Veridis News Desk – Editorial Workflow & Newsroom

Veridis News Desk adds a newsroom and editorial workflow layer to WordPress for teams managing stories from idea through review and publishing readiness. Plan and track stories, assign editors or writers, manage deadlines and priorities, verify sources, record follow-ups, and monitor editorial readiness without replacing the native WordPress editor. Built for editorial teams and newsrooms Veridis News Desk is designed for:

• Newsrooms coordinating stories across reporters and editors.
• Editorial teams managing assignments, deadlines, sources, and review stages.
• Online publications planning work from the first idea through publishing readiness.
• Multi-author WordPress sites that need a shared view of responsibility and progress.
• Content teams tracking priorities, follow-ups, and article readiness in one place.

A newsroom workflow around WordPress posts Stories remain native WordPress posts, and teams continue writing and editing in Gutenberg. Veridis News Desk adds the planning and coordination layer around that familiar publishing process, helping teams organize editorial work before publication without replacing the WordPress editor. Editorial assignments are separate from the WordPress author or public byline. An assignee identifies the editor or writer currently responsible for moving a story forward, while the WordPress author identifies post authorship; the two roles remain distinct editorial concepts. “Ready to publish” is an editorial workflow state. It signals that the newsroom considers a story ready for the next publishing decision, but it does not publish the post or bypass WordPress permissions, scheduling, or review. Main editorial capabilities

• Dashboard: See active stories, deadlines, follow-ups, and items that need editorial attention at a glance.
• Newsroom List: Search, filter, sort, and review story assignments, stages, priorities, and readiness in a focused list.
• Board / Kanban: Move stories through Idea, Writing, Review, and Ready to publish in a visual workflow.
• Story assignment: Give an editor or writer clear responsibility while keeping the assignment distinct from the WordPress author or byline.
• Deadlines and priorities: Set target dates, identify urgent work, and spot overdue stories.
• Editorial stages: Track each story from the initial idea through drafting, review, and publishing readiness.
• Structured source tracking: Record sources and their verification status alongside each story.
• Follow-ups: Keep callbacks, research tasks, updates, and post-publication actions connected to the relevant story.
• Article readiness: Check featured images, excerpts, source information, and photo credits before publication.
• Gutenberg Editor Mode: Review and update editorial details from the native WordPress Block Editor while working on the post.

Documentation & Resources

• Product Overview: https://veridis.dev/products/news-desk/
• Documentation: https://veridis.dev/products/news-desk/docs/
• Support: https://veridis.dev/products/news-desk/support/
• Changelog: https://veridis.dev/products/news-desk/changelog/

Source Code & Build Instructions Veridis News Desk includes compiled and minified JavaScript and CSS bundles in build/assets/. The corresponding human-readable React, TypeScript, and CSS source code is publicly accessible at: https://github.com/Veridis-Dev/veridis-news-desk Production asset mapping:

• src/AdminApp/main.tsx -> build/assets/app-*.js and build/assets/app-*.css (Newsroom React workspace)
• src/EditorApp/main.ts -> build/assets/editor-*.js and build/assets/editor-*.css (Block Editor sidebar)
• build/manifest.json maps hashed Vite asset filenames for WordPress runtime loading Building from source requires Node.js (>=22.12.0) and npm:
• Clone repository: git clone https://github.com/Veridis-Dev/veridis-news-desk.git
• Install dependencies: npm ci
• Generate production bundles: npm run build

1.0.2

• Improved mobile responsiveness across editorial forms, drawers, sources, settings, and action groups.
• Fixed narrow-screen overflow in editorial details and related controls.

1.0.1

• Fixed mobile dashboard story rows collapsing at narrow screen widths.
• Improved responsive layout for story metadata and badges in the WordPress admin.

1.0.0

• Added a newsroom Dashboard with publication totals, urgent work, deadline watch, Article Health, and Follow-ups at a glance.
• Added Newsroom List and Board views with search, filters, sorting, pagination, and compact story metadata.
• Added editorial statuses, assignees, priorities, deadlines, and clear overdue and due-today views.
• Added an explicit assignment workflow: ideas may remain unassigned, while active editorial work requires a responsible user.
• Separated the public WordPress author from the current workflow assignee; the first assignee establishes the byline and later reassignment preserves it.
• Added a Story Drawer for reviewing and editing editorial details, sources, Follow-ups, and Article Health actions.
• Added Article Health checks for featured images, excerpts, sources, and photo credits, with workflow-aware fixes.
• Added Follow-ups for tracking callbacks, updates, deadlines, status, and responsibility for each story.
• Added a focused Editor Mode with editorial controls, save protection, and a reliable return to the previous Newsroom context.
• Improved first-run and filtered empty states with clear paths to create the first story.
• Added English and Romanian interface localization through the WordPress user locale.
• Integrated access and assignee eligibility with standard WordPress roles and capabilities.
• Improved narrower-width Board navigation, metadata labels, validation timing, subdirectory URL handling, and other release-candidate interface details.

0.9.0

• Canonical article model foundation.
• Settings and data-retention controls.
• Newsroom, editorial workflow, board, Follow-ups, Article Health, and Editor Mode foundations.