描述
Editorial Workflow Manager adds an editorial checklist to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) so your team can follow a consistent pre-publish checklist every time you publish.
It’s built for content teams, agencies, and editors who want a lightweight publishing checklist workflow inside the editor — with clear “ready vs incomplete” feedback — without hard publish blocking.
This plugin does not output anything on the front end.
What you can do
- Create reusable checklist templates (required + optional items).
- Assign different editorial checklists to different post types.
- Track per-post checklist progress in the editor sidebar.
- See readiness and progress in the sidebar, the post status panel, and the pre-publish panel.
Typical use cases
- Blog posts: SEO checks, featured image, categories/tags, internal links, fact check.
- News/Editorial: legal review, source confirmation, editor sign-off checklist.
- Agencies: client approvals checklist, accessibility checks, brand requirements.
- Teams: consistent publishing workflow across authors and editors.
Key features
- Checklist templates – manage reusable checklists as a custom post type.
- Template editor (row-based UI) – add, remove, reorder items; mark each item Required or Optional.
- Required vs Optional items – readiness is based on required items only.
- Per-post checklist state – each post/page stores its own checklist progress.
- Gutenberg / Block Editor sidebar – “Editorial Checklist” panel inside the editor.
- Readiness + progress indicators
- Sidebar summary with Ready / Incomplete and required progress
- Post Status panel summary while editing
- Non-blocking pre-publish warning when required items are missing
- Different checklist per post type – assign templates in Settings.
- Default templates included on activation.
- Fresh-install quickstart wizard – choose post types, assign starter templates, and jump straight into the editor.
- Lightweight editor tour – auto-open the checklist sidebar once and explain required-item readiness.
- Backward compatible upgrades – legacy templates still work and upgrade to UUID-based v2 items when saved.
Getting started
- Activate the plugin and complete the Quickstart wizard.
- Choose the post types where editorial checklists should appear.
- Confirm the starter template mappings, then open the editor.
- Follow the one-time sidebar tour in the block editor.
- Complete checklist items and watch the readiness/progress summary update.
- Adjust mappings later in Settings Editorial Workflow or edit templates in Checklist Templates.
屏幕截图
Editorial Checklist sidebar in the block editor (Gutenberg) with required progress. 
Checklist template editor with required/optional items and reorder controls. 
Settings screen for assigning checklist templates to post types. 
Pre-publish checklist warning when required items are missing.
安装
- Upload the
editorial-workflow-managerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install via Plugins Add New. - Activate the plugin in wp-admin.
- On activation, default checklist templates are created.
- On fresh installs, a Quickstart wizard opens to help you assign starter templates and launch the editor tour.
常见问题
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What does the Quickstart wizard do?
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On fresh installs, the plugin can guide an administrator through choosing post types, assigning starter templates, and opening a post editor screen with the checklist sidebar highlighted.
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Can I dismiss the quickstart or editor tour?
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Yes. Dismissal is stored per user, so one admin can skip onboarding without affecting another admin’s setup flow.
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Does the plugin block publishing when required items are missing?
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No. The pre-publish warning is non-blocking.
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Does this work with Classic Editor?
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No. The checklist UI is built for Gutenberg / the block editor only.
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Can I use different checklists per post type?
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Yes. Assign templates in Settings Editorial Workflow.
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Do optional items affect readiness?
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No. Readiness is based on REQUIRED items only.
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What happens to older templates/checklist data?
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Legacy templates and label-based checked state remain supported.
Templates are now stored in an upgraded v2 format with UUID-based item IDs for more stable matching. When a legacy template is edited and saved in the new editor, it is upgraded to v2 automatically. A compatibility meta mirror is still maintained for legacy support.
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更新日志
0.6.0
- Added a fresh-install Quickstart wizard for selecting post types and assigning starter templates.
- Added a lightweight one-time editor tour that auto-opens and highlights the Editorial Checklist sidebar.
- Stored quickstart and editor-tour dismissal state per user.
0.5.0
- Changed Checklist Template permissions to use WordPress page capabilities.
- Only Editors and Administrators can now manage Checklist Templates by default; Authors and Contributors may lose access.
- Added a one-time admin notice after update to warn site owners about the capability change.
0.4.0
- Added Required vs Optional checklist items.
- Added clearer readiness/progress indicators across the sidebar, post status panel, and pre-publish panel.
- Improved template editing UX with a row-based editor (add/remove/reorder, required/optional per item).
- Introduced UUID-based v2 template items and checked-state tracking for stable matching when labels change (after template upgrade).
- Hardened template saving against malformed/empty submissions to reduce accidental data loss.
- Kept backward compatibility by continuing to read/write legacy label-based meta.
0.3.4
- Various security improvements (better data validation and sanitization).
0.3.3
- Small syntax fix in uninstall.php.
0.3.2
- Added uninstall.php cleanup to remove plugin data when the plugin is deleted.
0.3.1
- Added non-blocking pre-publish checklist warning when checklists are incomplete.
- Added checklist activity hint (“Last updated by X on [date/time]”).
0.3.0
- First public release.