Description
Mark Posts plugin provides an easy way to mark and highlight posts, pages and posts of custom post types within the WordPress admin posts overview.
Features
- Set custom marker categories and colors
- Assign marker categories to posts/pages or any other post type
- View the highlighted posts within the posts overview
- Quick edit, bulk edit and/or edit all markers at once
- Dashboard widget with marker status count
- Optional custom setup via filters (check our wiki for instructions)
Support
Always feel free to raise an issue on GitHub.
Screenshots
Shows a screenshot of marked posts in the posts overview. 
Shows a screenshot of the options box while editing a post. 
Shows a screenshot of the quick edit box in the posts overview. 
Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts settings screen. 
Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts dashboard widget.
Installation
Requirements
Using the latest version of WordPress and PHP is highly recommended.
- WordPress 4.1 or newer
- PHP 7.4 or newer (also tested with PHP 8.0)
Using WP-CLI
- Install and activate:
wp plugin install mark-posts --activate
Using Composer
- Install:
composer require hofmannsven/mark-posts - Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard
Using WordPress
- Navigate to the plugins dashboard and select Add New
- Search for Mark Posts
- Click Install Now
- Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard
Using SFTP
- Unzip the download package
- Upload the
mark-postsfolder to your plugins directory - Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard
FAQ
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How can I display the marker taxonomy terms on my website?
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Check the Custom Marker Taxonomy Arguments wiki page for further information.
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Can I set specific user roles for specific markers?
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Check the Custom Marker Limits wiki page for further information.
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Can I set custom parameters for the posts displayed on the dashboard?
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Check the Custom Dashboard Queries wiki page for further information.
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Can I export/import markers?
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Check the Export & Import wiki page for further information.
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Can I remove my custom post type from the plugin options?
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Check the Reset Custom Post Types wiki page for further information.
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I’m having issues getting the plugin to work what should I do?
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Always feel free to raise an issue on GitHub.
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Where can I get more information and support for this plugin?
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Visit Mark Posts on Github.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Mark Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Mark Posts” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
2.2.1
- Refactors stray PHP short tags
- Prefixes generic function names
2.2.0
- Fixes a bug with PHP 8
- Fixes wicked file permissions
- Low-level refactoring by @alpipego
- Sets the minimum required WordPress version to WordPress 4.1
Further reading: Dropping security updates for WordPress versions 3.7 through 4.0
2.1.0
- Adds support for PHP 8
2.0.1
- Fixes a possible XSS vulnerability
Thanks @fuzzyap1 for discovering and responsibly disclosing this vulnerability
2.0.0
- Breaking change: Markers are no longer public by default
- Adds
mark_posts_taxonomy_argsfilter
1.2.4
- Fixes a bug with WordPress 5.5.1
1.2.3
- Excludes specific internal plugin post types per default
1.2.2
- Sets the minimum required PHP version to PHP 7.0
1.2.1
- Excludes internal post types per default
- Adds
mark_posts_excluded_post_typesfilter
1.2.0
- Migrates GitHub repository to hofmannsven/mark-posts
- Adds Composer support
Check our changelog for previous releases.