Editorial Workflow Manager is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by vzisis.
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Editorial Workflow Manager is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Gutenberg category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by vzisis — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Editorial Workflow Manager works
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Editorial Workflow Manager adds an editorial checklist to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) so your team can follow a consistent pre-publish checklist every time you publish.
It’s built for content teams, agencies, and editors who want a lightweight publishing checklist workflow inside the editor — with clear “ready vs incomplete” feedback — without hard publish blocking.
This plugin does not output anything on the front end.
What you can do
Create reusable checklist templates (required + optional items).
Assign different editorial checklists to different post types.
Track per-post checklist progress in the editor sidebar.
See readiness and progress in the post list table, sidebar, post status panel, and pre-publish panel.
Typical use cases
Blog posts: SEO checks, featured image, categories/tags, internal links, fact check.
News/Editorial: legal review, source confirmation, editor sign-off checklist.
Agencies: client approvals checklist, accessibility checks, brand requirements.
Teams: consistent publishing workflow across authors and editors.
Key features
Accessible workflows – contextual labels, live status announcements, visible focus states, and keyboard-safe template controls.
Template duplication – clone checklist templates and customize the copy.
Curated starter templates – includes Blog SEO, News Fact-Check, Accessibility Review, and Client Approval templates.
Checklist templates – manage reusable checklists as a custom post type.
Template editor (row-based UI) – add, remove, reorder items; mark each item Required or Optional.
Required vs Optional items – readiness is based on required items only.
Helper text + reference links – add plain guidance text and an optional reference URL to each checklist item.
Per-post checklist state – each post/page stores its own checklist progress.
Gutenberg / Block Editor sidebar – “Editorial Checklist” panel inside the editor.
Readiness + progress indicators
Sidebar summary with Ready / Incomplete and required progress
wp-admin post list Readiness column for mapped post types
Post Status panel summary while editing
Non-blocking pre-publish warning when required items are missing
Different checklist per post type – assign templates in Settings.
Curated starter templates included on activation and upgrade.
Fresh-install quickstart wizard – choose post types, assign starter templates, and jump straight into the editor.
Lightweight editor tour – auto-open the checklist sidebar once and explain required-item readiness.
Backward compatible upgrades – legacy templates still work and upgrade to UUID-based v2 items when saved.
Getting started
Activate the plugin and complete the Quickstart wizard.
Choose the post types where editorial checklists should appear.
Confirm the starter template mappings, then open the editor.
Follow the one-time sidebar tour in the block editor.
Complete checklist items and watch the readiness/progress summary update.
Adjust mappings later in Settings → Editorial Workflow or edit templates in Checklist Templates.
Category rankings
As of Jul 15, 2026- Checklist#0of 4Top 1%
- Editorial#0of 6Top 1%
- Gutenberg#0of 696Top 1%
- Publishing#0of 30Top 1%
- Workflow#0of 16Top 1%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Editorial Workflow Manager ranks #0 of 696 apps in the Gutenberg category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Editorial Workflow Manager?
Editorial Workflow Manager is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Gutenberg category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by vzisis.
Who uses Editorial Workflow Manager?
Currently around 100 active stores have installed Editorial Workflow Manager. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Gutenberg category on WordPress.