Highlights the left border color and background color and reformats the post status as visual color tags in the wordpress admin post list view.

John Brand

<p>Highlights the left border color and background color and reformats the post status as visual color tags in the wordpress admin post list view. Supports the standard WordPress status for: Published, Future, Draft, Pending, Private, Protected, Sticky (tag only) and custom statuses like Archived (via <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/archived-post-status/" rel="ugc">Archive Post Status</a> plugin.</p>
<h4>Posts/Pages Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adds a left thick border color and highlights the line with a light background color, similar to the comments and plugins admin views.</li>
<li>Modifies the post status tags added to a Page/Post name to have a tag appearance with matching background color and dashicon</li>
<li>Both these changes make it super easy to spot the various types of post statuses in the admin view</li>
<li>Supports all WordPress Post status values: Published, Future, Draft, Pending, Private, Protected, Sticky (tag only)</li>
<li>Support for custom post statuses like Archived via <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/archived-post-status/" rel="ugc">Archive Post Status</a> plugin  </li>
<li>Supports the 4.2 status of the Front Page and Posts Page (blog page) to easily spot those posts/pages</li>
<li>Supports the 4.3 tags of Scheduled Posts to see upcoming posts/pages</li>
<li>Supports the 4.9.6 tags of Privacy Policy Page </li>
<li>Define custom colors using the color picker in the Admin Settings screen</li>
<li>Define custom dash icons using the dashicons picker in the Admin Settings screen</li>
<li>Enable/disable view in Admin Settings screen</li>
<li>Enable/disable icons in Admin Settings screen</li>
<li>Change the background color lightness value from 0 (dark) to (1) light</li>
<li>Reset settings to defaults in Admin Settings screen</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE</strong><br />
  If all your posts or pages are only published, nothing in the display will change. This plugin doesn’t add anything to regular <strong>Published</strong> posts, otherwise the screen will look way too colourful. To see the plugin in action, you will have to set at least one of your posts or pages to DRAFT, PENDING, PROTECTED, PRIVATE or any status <strong>other</strong> than published, to make it show something.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Icons appear inside the tag, if enabled.</li>
<li>Published status: color, no tag.</li>
<li>Scheduled status: color, with tag (WP 4.3+)</li>
<li>Protected status: overrides color, but still adds tag (multiple tags support)</li>
<li>Sticky status: tag only (multiple tags support).</li>
<li>Front Page, Blog Posts: tag only (WP 4.2+)</li>
<li>Privacy Policy Page (WP 4.9.6+)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Some inspiration for the tags was taken from the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/landing-pages/" rel="ugc">WordPress Landing Pages</a> plugin.</li>
<li>Thanks to <a href="http://themergency.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Brad Vincent</a> for his <a href="https://github.com/bradvin/dashicons-picker" rel="nofollow ugc">Dashicons Picker</a> with some minor modifications and updates.</li>
</ul>


Post State Tags

I like to install it to my clients for make it an easier experience for them to use their websites. It works for Woocommerce order status too, you just have to customize the colors in the settings.

This should be part of core.

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