Overrides and Exemptions

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.

Give one member a different posting limit, or take them out of every restriction, without changing the limits for their role.

Option	What it does	Use it for
Personal override	Replaces the member’s role or member-type limit for each period you set on their profile	A top contributor who needs a higher allowance, or a member who needs a tighter one
Exempt Users	Removes every restriction: posting limits and word limits	Staff writers, moderators, community managers

Administrators are always exempt. You do not need to add them to the list.

Set a Personal Override

1. Go to WB Plugins > Member Blog > Restrictions.
2. In Global Settings, switch Per-User Overrides on and click Save Settings.
3. Go to Users, and click Edit on the member.
4. Scroll to Blog Posting Limits (Override).
5. Fill in any of Posts Per Hour, Posts Per Day, Posts Per Week, Posts Per Month and Posts Per Year.
6. Click Update User.

Field	What it does	Default
Posts Per Hour	Posts the member may publish this hour	Empty
Posts Per Day	Posts the member may publish today	Empty
Posts Per Week	Posts the member may publish this week, from Monday	Empty
Posts Per Month	Posts the member may publish this month, from the 1st	Empty
Posts Per Year	Posts the member may publish this year, from 1 January	Empty

Things to know:

• An override replaces the member’s limit only for the periods you fill in. A period you leave empty keeps the member’s member-type or role limit. To raise the daily cap and keep the role’s monthly cap, fill in only Posts Per Day.
• Enter 0 in a field for no limit in that period, even if the member’s role has one.
• Emptying every field removes the override, and the member’s role or member-type limits apply again.
• The profile section only shows, and overrides only apply, while Per-User Overrides is on. Switching it off leaves saved overrides in place for later but stops using them.

Exempt a Member

1. Go to WB Plugins > Member Blog > Restrictions.
2. In the Exempt Users card, type in Search users by name or email….
3. Pick the member from the results. They appear as a tag in the list.
4. Click Save Settings.

To remove someone, click the x on their tag and save.

An exempt member has no posting limits and no word limits. They see no quota line above their Published list and no limit warning. Exemption does not affect Post Credits; credits have their own rule for who is never charged.

Which Rule Wins

1. Administrator or on the Exempt Users list: no limits.
2. Personal override, for each period it sets (when Per-User Overrides is on).
3. Member-type limits.
4. Role limits.

The same order decides the quota line, the warning and the refusal banner, so a member is always told about the limit that is actually enforced.

Related

• Posting Limits and Restrictions
• Setting Up Posting Limits
• Word Count Limits