Case Manager plugin for medical journal with peer-review workflow

JPBRS receives medical cases from surgeons worldwide that need to go through peer review with scoring on 7 quality criteria. The process was manual with emails and spreadsheets. They needed an integrated system handling the entire workflow from submission to publication, with separate dashboards for authors and reviewers.

• Designed custom post statuses: Pending Review → Changes Requested → Approved → Published.
• Built scoring system with 7 quality criteria and automatic average calculation.
• Developed separate frontend dashboards for reviewers (limited permissions) and authors.
• Implemented bulk watermarking of medical images to protect copyright.
• Integrated with Multicollab for collaborative editing with comment tracking.
• Built competition management so surgeons can participate in professional competitions.

• Review process is fully digitized with traceability at every step.
• Reviewers can score cases directly in WordPress without leaving the platform.
• Image protection via automatic watermarking reduces unauthorized use.
• The system is actively used by surgeons internationally.

• Custom post statuses in WordPress are ideal for domain-specific workflows.
• Role management with limited permissions is critical in medical systems.
• Bulk image processing requires queue-based architecture to avoid timeouts.