Beskrivelse
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.
- Backward compatible upgrades – legacy templates still work and upgrade to UUID-based v2 items when saved.
Getting started
- Go to Checklist Templates All Templates.
- Review the default templates or create your own.
- Edit a template to add items, reorder them, and mark each item as Required or Optional.
- Go to Settings Editorial Workflow.
- Assign a checklist template to each post type you want to support.
- Edit a post in the block editor and open the Editorial Checklist sidebar.
- Complete items and watch the readiness/progress summary update.
Skjermbilder
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.
Installasjon
- 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.
- Assign a template to a post type in Settings Editorial Workflow.
Ofte stilte spørsmål
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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.
Vurderinger
Det er ingen omtaler av denne utvidelsen.
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Endringslogg
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.