Series
Pro. This feature requires WB Member Blog Pro. The free plugin must be installed and active first. See the Pro index for every Pro module.
Groups related posts into a series, with prev/next navigation, a table of contents, a landing page, and reader progress. Off by default.
Turn it on at Member Blog > Features, then configure it at Member Blog > Series.
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”- A member creates a series from the post form, or picks one they already own.
- Posts in a series are ordered, and each one shows “Part 3 of 7” with navigation to the rest.
- The series gets its own landing page listing every published post in it, in order.
A member can only add a post to a series they own. Before 4.0.0 the series selector listed every series on the site, so any member could drop their post into somebody else’s series. It now lists only the member’s own.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Series URL Slug | series |
The URL segment for series pages. After changing it, go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save. |
| Default Navigation Style | Buttons | Buttons, Numbers or Arrows |
| Navigation Position | After Content | Before Content, After Content, or Both |
| Show Navigation on Posts | Yes | Whether series navigation is added to single posts automatically |
| Enable Progress Tracking | Yes | Track which parts of a series a reader has read |
| Guest Progress Tracking | Yes | Track progress for visitors who are not logged in |
Ordering a Series
Section titled “Ordering a Series”Series order is stored properly, so reordering a long series is a single operation rather than one write per post, and a series landing page with hundreds of posts is paginated rather than rendered all at once.
“Part X of Y” now always agrees with itself. Previously the two numbers came from different places, so a post could render as “Part 7 of 5”.
Shortcodes
Section titled “Shortcodes”| Shortcode | Shows |
|---|---|
[bp-member-blog-series-nav] |
Prev/next navigation for the post’s series |
[bp-member-blog-series-toc] |
The series table of contents, with the current post highlighted |
[bp-member-blog-series-list] |
A list of series, paginated |
See Pro Shortcodes for attributes.