Advanced
The Advanced tab holds the settings you reach for less often – where links into ListoWP point, how ListoWP runs scheduled work, whether it writes a debug log, and which WordPress user roles can use it at all.
Primary Tasks destination
ListoWP 2.1.0 links to itself from outside the app in two places: the "View Tasks" shortcut in the WordPress toolbar (under your site’s name, next to "Visit Site") and the links in notification emails. "Primary Tasks destination" decides where both of them send people. The choices are:
- First matching page (automatic) – the default. ListoWP uses the first page that contains the [listowp] shortcode or block. If no such page exists, it falls back to an enabled integration tab instead, so a site that runs ListoWP only inside PeepSo, BuddyBoss or WooCommerce still gets working links.
- A specific page – every page containing the [listowp] shortcode or block is listed by title and path. Pick one if you have several.
- PeepSo profile tab, BuddyBoss / BuddyPress profile tab, WooCommerce My Account tab – each appears only while the matching integration is enabled. Profile tabs are personal: every person is sent to the tab on their own profile.
The setting self-heals. If your chosen destination stops existing – the page is deleted, or the integration is turned off – ListoWP falls back to First matching page (automatic) rather than sending anyone to a dead link. And if there is no destination at all, the toolbar shortcut simply does not appear.
WordPress cron
By default ListoWP schedules its background work through WP-Cron, the same system WordPress uses. It runs three recurring jobs: every minute (cleaning expired caches), every five minutes (sending queued notification emails), and hourly (data-consistency maintenance). WP-Cron only fires when your site gets traffic, so on quiet sites this work – including email notifications – can run late.
Turn off the "WordPress cron" toggle to take WP-Cron out of the loop. ListoWP then removes its scheduled events and waits for a real system cron on your server to trigger them instead. Set up your server’s cron to request these URLs, each on its matching schedule:
https://your-site.com/?listowp_cron_one_minute– every minutehttps://your-site.com/?listowp_cron_five_minutes– every five minuteshttps://your-site.com/?listowp_cron_hourly– hourly
Email notifications are sent by the five-minute job, so if you use them, make sure one of the two mechanisms is running reliably.
Debug log
The "Debug log" toggle turns on extra logging for ListoWP. Leave it off for normal running, and switch it on only while you are chasing a problem or working with support. Turn it back off once you are done.
Limit Access
The "Limit Access" box restricts ListoWP to the WordPress user roles you choose. Only members of the selected roles can open and use the app; everyone else has no access. Administrators always keep access. Use this when ListoWP is meant for a specific group – your team, editors, or a membership tier – rather than every registered user on the site.
Since 2.1.0, Limit Access also covers Cowork membership: people whose role cannot use ListoWP can no longer be added to shared Lists. The member search does not offer them, and ListoWP rejects any attempt to add them.
The "Privacy" box also lives on this tab; it has its own doc – see "Privacy & GDPR" under Advanced.