Post Status Menu Items
Adds post status links–e.g. "Draft" (7)–to post type admin menus and a few other nice goodies.
5(6 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Post Status Menu Items is a WordPress drafts plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Public Post Preview.
5/56 reviews
200active installs
11K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
This plugin is useful for people who regularly use all or most of the post statuses with Posts, Pages, or Custom Post Types. Post Status Menu Items does the following:
- Show each post status and number of posts with that status (e.g. “Drafts (7)”) in each post type’s admin menu.
- Show the number of Posts with each post status in the “Right Now” / “At a Glance” admin Dashboard Widget.
- Show post status icons with each status at the top of admin post list pages.
Options give control over which post statuses are displayed and in which menus those statuses are displayed. Post statuses in the “Right Now” / “At a Glance” admin Dashboard widget can also be turned off.
Screenshots of all features and settings are available on the Sc…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
56 reviews
5 ★
6
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Top Alternatives to Post Status Menu Items
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5.0 (April 25, 2017)
- [New!] Add icon for Yoast SEO’s new “Cornerstone Articles” “status”
- [Tweak] Make post status icons on “All Posts” pages slightly smaller.
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.