Tom de Visser

<h4>What does it do?</h4>
Post Descriptions lets you attach short notes or descriptions to posts and pages — ideal for internal reminders, content planning, or small to-do’s. Use it solo or with your team to stay organized directly in the WordPress admin.
<h4>How does it work?</h4>
Adding Post Descriptions 
You can add a description in two ways: 
1. From the full Edit screen 
2. From the Quick Edit option on the posts/pages overview
Viewing Post Descriptions 
Descriptions are visible: 
1. In a dedicated column on the posts or pages overview — with a customizable column title 
2. As a post state — the small bold label next to the post title
Post State Toggle 
By default, post descriptions are not shown as post states (the bold label next to your post title). You can enable this in Settings > Post Descriptions. If enabled, longer descriptions might clutter your view — you can toggle it off again in the settings.

Post Descriptions

Simple and effective!

A lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you add quick descriptions or personal notes to your posts and pages — perfect for reminders, to-do's, o …

thinkaquamarine

This plugin allows you to keep track of the status of your posts as you work through each phase of creating them.
<h4>Why Use Phases?</h4>
Phases helps you stay organized as you progress through the steps of creating your posts. The steps from start to finish may differ, but Phases lets you keep track of your progress at a glance.
By default, phases comes with To Do, Doing Done phases, but you can change this to suit your needs. For instance, if you’re entering content, maybe you want a Not Started, Rough Draft, Edited, and Approved phases for your posts; or, if you’re testing a site, maybe you want Untested, QA, QC, Final phases. The phases you choose are up to you!
You can also enable notes to keep track of why a post is in a particular phase. For instance, you could have a phase called Blocked and list the reasons each post is blocked, like “blocked because missing hero image, missing author bio, missing accurate pricing” and so forth.
Inspired by <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mark-posts/" rel="ugc">Mark Posts</a>.

Post Descriptions vs Post Edit Phases