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Quick Setup

After installing the plugin, two steps get editing live for your members.

  1. Go to WB Plugins > Edit Activity in the WordPress admin sidebar.
  2. Click General Settings in the left tab list.
  3. Toggle Enable activity editing on.
  4. Click Save Settings.

On the same General Settings tab, use the Edit window dropdown to pick how long after posting a member can still edit:

Option What it means
Forever No time limit; members can always edit their posts
30 days Edits allowed for 30 days after posting
7 days Edits allowed for 7 days after posting
1 day Edits allowed for 24 hours after posting
1 hour Edits allowed for 60 minutes after posting
10 minutes Edits allowed for 10 minutes after posting

Click Save Settings once you have chosen.

  1. Log in as a regular member (not an admin) on the front end.
  2. Go to the activity stream.
  3. Find a post that belongs to the logged-in member.
  4. An Edit button appears next to the activity entry.
  5. Click Edit, change the text, and click Update activity.

The post updates in place and shows an (edited) label after saving.

Administrators always see the Edit button on any eligible post, and the time window does not apply to them. They can edit any activity post at any time while the feature is enabled.

What members see when the window has expired

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Once the edit window has passed, the Edit button no longer appears for that post. There is no error message; the button is simply absent.