Title: Draft Graveyard
Author: Jorge López Repiso
Published: <strong>October 5, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 5, 2026

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# Draft Graveyard

 By [Jorge López Repiso](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorgelopezrepiso/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/draft-graveyard.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-graveyard/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-graveyard/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-graveyard/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-graveyard/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/draft-graveyard/)

## Description

Everybody has them: half-written posts nobody has opened in months. Draft Graveyard
adds a widget to the WordPress Dashboard that lists up to five drafts you have not
touched in over a week, oldest first, each with a short epitaph and how long it 
has been resting.

For every draft you can:

 * **Resurrect** it: opens the draft in the editor.
 * **Bury** it: moves it to the Trash (you can still restore it from there).

Good to know:

 * Shows only your own drafts, and only those left untouched for more than 7 days.
 * No settings, no database tables, no external requests, no tracking.
 * You can hide the widget at any time from the Dashboard’s “Screen Options”.

## Screenshots

[⌊The Draft Graveyard dashboard widget: your oldest forgotten drafts, each with 
an epitaph, how long it has been untouched, and the Resurrect and Bury links.⌉⌊The
Draft Graveyard dashboard widget: your oldest forgotten drafts, each with an epitaph,
how long it has been untouched, and the Resurrect and Bury links.⌉[

The Draft Graveyard dashboard widget: your oldest forgotten drafts, each with an
epitaph, how long it has been untouched, and the Resurrect and Bury links.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `draft-graveyard` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or
    install the plugin from the Plugins screen in WordPress.
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen.
 3. Open the Dashboard. The “Draft Graveyard” widget shows your oldest drafts.

## FAQ

### Does “Bury” delete my draft forever?

No. It moves the draft to the Trash, where you can restore it. If the Trash is disabled
on your site, the Bury link is not shown.

### Why don’t I see my newest drafts?

Only drafts that have not been edited for more than 7 days are listed, so work in
progress does not clutter the widget. If none qualifies, the widget says the graveyard
is empty.

### Does it show other people’s drafts?

No. Each user only sees their own drafts.

### Does it work with pages or custom post types?

Not yet. It only lists drafts of regular posts.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Draft Graveyard” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jorge López Repiso ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorgelopezrepiso/)

[Translate “Draft Graveyard” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/draft-graveyard)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/draft-graveyard/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/draft-graveyard/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/draft-graveyard/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/draft-graveyard/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Tweak: only drafts left untouched for more than 7 days are listed, so recently
   edited drafts no longer show up as forgotten.
 * New: added a screenshot of the dashboard widget.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)[drafts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/drafts/)
   [posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)[widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
   [writing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/writing/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/draft-graveyard/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jorge López Repiso ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorgelopezrepiso/)

## Support

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