Glimbyte

<p>Glimbyte Starter Sorter adds three productivity features to the WordPress Plugins screen: a sort toolbar, date tracking columns, and a persistent Extensions menu in the admin bar.</p>
<h4>Extensions Menu in the Admin Bar</h4>
<p>An Extensions item is added to your WordPress admin bar and stays visible on every page — including the front end of your site when you are logged in as an administrator. This means you can jump straight to plugin management without navigating through the sidebar, from wherever you are on the site.</p>
<p>The dropdown includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Installed — go straight to your plugins list</li>
<li>Add New — jump directly to the plugin installer (shown only to users with the install_plugins capability)</li>
<li>File Editor — open the plugin file editor (shown only when file editing is enabled)</li>
<li>Active (N) — filtered view of active plugins, with a live count</li>
<li>Inactive (N) — filtered view of inactive plugins, with a live count</li>
<li>Update Available (N) — shown only when updates exist, with a live count</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sort Toolbar</h4>
<p>A toolbar appears above your plugins list with one-click sort buttons for Name, Author, Installed Date, and Activated Date. Click once to sort ascending, click again to reverse. Sort preferences are saved per user and persist across sessions.</p>
<h4>Date Tracking Columns</h4>
<p>Two new columns — Installed and Activated — are added to the plugins list table. Plugins installed after activating this plugin show exact timestamps. Pre-existing plugins fall back to their file modification date, marked with a tilde (~) to indicate the date is approximate.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Extensions menu in the admin bar, accessible from any admin page or the front end of the site</li>
<li>Live plugin counts for Active, Inactive, and Updates Available shown in the dropdown</li>
<li>Capability-aware links — Add New and File Editor only appear to users with the relevant permissions</li>
<li>One-click sorting by Name, Author, Install Date, or Activation Date</li>
<li>Ascending and descending toggle with a second click on any sort button</li>
<li>Sort preference saved per user, persists between sessions</li>
<li>Installed Date and Activated Date columns in the plugins list</li>
<li>Accurate timestamp tracking for plugin activations, deactivations, and new installs</li>
<li>File modification date fallback for pre-existing plugins, marked with ~</li>
<li>No external scripts, no database tables, no configuration required</li>
<li>Fully translatable (text domain: glimbyte-starter-sorter)</li>
</ul>


Glimbyte Starter Sorter

Sort plugins by name, author, install date, or activation date. Includes an Extensions menu in the admin bar for instant plugin access from any page.

REDSHAPE

<p>Easy Labels is a comprehensive WordPress plugin for organizing and visualizing your content workflow. Create custom colored labels, add private notes, and gain insights through interactive dashboard widgets with pie charts, bar graphs, and statistics – all visible only in the backend for seamless team collaboration.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Customizable colored labels</strong>: Create labels with name and color of your choice</li>
<li><strong>Default labels</strong>: Manage special labels “All” and “No Label” with custom colors and borders</li>
<li><strong>Custom borders</strong>: Add borders to labels (solid, dashed, dotted, double) with custom colors</li>
<li><strong>Internal notes</strong>: Add private notes for each content, visible only in the backend</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard widgets</strong>: 5 visualization types (pie, donut, bar, list, stats) with click-to-filter</li>
<li><strong>Drag & drop ordering</strong>: Customize label order in widgets with intuitive drag & drop interface</li>
<li><strong>Interactive charts</strong>: Click on any chart segment or list item to filter content by that label</li>
<li><strong>Multi-select filtering</strong>: Toggle between single and multiple label selection with AND logic</li>
<li><strong>Backup & Restore</strong>: Export and import all plugin settings in JSON format</li>
<li><strong>Quick filters</strong>: Quickly filter content by label with drag & drop to reorder</li>
<li><strong>Label search</strong>: Integrated search field in popup to quickly find labels</li>
<li><strong>Real-time counts</strong>: Label counts update automatically without page refresh</li>
<li><strong>Multi-language</strong>: Support for 10 languages (IT, EN, FR, DE, ES, RU, ZH, JA, KO, HI)</li>
<li><strong>Granular permissions</strong>: Control who can view and edit labels and notes</li>
<li><strong>Custom Post Types</strong>: Enable the system for any content type</li>
<li><strong>Smart cache</strong>: Cache system for optimal performance</li>
<li><strong>100% Backend</strong>: Labels and notes are visible only in the admin area</li>
</ul>
<h4>Ideal for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Editorial teams who need to coordinate content management</li>
<li>Sites with many posts that need internal organization</li>
<li>Agencies managing content on behalf of clients</li>
<li>Editorial offices using complex workflows</li>
</ul>


REDSHAPE Easy Labels

Organize content with colored labels, notes, and dashboard widgets with 5 visualization types.

Glimbyte Starter Sorter vs REDSHAPE Easy Labels