Description
Editorial Kanban helps content teams manage their publishing workflow with a clean board view directly inside WordPress.
Instead of juggling spreadsheets, notes, and scattered admin screens, your team can manage content tasks in one place. Create cards, assign teammates, add deadlines, upload attachments, leave comments, and follow activity history as work moves from idea to completion.
Core features
- Visual kanban board inside WordPress admin
- Default workflow columns for getting started quickly
- Create and edit task cards with title, description, priority, and due date
- Drag and drop cards between workflow stages
- Assign cards to WordPress users
- Card detail modal with comments, attachments, and activity history
- File attachments through the WordPress media library
- Activity log for tracking changes on each card
- Email notifications for assignment and task updates
- Role-aware behavior for viewers, contributors, authors, editors, and administrators
- Drag and drop interactions powered by the
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Good fit for
- Editorial teams managing article production
- Site owners coordinating writers and editors
- Content managers who want lightweight task tracking in WordPress
- Teams that prefer a board view over a traditional editorial calendar
Editorial Kanban is built for teams who want a practical workflow tool without leaving the WordPress dashboard.
External services
This plugin can load user avatar images from Gravatar to display WordPress user profile photos inside the board, comments, and activity history.
When avatar images are shown, the site may send a hash derived from the relevant user’s email address to Gravatar in order to request that user’s avatar image. This happens when the board, card details, comments, or activity history are viewed and the site is configured to use Gravatar avatars.
Gravatar is provided by Automattic.
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Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/editorial-kanban/directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen. - Activate the plugin through the
Pluginsscreen in WordPress. - The plugin creates its required database tables on activation.
- In the WordPress admin menu, open
Kanban Board. - Start creating and moving editorial tasks on the board.
FAQ
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What does this plugin do?
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It adds a kanban-style editorial task board to the WordPress admin area so teams can manage content workflow visually.
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Can I create cards with due dates and priorities?
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Yes. Each card can include a title, description, priority, due date, and assigned users.
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Can I assign tasks to team members?
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Yes. Cards can be assigned to WordPress users, and assignee avatars are shown on the board and in the task details view.
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Can team members comment on tasks?
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Yes. Cards support comments so collaborators can discuss work directly inside the task detail view.
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Can I attach files to tasks?
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Yes. Attachments are added through the WordPress media library and are available inside the card detail view.
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Does the plugin keep a history of task changes?
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Yes. Each card includes an activity history that records changes such as updates, movement between stages, comments, and attachments.
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Does the plugin send email notifications?
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Yes. The plugin includes email notifications for events like assignment and task updates.
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Does the plugin create custom database tables?
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Yes. On activation, the plugin creates dedicated tables for boards, columns, cards, attachments, comments, and activity logs.
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Contributors & Developers
“Editorial Kanban” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial public release
- Added visual editorial kanban board in WordPress admin
- Added card creation, editing, moving, and deletion
- Added assignees, due dates, and priority levels
- Added attachments, comments, and activity history
- Added email notifications for task activity