listing.…

Activating Editant adds a dashboard view, an editor sidebar, and four database tables to your site. What you'll see The new Editant menu in the admin sidebar opens…

For review links to work, WordPress needs pretty permalinks enabled. The default "Plain" permalink setting will not work. Check the setting Go to Settings → Permalinks. Choose any…

Editant Pro is a paid add-on distributed from the Editant store, not the WordPress.org directory. After purchase you receive a plugin zip and a licence key. Before you…

Editant Pro unlocks once you activate the licence key from your purchase confirmation. Activate Go to Editant → Licences, paste your licence key, and click Activate. The status…

Editant Pro is sold as an annual subscription through Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record. Your purchase, renewals, invoices and plan live in the customer portal, not in…

Open any post, page, or custom post type in the block editor. The Editant sidebar lives in the editor's right-hand panel. Open the sidebar Click the Editant icon…

Every review link is created from the site-wide defaults configured on the Editant Settings page. The free plugin applies the same defaults to each new link. Editant Pro…

Once you've generated the review link, share it via whatever tool fits the project. Where to share The link works equally well as the body of an email,…

Suggestions let a reviewer propose an exact change to your wording, which you then accept or reject like tracked changes. Each suggestion is anchored to the passage it…

Editant Pro adds access controls to each review link, so you can restrict who can open it and for how long. Setting the controls In the editor sidebar,…

By default Editant asks reviewers for at least a name. Editant Pro lets you mark an individual link as anonymous, so a reviewer can read the draft without…

Editant Pro can send the review link for you. Pick a reviewer, check the wording, and the invitation goes out from your site with the link inside it.…

With Editant Pro, comments and suggestions live in the text itself. A reviewer marks the exact passage they mean, and you see it highlighted in the editor, with…

The Editant dashboard is the main place to see review activity across your site. Open it from the Editant menu in the WordPress admin. What you'll see A…

The dashboard supports filtering by status and free-text search. Filtering The status dropdown at the top of the dashboard filters the list: All items, Open, In review, Approved,…

Click any post title in the dashboard to open the per-post detail view. Three sections Links: every link generated for the post, with status (active, revoked, or expired),…

Quorum lets you require a set number of reviewer approvals before a post can be published. Setting the requirement Set the site-wide default at Editant → Quorum (Default…

Set a deadline on a post and Editant Pro will remind reviewers by email as it approaches. Setting a deadline Open the Review deadline section of the Editant…

When you send a post back for another look, reviewers want to know what changed. The comparison view summarises exactly that. Where to find it Open the post…

When a reviewer asks for changes, make the edits and then tell them the post is ready for another look. Editant emails everyone whose last decision was Changes…

Every review link has an expiry date. By default, links expire 30 days after creation. Override per link When generating a link, set its expiry to any future…

Editant supports three modes for reviewer identification, configurable per link. The three modes Anonymous: reviewers comment without providing a name. Comments show as "Anonymous reviewer". A session token…

Editant Pro turns each approval into tamper-evident evidence: a cryptographically signed record of exactly what was approved, backed by a hash-chained audit log. How it works When a…

Retention windows let you automatically age out review data you no longer need to keep, which helps with data-minimisation obligations. Configuring it Go to Editant → Retention and…

Editant Pro lets you brand the page reviewers see, so it looks like part of your own site rather than a generic tool. Setting your branding Go to…

Attestation gives you an outside record of review activity, so your audit trail is corroborated beyond the site itself. Digest emails Under Editant → Attestation, choose a digest…

Editant Pro can brand the emails Editant sends and let you rewrite their wording, so notifications match your organisation rather than the plain defaults. Branding The branding you…

Editant integrates with WordPress's core privacy tools for GDPR data export requests. Request flow An admin goes to Tools → Export Personal Data, enters the data subject's email,…

Editant integrates with WordPress's core privacy tools for GDPR erasure requests (the "right to be forgotten"). Request flow An admin goes to Tools → Erase Personal Data, enters…

The AI review tools need a connection to an AI provider. Editant does not include one and stores no keys; you bring your own, through WordPress's Connectors. Requirements…

The AI tools produce better, more consistent results when they know your house style and what a page is for. You give them that context in two places.…

The flagship AI tool turns a reviewer's comment into a concrete, ready-to-review edit. Drafting the edit When a reviewer leaves a comment anchored to a passage, open that…

This tool checks a draft for statements that contradict each other, so you catch inconsistencies before publishing. Running a check Open the Conflicts section of the Editant sidebar…

When a post has collected a lot of reviewer comments, this tool distils the whole thread into a short, structured summary. Running a summary Open the Feedback summary…

The article audit reviews a whole draft in one pass and reports what could be improved, ranked by how important it is. Running an audit Open the Article…

If a reviewer reports they can't access the review link, work through these checks in order. Common causes Expired link: check the dashboard. If the link's status is…

If a reviewer cannot get past a protected link, the cause is almost always one of the Editant Pro access controls on that link. Check the access settings…

editant Maintenance puts your site behind a clean holding page while you work on it, without locking yourself out and without hurting your search ranking. It is a…

editant Docs gives your site a proper documentation section: categorised articles with a persistent, foldable sidebar, ready to use the moment you activate it. It is a free…