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WriteShare Writing Community Platform
WriteShare will turn WordPress into a full featured writing community, not just a blogging community. Site members can post books with chapters.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 18
- Active installs
- 80+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 31 Dec 2018
- Added
- Feb 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.4
- Tested up to
- WP 5.0.27
- Downloads
- 19,169
Our analysis
AI-assistedWriteShare is a WordPress plugin designed to transform your site into a writing community platform. It allows site admins to create a structured environment for writers to submit various types of content, including books and chapters, making it suitable for educational purposes and other writing-focused sites.
The plugin supports integration with several Learning Management Systems (LMS) for managing classes and coursework. Its advanced taxonomy features enhance content organization, enabling easier search options for both writers and readers.
Best for: This plugin is suited for educational sites, writing communities, and any platform inviting user-generated content.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Transforms WordPress into a writing community platform
- ✓Supports various Learning Management Systems
- ✓Offers advanced taxonomy features for content organization
- ✓Allows for easy submission and searching of writings
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in December 2018
- •Limited active installs at 80
- •Directory score of 47/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
WriteShare provides a focused solution for creating a writing community on WordPress, but its age and low active install count may be a concern for potential users.
From the developer
AOS's own description of WriteShare Writing Community Platform, lightly tidied.
There is more to writing on WordPress than blogging.
WriteShare plugin will give you books with chapters. Turn WordPress into a full featured writing community.
With WriteShare, site admins get a writing platform. It’s easy to set up full on writing communities for education. Classes and courses using various Learning Management Systems (LMS) like LearnDash, LifterLMS, Namaste, Sensei, WP Courseware, WP LMS, LearnPress, will find the WP WriteShare plugin a must for all writing and course work submissions.
Fanfiction, recipe, journalism/news, longread… hell, any site that invites writers or members to submit text, graphics, or both will want to use WriteShare.
WriteShare uses advanced taxonomy features which offer flexibility in how content is organized for both writers and readers, making your WordPress more of a writing platform than a blogging site.
Writers will upload their submissions in a simple yet organized format. Writings will be easily searched by not just author and date (that’s the blogging way), but with more search options.
WP WriteShare is going to be super easy to use and set up, lightweight, flexible.
Videos:
WriteShare Overview – Site Admin Dashboard and Front End: https://youtu.be/n__S16KyRac
Adding Books with Chapters: https://youtu.be/ZHn9JqThcXc
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