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.
4.8(18 reviews)
·90 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, WriteShare Writing Community Platform is a WordPress books plugin with 90 active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 18 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Novelist.
4.8/518 reviews
90active installs
18K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
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 rea…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.19 Noted update for WordPress 5.0. Note: Gutenberg editor is NOT used in WriteShare Custom Post types.
1.1.18 Fixed 1 bug: 1) author profile page was breaking if the author’s name had a space or special character it and the author was a user level of editor, author, or contributor.
1.1.17 Fixed 2 bugs: 1) author profile page was breaking if the author’s name had a space or special character it. 2) members couldn’t upload media if BuddyPress was installed.
1.1.15 We r…
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