Plugin info

Total downloads: 16,575
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 10
Average rating: 4.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 2/12/2025 (322 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/4/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 322 days ago • 10 reviews

42/100

Is Mark Posts abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 322 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.1
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 7.0

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Description

Mark Posts plugin provides an easy way to mark and highlight posts, pages and posts of custom post types within the WordPress admin posts overview.

Features

  • Set custom marker categories and colors
  • Assign marker categories to posts/pages or any other post type
  • View the highlighted posts within the posts overview
  • Quick edit, bulk edit and/or edit all markers at once
  • Dashboard widget with marker status count
  • Optional custom setup via filters (check our wiki for instructions)

Live Demo

Try out the features of Mark Posts on the WordPress playground.

Support

Active development of this plugin is handled on GitHub. Always feel free to raise an issue.

Installation

Requirements

Using the latest version of WordPress and PHP is highly recommended.

  • WordPress 4.1 or newer
  • PHP 7.4 or newer (tested up to PHP 8.2)

Using WP-CLI

  1. Install and activate: wp plugin install mark-posts --activate

Using Composer

  1. Install: composer require hofmannsven/mark-posts
  2. Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard

Using WordPress

  1. Navigate to the plugins dashboard and select Add New
  2. Search for Mark Posts
  3. Click Install Now
  4. Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard

Using SFTP

  1. Unzip the download package
  2. Upload the mark-posts folder to your plugins directory
  3. Activate the plugin on the plugin dashboard

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I display the marker taxonomy terms on my website?

Check the Custom Marker Taxonomy Arguments wiki page for further information.

Can I set specific user roles for specific markers?

Check the Custom Marker Limits wiki page for further information.

Can I set custom parameters for the posts displayed on the dashboard?

Check the Custom Dashboard Queries wiki page for further information.

Can I export/import markers?

Check the Export & Import wiki page for further information.

Can I remove my custom post type from the plugin options?

Check the Reset Custom Post Types wiki page for further information.

I’m having issues getting the plugin to work what should I do?

Always feel free to raise an issue on GitHub.

Where can I get more information and support for this plugin?

Visit Mark Posts on GitHub.

Review feed

thinkaquamarine
4/27/2020

Very Helpful

Really helpful for adding arbitrary statuses during post creation. I've been using this plugin for years.

Screenshots

  1. Shows a screenshot of marked posts in the posts overview.

    Shows a screenshot of marked posts in the posts overview.

  2. Shows a screenshot of the options box while editing a post.

    Shows a screenshot of the options box while editing a post.

  3. Shows a screenshot of the quick edit box in the posts overview.

    Shows a screenshot of the quick edit box in the posts overview.

  4. Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts settings screen.

    Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts settings screen.

  5. Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts dashboard widget.

    Shows a screenshot of the Mark Posts dashboard widget.

Changelog

2.2.6

  • Fixes a bug where the bulk edit nonce is not set
    Thanks to René Eger for finding and reporting the issue

2.2.5

  • Adds additional user capability checks (quick edit and bulk edit)
  • Adds Laravel Pint code style fixer as a developer dependency

2.2.4

  • Adds support for the WordPress playground
  • Hides new internal post types by default
  • Fixes broken access control vulnerability
    Thanks @truonghuuphuc for discovering and responsibly disclosing this vulnerability

2.2.3

  • Fixes the assignment of default colors when creating multiple new markers

2.2.2

  • Hides internal (plugin) post types by default

2.2.1

  • Refactors stray PHP short tags
  • Prefixes generic function names

2.2.0

2.1.0

  • Adds support for PHP 8

2.0.1

  • Fixes a possible XSS vulnerability
    Thanks @fuzzyap1 for discovering and responsibly disclosing this vulnerability

2.0.0

Earlier versions

Check out our full changelog for previous releases