Title: Hide Drafts in Menus Author: Room 34 Creative Services, LLC Published: November 10, 2016 Last modified: May 14, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/hide-drafts-in-menus/assets/icon.svg?rev=2600650) # Hide Drafts in Menus By [Room 34 Creative Services, LLC](https://profiles.wordpress.org/room34/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus.1.5.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/) ## Description If you unpublish a page or post, it still appears in your custom menus. This plugin automatically prevents pages/posts set to “draft” or “pending review” from appearing in custom menus on the site, while keeping their place in the menu structure. When they’re published, they’ll appear in the menu automatically. This plugin also modifies the custom menu editing screen to clearly indicate the unpublished status of items in the menu. _NOTE: We are aware of a limitation in the plugin, that a page/post must be published to appear in the list of items you can select to add to the menu. We are working on a solution. In the meantime, the workaround is to temporarily publish the page/ post, add it to the menu, and then set it back to “draft”._ ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. There’s no step 3! ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d4ec82a6c6007683924d68ec6cf6cc2a453537b02885d1d97ed667df77a66009? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent. Very useful plugin.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-very-useful-plugin-6/)󠁿 [michaelquinn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelquinn/) May 15, 2024 One of those plugins you can’t believe hasn’t been rolled into core by now. I’ve been using it as one of my standard install plugins and it’s very helpful for rolling out sites with multiple draft pages etc. Has worked perfectly for years. Had a slight problem this last week but the developer fixed it within 12 hours of me posting about it. Can’t ask for more than that. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2949e1420c186ba7fe9eafb8f5c406b6b29ddebb639e7c7da6f93d39b784643? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Should be part of WordPress core](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-be-part-of-wordpress-core-4/)󠁿 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) February 17, 2024 It’s hard to believe that this functionality is not part of WordPress core, since it simply does not make sense to show a menu item which links to an unpublished page. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15bac605056cb3c3d6374c76f2793c8f385b65a230d7cc060fab72064b1ccc0b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very helpfull!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpfull-108/)󠁿 [Bogdan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bogdanguenther/) September 21, 2023 Does what it says, I could easily extend it to hide also private posts. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/667216bf509797aefe496a81ae3af56fd8200b378994c13a22a5593a63b9be41? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-plugin-975/)󠁿 [mighty2003](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mighty2003/) December 29, 2020 This Plugin makes exactly what i’m looking for. But it’s special, that this plugin is necessary, because that should be a part of the stock WP. and it’s very easy, install, run, done! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4b43e81f9d0ecccff0e1174f45eca74ffeae3ce2468440e4bd4f947f10e35813? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[BRILLIANT](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brilliant-1109/)󠁿 [karenwhitt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karenwhitt/) April 16, 2019 Thanks so much – i had a whole pile of prebuilt pages I added in my new theme which threw out my menu – installed this and – GONE – thanks so much ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84e7eeb4f0eca9fefbd5359eee308f808fbae7a9eb8be2bebad8657c3fb5dad0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-like-a-charm-36/)󠁿 [ienaxxx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ienaxxx/) March 30, 2019 It works prefectly without any configuration. Install it, activate it, done. Thanks to the developer. 🙂 [ Read all 9 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Hide Drafts in Menus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/room34/) [Translate “Hide Drafts in Menus” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-drafts-in-menus/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hide-drafts-in-menus/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hide-drafts-in-menus/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hide-drafts-in-menus/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.5.1 – 2024.05.14 * Fixed an issue that would cause categories to be hidden. Added a check to ensure that the logic for hiding menu items only applies to items that are a post type( e.g. post, page, custom post type), not taxonomies or other types of objects. * Changed CSS styling for hidden items on the admin Menus page to match the default WordPress styling for deleted items. * Bumped “tested up to” to 6.5.3. #### 1.5.0 – 2023.11.01 * Changed SQL query to simply look for all posts that are _not_ set to a status of `publish`, rather than the previous check for a few specific status values. * Removed now-redundant post status text on menu editing screen (WordPress now displays the status rather than the post type for non-published menu items) and changed visual appearance to a light red background and partial opacity. #### 1.4.1 – 2023.07.23 * Fixed bug that prevented draft page CSS from being applied for menus that are not assigned to a theme menu location. * Updated “tested up to” to 6.3. #### 1.4.0 * Added global `$r34hdm_results` variable to eliminate duplicate queries, resulting in a slight performance increase. * Updated “tested up to” to 5.8.1. #### 1.3.1 * Fixed bug that would return a PHP warning if the menu is empty. In some cases this may have been breaking the page preview in the Customizer. * Updated “tested up to” to 5.3. #### 1.3.0 * Added rekey array of menu items after removing hidden items. * Added `wp_nav_menu_objects` action. #### 1.2.1 * Added ‘future’ status to pages hidden in menus. #### 1.2.0.1 * Fixed database error message that occurred when there were no unpublished items. #### 1.2.0 * Added ‘trash’ status to pages hidden in menus. #### 1.1.0 * Fixed issues that would trigger PHP notices on **Appearance > Menus** page. #### 1.0.0.2 * Tested with WordPress 4.9.5. #### 1.0.0.1 * Updated “Tested up to” to 4.7. * Added note about pages needing to be published temporarily to appear in the list of options. #### 1.0.0 Initial release in WordPress Plugin Directory. ## Meta * Version **1.5.1** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.5.8** * Tags * [drafts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/drafts/)[menus](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menus/) [pages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pages/)[unpublished](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unpublished/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-drafts-in-menus/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hide-drafts-in-menus/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Room 34 Creative Services, LLC ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/room34/) ## Support Got something to say? 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