Shaun Scovil

Written as a platform for plugin developers, this simple-yet-powerful plugin allows you to run a custom WP_Query using shortcode, then display the results any way imaginable using compatible nested shortcodes.
<h4>How It Works</h4>
Add the following shortcode to any WordPress post or page:
<pre><code>[wpquery orderby="rand"] [wpq_index] [/wpquery]
</code></pre>
In the example above, the <code>[wpquery]</code> shortcode performs a WP_Query using orderby=”rand” to display the results in random order. A full list of query parameters can be found here: <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters" title="WP_Query" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Query</a>.
Next, the nested <code>[wpq_index]</code> shortcode displays the results of the custom WP_Query as an unordered list of post title links.
<h4>Why It Rocks</h4>
Written as a platform for plugin developers, this simple-yet-powerful plugin allows developers to write compatible plugins that manipulate the way post data is displayed – without needing to write functions and shortcode parameters to first retrieve the post data.
The <code>[wpq_index]</code> shortcode function included in this plugin is just a simple example of what it can do. Any plugin that performs a WP_Query could be rewrtitten and optimized to work with this plugin, eliminating a lot of unnecessary code.
Best of all, this plugin gives users total control over the WP_Query being performed!

Shaun's WP Query Shortcode

This extensible plugin allows you to run a custom WP_Query using a simple shortcode, then display the results using compatible nested shortcodes.

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:

Shaun's WP Query Shortcode vs Post Status Dashboard