Id like to have a better recent draft widget on the dashboard. Best would be on that I can customize in the options menu.
I got a blog with me as admin, one editor and a lot of journalists.
The editor and me should see all drafts and pendings on the dashboard to edit and publish them.
I "hacked" the code for this option into my wordpress. Here is the code I use right now:
function wp_dashboard_recent_drafts( $drafts = false ) {
if ( !$drafts ) {
$pendings_query = new WP_Query( array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'pending',
'posts_per_page' => 150,
'orderby' => 'modified',
'order' => 'DESC'
) );
$pendings =& $pendings_query->posts;
$drafts_query = new WP_Query( array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'draft',
'posts_per_page' => 150,
'orderby' => 'modified',
'order' => 'DESC'
) );
$drafts =& $drafts_query->posts;
}
if ( $drafts && is_array( $drafts ) || $pendings && is_array( $pendings )) {
$list = array();
foreach ( $pendings as $pending ) {
$url = get_edit_post_link( $pending->ID );
$title = _draft_or_post_title( $pending->ID );
$last_id = get_post_meta( $pending->ID, '_edit_last', true);
$last_user = get_userdata($last_id);
$last_modified = '<i>' . esc_html( $last_user->display_name ) . '</i>';
$item = '<h4><a href="' . $url . '" title="' . sprintf( __( 'Edit “%s”' ), esc_attr( $title ) ) . '">' . esc_html($title) . '</a>' . '<abbr> ' . __('Pending') . '</abbr>' . '<abbr style="display:block;margin-left:0;">' . sprintf(__('Last edited by %1$s on %2$s at %3$s'), $last_modified, mysql2date(get_option('date_format'), $pending->post_modified), mysql2date(get_option('time_format'), $pending->post_modified)) . '</abbr></h4>';
if ( $the_content = preg_split( '#\s#', strip_tags( $pending->post_content ), 11, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY ) )
$item .= '<p>' . join( ' ', array_slice( $the_content, 0, 10 ) ) . ( 10 < count( $the_content ) ? '…' : '' ) . '</p>';
$list[] = $item;
}
foreach ( $drafts as $draft ) {
$url = get_edit_post_link( $draft->ID );
$title = _draft_or_post_title( $draft->ID );
$last_id = get_post_meta( $draft->ID, '_edit_last', true);
$last_user = get_userdata($last_id);
$last_modified = '<i>' . esc_html( $last_user->display_name ) . '</i>';
$item = '<h4><a href="' . $url . '" title="' . sprintf( __( 'Edit “%s”' ), esc_attr( $title ) ) . '">' . esc_html($title) . '</a>' . '<abbr> ' . __('Draft') . '</abbr>' . '<abbr style="display:block;margin-left:0;">' . sprintf(__('Last edited by %1$s on %2$s at %3$s'), $last_modified, mysql2date(get_option('date_format'), $draft->post_modified), mysql2date(get_option('time_format'), $draft->post_modified)) . '</abbr></h4>';
if ( $the_content = preg_split( '#\s#', strip_tags( $draft->post_content ), 11, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY ) )
$item .= '<p>' . join( ' ', array_slice( $the_content, 0, 10 ) ) . ( 10 < count( $the_content ) ? '…' : '' ) . '</p>';
$list[] = $item;
}
?>
<ul>
<li><?php echo join( "</li>\n<li>", $list ); ?></li>
</ul>
<?php
} else {
_e('There are no drafts at the moment');
}
