FuzzGuard

This plugin allows you to show posts on the dashboard based on a POST STATUS. This can be the default post status from wordpress such as: 
Publish 
Future 
Draft 
Pending 
Private 
Trash 
Auto-draft 
Inherit
This plugin will also allow you to view posts based on any post status that is registered with wordpress. Such as POST types created by a plugin.
You can also add multiple widgets to the dashboard. This allows you to monitor multiple post types in different widgets.

Post Status Dashboard

This plugin allows you to show posts on the dashboard based on a POST STATUS.  This can be the default post status from wordpress such as:

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WP User Groups allows users to be categorized using custom taxonomies & terms.
<ul>
<li>“Groups” & “Types” are created by default, and can be overridden</li>
<li>More user group types can be registered with custom arguments</li>
<li>Edit users and set their relationships</li>
<li>Bulk edit many users to quickly assign several at once</li>
<li>Filter the users list to see which users are in what groups</li>
<li>Not destructive data storage (plugin can be enabled & disabled without damage)</li>
<li>Works great with all WP User & Term plugins (see below)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Also checkout</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/" title="Make long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly." rel="ugc">WP Chosen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pretty-filters/" title="Makes post filters better match what's already in Media & Attachments." rel="ugc">WP Pretty Filters</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-categories/" title="Add categories to media & attachments." rel="ugc">WP Media Categories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/" title="Sort taxonomy terms, your way." rel="ugc">WP Term Order</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/" title="Authors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Authors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/" title="Pretty colors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Colors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/" title="Pretty icons for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Icons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/" title="Visibilities for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Visibility</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/" title="The best way to log activity in WordPress." rel="ugc">WP User Activity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/" title="Allow users to upload avatars or choose them from your media library." rel="ugc">WP User Avatars</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/" title="A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress." rel="ugc">WP User Profiles</a></li>
</ul>

WP User Groups

This plugin is tremendously solid. Used it to build a complex system of content teams who could only create or edit content within their own team. WP User Groups handled the "teams" of users which corresponded with taxonomy terms associated with the content. Works like a charm. Plugin itself is lightweight and simple to grasp.



Solid foundation for development

I've been using this for a fairly complex WP build and I've been very impressed. The back-end is easy for users and there's a nice API for devs. Two thumbs up.

Very well-executed

When you need to group your many users beyond just their role, this is the pluging. Works very well, properly coded.

Very useful

WP User Groups allows users to be categorized using custom taxonomies & terms.

Post Status Dashboard vs WP User Groups