July 09, 2024

Publisher Media Kit Plugin

Pre-configured Media Kit Page using Gutenberg Block Patterns.

Publisher Media Kit provides a quick and easy option for small to medium sized publishers to digitize their media kit. If you are a publisher hoping for a page like the NY Times’ Advertising Standard Units, but do not have a designer or developer on staff? Then this plugin is for you. If you are still using a print or PDF version of your media kit to sell space on your website, but want show advertisers looking to buy digital real estate that you are a digital-forward partner? Then this plugin is for you.

The plugin adds a new “Media Kit” page, block patterns, and placeholder content that can then be customized to fit your need (e.g., text, links, colors, images, adding page link to site footer).

Theme Compatibility

We have tested the plugin with the following WordPress themes and have validated that the resulting Media Kit page renders as expected on the front-end and within the block editor. Please open an issue if you find an issue with any of these themes or have an alternate, public theme with a conflict that we can help resolve.

Installation

Install the plugin via the plugin installer, either by searching for it or uploading a .ZIP file.
Activate the plugin.
Open the “Media Kit” page, edit the content to your needs, and hit publish!

Screenshots

View of block patterns and placeholder content within the block editor running the Twenty Twenty One default theme.
Media Kit page on frontend of site running the Twenty Twenty One default theme.
View of block patterns and placeholder content within the block editor running the Newspack base theme.
Media Kit page on frontend of site running the Newspack base theme.

FAQ

I accidentally deleted a block from my `Media Kit` page, how do I add it back?

Click the block inserter (+ button) in the top left of the block editor, click the Patterns tab, select Publisher Media Kit in the dropdown, and select the specific Block Pattern that you want to add back to your page.

I want to add block from my `Media Kit` page on a different post/page, how do I add it outside the `Media Kit` page?

If I rename the page title (e.g. to ‘Advertising’) and then deactivate and subsequently reactivate the plugin, would the plugin generate a new ‘Media Kit’ page?

The plugin specifically checks for the page slug media-kit, meaning that even if you modify the page name, the plugin will not generate a new page unless the page slug is altered or the page is moved to the trash.

Changelog

1.3.4 – 2024-07-08

Added: PHP version check to ensure >= 7.4 support (props @bmarshall511, @faisal-alvi, @ankitguptaindia via #165).
Added: Margin to the top of Why Digital Group, Padding to Why Digital Group, and Background and text color to even table rows (props @claytoncollie, @faisal-alvi via #187).
Changed: Bump WordPress minimum to version 6.2 and “tested up to” version 6.5 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter, @jeffpaul, @qasumitbagthariya, @sudip-md via #166, #188).
Fixed: Build editor-style entrypoint (props @davisshaver, @dkotter via #178).
Security: Bump @cypress/request from 2.88.12 to 3.0.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #166).
Security: Bump cypress from 11.2.0 to 13.3.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter, @jeffpaul via #166).
Security: Bump follow-redirects from 1.15.3 to 1.15.4 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #177).

1.3.3 – 2023-10-24

Added: FAQ on the Media Kit page rename action (props @kelvinballoo, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #162).
Changed: Bump WordPress “tested up to” version to 6.3 (props @jeffpaul, @faisal-alvi via #158).
Changed: Updated repo automator workflow (props @iamdharmesh, @faisal-alvi via #163).
Security: Bump tough-cookie from 4.0.0 to 4.1.3 and @cypress/request from 2.88.10 to 2.88.12 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #156).

1.3.2 – 2023-05-15

Added: Run E2E tests on the zip generated by “Build release zip” action (props @iamdharmesh, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #128).
Added: GitHub Action Summary for Cypress e2e checks (props @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #129).
Changed: WordPress “tested up to” version 6.2 (props @jayedul, @faisal-alvi via #142).
Security: Bump simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #130).
Security: Bump http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #131).
Security: Bump dns-packet from 5.3.1 to 5.4.0 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #133).
Security: Bump webpack from 5.73.0 to 5.76.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #134).

1.3.1 – 2023-01-13

Added: PR Helper GH Action (props @iamdharmesh, @faisal-alvi via #101).
Added: Added “Build release zip” GitHub Action (props @faisal-alvi, @peterwilsoncc via #114).
Changed: Update Support Level from Active to Stable (props @jeffpaul, @dkotter via #103).
Changed: Renamed PR Helper GitHub action to PR Automator (props @iamdharmesh, @jeffpaul via #104).
Changed: Bump WP tested up to version to 6.1 (props @faisal-alvi, @cadic via #110).
Changed: Included images losslessly compressed to reduce file size (props @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi, @dkotter via #117).
Changed: Cypress integration migrated from 9.5.4 to 11.2.0 (props @jayedul, @iamdharmesh, @faisal-alvi via #121).
Fixed: Image display on WordPress installs with non-standard content paths (props @peterwilsoncc, @dkotter, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #115).
Fixed: PHPCS Workflow errors (props @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi via #120).
Fixed: PSR-4 Autoloading (props @peterwilsoncc, @faisal-alvi via #125).
Security: Bump got from 10.7.0 to 11.8.5 and @wordpress/env from 4.8.0 to 5.2.0 (props @dependabot via #100).
Security: Bump loader-utils from 2.0.2 to 2.0.4 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #106, #109).
Security: Bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 3.1.2 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi, @jeffpaul via #107).
Security: Bump simple-git from 3.14.0 to 3.15.1 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #124).
Security: Bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #127).

1.3.0 – 2022-09-14

Note that this release bumps the minimum required version of WordPress from 5.5 to 5.7 and PHP from 7.0 to 7.4.

Changed: Bump minimum required version of WordPress from 5.5 to 5.7 (props @vikrampm1, @faisal-alvi, @Sidsector9 via #96).
Changed: Bump minimum required version of PHP from 7.0 to 7.4 (props @vikrampm1, @faisal-alvi, @Sidsector9 via #96).
Security: Bump terser from 5.14.0 to 5.14.2 (props @dependabot, @faisal-alvi via #95).

Further changelog entries can be found in the CHANGELOG.md file.