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Post Status Menu Items

Adds post status links–e.g. "Draft" (7)–to post type admin menus and a few other nice goodies.

By mrwweb·Drafts·Free
5(6 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As 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:

  1. Show each post status and number of posts with that status (e.g. “Drafts (7)”) in each post type’s admin menu.
  2. Show the number of Posts with each post status in the “Right Now” / “At a Glance” admin Dashboard Widget.
  3. 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…

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Ratings & Reviews

56 reviews
5 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.8+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25
PHPfalse+ required

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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.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

mrwwebmrwweb
Plugin Info
Version
1.5.0
Last Updated
Dec 5, 2018
WP Requires
3.8+
Tested Up To
5.0.25
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
11K+
Added
Jan 12, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

draftswp-adminadmin menupost statuspost statuses

Developer

M
mrwweb
7 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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