Greg Ross

This plugin adds menu items to the admin menu in WordPress to allow one click access to the drafts, posted, scheduled items and categories under posts, pages and other post types.
Included is a administration menu to allow for options to be set, including which types of posts are added to the menu and how the number of posts in each category are displayed in the menu.
This code is released under the GPL v2, see license.txt for details.
Special thanks to the translators:
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<li>Spanish – Andrew Kurtis (www.webhostinghub.com)</li>
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Posts by Type Access

Adds a link to drafts, posted, scheduled items and categories under the posts, pages, and other custom post type sections in the admin menu.

Dave Bergschneider

Intuitive Category Checklist makes selecting categories easier for sites with a large amount of categories and sub-categorization. This plugin works in both quick edit mode and stand full post mode.
Related Links: <a href="http://www.crunchingpixels.com/portfolio/2011/07/intuitive-category-checklist/" title="Intuitive Category Checklist Plugin for WordPress at Truimage Productions" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a>.
This release has been tested compatible with all WordPress versions since 3.1
Please submit feedback to the plugin’s home page in regards to features you would like to see in the future.
<h3>License</h3>
Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. If you have found this plugin to be useful plese give it a rating or you can thank me and leave a <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=39WPEFFWFDXTL" title="Donate with PayPal" rel="nofollow ugc">small donation</a> for the time I’ve spent writing and supporting this plugin.

Intuitive Category Checklist

Adds expanding/collapsing functionality to the categories checklist inside posts.

Posts by Type Access vs Intuitive Category Checklist