Admin Menu Post List

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Display a post list in the admin menu

Author:Eliot Akira (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.6
WordPress version tested:5.7.2
Plugin version:2.0.7
Added to WordPress repository:30-10-2013
Last updated:10-03-2021
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-post-...
Total downloads:9 674
Active installs:700+
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Admin Menu Post List adds a simple post list in the admin menu for easy access. It supports posts, pages, and custom post types.

In the normal admin menu, when you’re editing a post and wish to go to another one, you have to click on All Posts, then select a post — or have All Posts open on another browser tab. With the Admin Menu Post List, you can just select the next post to edit, direct from the menu.

  • Install and activate the plugin
  • Go to Settings->Post List, enable post types and options

A post list will be added to the bottom of each corresponding post type’s menu. You can see it by hovering over the menu item, or when the item is open. The current post is shown in bold, draft/pending posts are in italics, and child pages are listed under the parent.

Options

For each post type, you can limit the number of items to display: for example, the five most recent posts.

You can choose to order the post list by:

  • Created date
  • Modified date
  • Title
  • Menu order

And the direction of the order:

  • ASC – ascending – alphabetical (1, 2, 3; a, b, c)
  • DESC – descending – new to old (3, 2, 1; c, b, a)

By default, they are set to display from most recent to older posts.

Also, you can choose to display only published posts, and exclude those with future, draft or pending status.

Global settings:

  • Limit title length – Trim the title by number of characters
  • Hide child posts
  • Include non-public post types

Recommended

Wider Admin Menu

Note

There is a plugin called Intuitive Custom Post Order, which lets you order posts by drag and drop. If it’s installed, it overrides the post order settings in the admin menu also.


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