Beta features in Labs

Try new features early from Labs: automations, an enhanced Editor role, the inline excerpt, extra payment methods and navigation icons.

Who can do this: The site owner and Administrators.

Labs is where we put features that are ready to use but still settling in. They may change as we learn how people use them. Go to Settings → Advanced → Labs and select Open to see the Beta features tab.

The Labs section open on Beta features, listing Automations (beta), Enhanced Editor role (beta), Show post excerpt inline, Additional payment methods and Navigation icons & visibility with switches, then Redirects and Routes with upload and edit buttons.

What’s in Labs

Feature	What it does	Turn off later?
Automations (beta)	Automated email series for new members. See automations.	No. Once on, it stays on.
Enhanced Editor role (beta)	Adds an Editor (beta mode) role that can also manage members and moderate comments.	Yes
Show post excerpt inline	Shows the excerpt field just below the post title in the editor, instead of in post settings.	Yes
Additional payment methods	Lets paid members pay with methods such as Cash App, iDEAL and Bancontact as well as cards. Needs Stripe connected. See payment methods.	Yes
Navigation icons & visibility	Lets you add an icon to each navigation link and choose who sees it: everyone, or only some of public visitors, free members and paid members. Your theme has to support icons for them to appear.	Yes
Redirects and Routes	Files that keep old links working and control your site’s address structure. See redirects and routes.	Not a switch

Switch a feature on or off

Open Labs and find the feature.
Select its switch. The change saves straight away; there’s no Save button.
Some features, such as automations, ask you to confirm first.

About the Enhanced Editor role

With the switch on, the invite dialog and each staff profile offer Editor (beta mode): everything an Editor can do, plus managing members and moderating comments. Existing Editors keep the ordinary role until you change it on their profile. Editors in beta mode still can’t change settings or edit automations. It counts towards your plan’s staff limit like any Editor; see staff and roles.

Good to know

Beta features are available on every plan, though some need something your plan may not include, such as Stripe for payments.
If a beta feature doesn’t behave as you expect, tell us. That’s what the beta is for.
When a feature graduates, it leaves Labs and is simply part of Blogaly. Your settings carry over.

Last checked against the product on 7 November 2026.

Automations (beta)Send new members a series of emails automatically: a welcome straight away, then more over the following days.Keep old links working with redirectsSend visitors from old addresses to the right page, and change how your site’s addresses are built with a routes file.Invite staff and choose their rolesInvite writers and editors to your site, pick what each of them can do, and change or remove their access later.Payment methods and failed paymentsHow readers pay, how to offer more than cards, and what happens when a renewal payment fails.

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