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Wix Blog: Adding Writers and Editors in Wix Blog

Assigning blog roles to specific people is a great way to share some of your blog's responsibilities and tasks.

For example, if you have a blog that requires staff writers or editors, you can assign them specific roles and permissions to help manage your blog. You can also create custom roles for any type of role to match your staffing needs.

Video tutorial

Check out this short video tutorial, or scroll down to read the full article.

Blog roles and their associated permissions

You can choose from three different roles to assign when you invite people to collaborate on your blog: blog editor, blog writer, and guest writer.

Tip:

You can also add managed writers to your blog without giving them any permissions. Adding a writer this way means that you can attribute a specific post to them on a one-time basis.

Each blog role has different permissions associated with it. For example, blog editors can write and manage their own posts and other writers' posts, whereas blog writers can only write and manage their own posts.

Blog editors, blog writers, and guest writers are automatically added to your site's members area as members. Managed writers are not added as members.

The table below lists the roles and all of their associated permissions:

Action	Admins/Owner	Blog Editor	Blog Writer	Guest Writer	Managed Writer
Access the Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No
Access the blog manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Create a post	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No, but you can assign them to a post
Publish a post	Yes	Yes	Only their own	No	No
Write & manage your own posts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Write posts only	No
Manage other writers' posts	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Publish posts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No - needs approval	No
Manage posts	Yes	Yes	Only their own	Only their own	No
Pin posts	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Set cover image on post	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mark a post as "featured"	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Add a category to a post	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Create and manage categories	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Create tags	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Delete comments	Yes	Yes	Only on their own posts	Only on their own posts	No
Duplicate posts	Yes	Yes	Only their own	Only their own	No
Delete or block members	Yes	No	No	No	No

Important:

Admins are site collaborators who have access to your editor and site dashboard, but cannot edit your site's payment info, delete your blog, add new writers, or duplicate your site. Admins have permission to perform all the actions in your blog that you can perform. Learn how to add admins

Adding a writer or an editor

Add writers and editors from Roles & Permissions in your site's Settings or from your writers list.

People that you add receive an invitation to the email address that you enter when you invite them. However, they can accept with any email address by signing in or creating a new Wix account. The invite is valid for 30 days. If your collaborator doesn't accept in this time, you can resend it.

Note:

If you feel that the email address that accepted an invitation is suspicious, you can remove it from your collaborator list.
New writers appear in the dropdown list of authors only after they access the blog manager.

Important:

By sending an invite to collaborate, you agree to the Wix Terms of Use.

Adding a writer or editor from roles & permissions

Go to Roles & Permissions in your site's dashboard.
Click Invite People.
Enter the person's email address under Email(s).
Note: You can add multiple email addresses by separating each address with a comma.
Select the required role under Blog Roles.

Click Send Invite.

Adding a writer or editor from the writers list

Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.
Click the Writers tab in the panel on the left.
Click Add Writer at the top right.
Select the type of writer that you want to add and click Continue.
Choose what you want to do:

Invite a new writer

When you choose to add a new writer, you're giving that person additional permissions and responsibilities on your blog. You can choose to make them a blog editor or a blog writer.

Enter the person's email address.
Select what type of role you want to give:
- Blog Editor: They can write posts and manage your blog. They cannot manage other areas of your site.
- Blog Writer: They can write and publish posts, but cannot manage your blog.
- Guest Writer: They can write posts, but cannot publish them.
Click Send Invite.

Create a managed writer

You can manually add managed writers to your blog without giving them any permissions to your site. Managed writers have no permissions on your site and cannot post themselves or customize their profile. Adding a writer this way means that you can attribute them to a specific post on a one-time basis.

Enter a name for the managed writer under Name.
(Optional) Add a profile picture and any other additional information for the writer.
Click Save.