David Artiss

If you’re upgrading from a previous release of Draft List (i.e. pre version 2.5) please check out the FAQ – a number of changes have been made in this release that you need to be aware of
Draft List allows you to both manage your draft and scheduled posts more easily but also to promote them by showing them on your site via shortcode or widget – use it to show your visitors what’s “coming soon” or as a great SEO tool.
How easy is it display a list of draft posts? Here’s an example of how you could use it in a post or page…
<pre><code>[drafts limit=5 type=post order=ma scheduled=no template='{{ul}}{{draft}} {{icon}}']
</code></pre>
This would display a list of up to 5 draft posts in ascending modified date sequence, with an icon displayed to the right of each if the draft is scheduled.
Key features include…
<ul>
<li>Both widgets and shortcodes are available for you to show off your up-coming content</li>
<li>Output is highly configurable – create your own look by using a template, identify scheduled posts with an icon, sequence the results in various ways and even narrow down the results to a specific timeframe</li>
<li>Click on any of the drafts posts listed to edit them</li>
<li>A meta box in the editor screen allows you to omit individual posts from any list outputs</li>
<li>Tested up to PHP 8.2</li>
<li>Fully complies with WordPress coding standards</li>
<li>Compliant with the stronger <a href="https://wpvip.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress VIP</a> coding standards, as well as compatibility with their platform</li>
<li>Community plugin – visit the <a href="https://github.com/dartiss/draft-list" title="Github" rel="nofollow ugc">Github page</a> to get involved with the latest code development, request enhancements and report issues</li>
</ul>
Iconography is courtesy of the very talented <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/jankirathore" rel="nofollow ugc">Janki Rathod</a>.
<h3>Shortcode Parameters</h3>
The following shortcode parameters are valid…
<ul>
<li>cache= : How long to cache the output for, in hours. Defaults to half an hour. Set to <code>No</code> to not cache at all. Whenever you save a post any cache will be cleared to ensure that any lists are updated.</li>
<li>date= : The format of any dates output. This uses the PHP date formatting system – <a href="http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php" title="date" rel="nofollow ugc">read here</a> for the formatting codes. Defaults to <code>F j, Y, g:i a</code>.</li>
<li>folder= : The scheduled icon will be, by default, the one in the plugin folder named <code>scheduled.png</code>. However, use this parameter to specify a folder within your theme that you’d prefer the icon to be fetched from.</li>
<li>limit= : The maximum number of draft items to display. The default is 0, which is unlimited.</li>
<li>order= : This is the sequence that you’d like to order the results in. It consists of 2 codes – the first is either <code>t</code>, <code>m</code> or <code>c</code> to represent the title, modified date or created date and the second is <code>a</code> or <code>d</code> for ascending or descending. Therefore <code>order=td</code> will display the results in descending title sequence. The default is descending modified date.</li>
<li>pending= : True or false, where to include pending posts in the result. By default, pending posts will not be included.</li>
<li>scheduled= : True or false, where to include scheduled posts in the result. By default, scheduled posts will be included.</li>
<li>template= : This is the template which formats the output. See the section below on * *Templates** for further information.</li>
<li>type= : This allows you to limit the results to either <code>post</code> or <code>page</code>. The default is both.</li>
<li>words= : The minimum number of words that must be present in the draft for it to be included. Defaults to 0.</li>
</ul>
To restrict the posts to a particular timeframe you can use the following 2 parameters. You simply state, in words, how long ago the posts must be dated for e.g. “2 days”, “3 months”, etc.
<ul>
<li>created= : his reflects how long ago the post/page must have been created for it to be listed. For example <code>6 months</code> would only list drafts that were created in the last 6 months.</li>
<li>modified= : This reflects how long ago the post/page must have been modified last for it to be listed. For example <code>6 months</code> would only list drafts that have been modified in the last 6 months.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Templates</h3>
The template parameter allows you to format the output by allowing you to specify how each line of output will display. A number of tags can be added, and you can mix these with HTML. The available tags are as follows…
<ul>
<li>{{ul}} – Specifies this is an un-ordered list (i.e. bullet point output). This MUST be specified at the beginning of the template if it is to be used.</li>
<li>{{ol}} – Specifies this is an ordered list (i.e. number output). This MUST be specified at the beginning of the template if it is to be used.</li>
<li>{{icon}} – This is the icon that indicates a scheduled post.</li>
<li>{{draft}} – This is the post detail and is the only REQUIRED tag.</li>
<li>{{author}} – This is the name of the post author.</li>
<li>{{author+link}} – This is the name of the post author with, where available, a link to their URL.</li>
<li>{{words}} – The number of words in the draft post.</li>
<li>{{chars}} – The number of characters (exc. spaces) in the post.</li>
<li>{{chars+space}} – The number of characters (inc. spaces) in the post.</li>
<li>{{created}} – The date/time the post was created.</li>
<li>{{modified}} – The date/time the post was last modified.</li>
<li>{{category}} – Shows the first category assigned to the post.</li>
<li>{{categories}} – Shows all categories assigned to the post, comma separated.</li>
</ul>
If {{ul}} or {{ol}} are specified then all the appropriate list tags will be added to the output. If neither are used then it’s assumed that line output will be controlled by yourself.
<h3>Omitting Posts/Pages from Results</h3>
If you wish to omit a page or post from the list then you can do this in 3 ways…
<ol>
<li>By giving the post a title beginning with an exclamation mark. You can then remove this before publishing the post.</li>
<li>The post and page editor has a meta box, where you can select to hide the page/post.</li>
<li>You can add a custom field to a page/post with a name of ‘draft_hide’ and a value of ‘Yes’</li>
</ol>
<h3>Edit Link</h3>
If the current user can edit the draft item being listed then it will be linked to the appropriate edit page. The user then simply needs to click on the draft item to edit it.
There are separate permissions for post and page editing, so an editor with just one permission may find that they can only edit some of the draft items.
Drafts that don’t have a title will not be shown on the list UNLESS the current user has edit privileges for the draft – in this case a title of [No Title] will be shown.
<h3>Using a Widget</h3>
Sidebar widgets can be easily added. In Administration simply click on the <code>Widgets</code> option under the <code>Appearance</code> menu. <code>Draft Posts</code> will be one of the listed widgets. Drag it to the appropriate sidebar on the right hand side and then choose your options.
Save the result and that’s it! You can use unlimited widgets, so you can add different lists to different sidebars.

Draft List

WordPress plugin to manage and promote your unpublished content.

jdalmeida

Display future (scheduled) posts in responsive grids using shortcodes. Works with PODS, Advanced Custom Fields, WooCommerce, and all page builders.
Compatible with Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, Elementor, SiteOrigin, Thrive Architect, WPBakery / Visual Composer, etc. Works with virtually every Theme available for WordPress. Plenty of customization options available either for the power or expert user. Use the default theme or create your own unlimited themes. Includes extensive documentation and a huge array of examples to start with.
The Future Posts is powerfull enough to be used also as a regular post grid system, for it also works with regular published posts in exactly the very same way.
Unlike other post grid plugins of its kind, The Future Posts fully supports custom post types and custom fields, created by PODS, Advanced Custom Fields, Toolset, etc. Each post grid can display whatever fields you want, either standard or custom.
Right out of the box, The Future Posts features pretty permalinks on regular and custom post types (including WooCommerce). Pretty permalinks are supported on all posts status (including future posts). Furthermore, it also allows showing non-published posts, like future posts, even for non-logged anonymous users.
<h4>Supported features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Post status (all supported: future, publish, draft, pending, private, trash, auto-draft, inherit)</li>
<li>Post type (blog, WooCommerce, custom post type)</li>
<li>Category name (blog)</li>
<li>Taxonomy (WooCommerce, custom post type)</li>
<li>Taxonomy terms (WooCommerce category, custom category type)</li>
<li>Tag (blog, WooCommerce, custom post type)</li>
<li>Date before</li>
<li>Date after (compatible with The Future Is Now plugin)</li>
<li>Date inclusive</li>
<li>Offset (shift posts)</li>
<li>Posts per page</li>
<li>Posts per column</li>
<li>Order by</li>
<li>Order</li>
<li>No posts string</li>
<li>Overlay background effect</li>
<li>Overlay icons (includes 150 image overlay related icons with great design)</li>
<li>Fields (including any custom fields created with PODS, Advanced Custom Fields, Toolset, etc)</li>
<li>Themes with full CSS customization</li>
<li>and more…</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to use</h3>
The Future Posts is very easy to use, yet it features an extensive and rich array of powerfull options. Far too many to display them here.
Go to your WordPress admin area and select The Future Posts option from the left menu. Then read and follow the instructions. All options are fully detailed there.
<h4>Power usage (for scheduled posts, not linked)</h4>
Be aware that unless you have some scheduled posts, the shortcode below, without any attributes, won’t show any posts (just a ‘Nothing planned yet.’ sentence).
<pre>[the_future_posts]</pre>
<h4>Power usage (for published posts, not linked)</h4>
<pre>[the_future_posts post_status="publish"]</pre>
<h4>Expert usage (for scheduled posts, linked)</h4>
Here goes 2 shortcode examples, both for schedules posts only. The latter is configured for WooCommerce. Again, be aware these examples won’t work unless you have some schedules posts (former example) or products (latter example).
<pre>[the_future_posts fields="image=large;link|title=text;link|excerpt=text;nolink|button=text;link;More...|author=text;nolink|date=text;nolink;M d, Y"]</pre>
<pre>[the_future_posts post_type="product" posts_per_column="3" fields="float=start;left|image=large;link|float=end|float=start;right|title=text;link|excerpt=text;nolink|button=text;link;More...|author=text;nolink|date=text;nolink;M d, Y|float=end"]</pre>

The Future Posts

Display future (scheduled) posts in responsive grids using shortcodes. Works with PODS, Advanced Custom Fields, WooCommerce, and all page builders.

Draft List vs The Future Posts