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Free Plugin by Scott Reilly v2.4

Quick Drafts Access

Adds links to 'All Drafts' and 'My Drafts' under Posts, Pages, and other custom post type sections in the admin menu.

Quick Drafts Access

The facts

Rating
5★ from 7
Active installs
400+
Price
Free
Last updated
14 Apr 2025
Added
Sep 2010
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
WP 6.8.8
Downloads
20,554

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Quick Drafts Access is a WordPress plugin designed to streamline access to draft posts and pages in the admin area. It allows users to access all drafts or just their own drafts with a single click from the main admin menu, eliminating the need for multiple clicks and URL modifications. The plugin also displays the number of current drafts for each post type in the menu links.

This plugin is particularly useful for users managing multiple drafts across various post types, as it simplifies the navigation process. It is suitable for single-author blogs as well, as it adjusts the visibility of draft links based on user capabilities and the presence of drafts.

Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users who frequently manage drafts, especially those with multiple post types.

What it does well

  • One-click access to all drafts and user-specific drafts
  • Displays count of current drafts in the admin menu
  • Customisable visibility of draft links based on user capabilities
  • Dropdown filter for draft authors in the admin listings

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on additional features or settings
  • No mention of support or documentation beyond the developer documentation

Verdict

Quick Drafts Access offers a straightforward solution for managing drafts in WordPress, making it beneficial for users looking to enhance their workflow in the admin area.

From the developer

Scott Reilly's own description of Quick Drafts Access, lightly tidied.

By default in WordPress, accessing the drafts listing of any given post type (including posts and pages) in the admin requires multiple clicks. Then filtering the drafts listing by a particular user (generally to view only your drafts) additionally requires some non-obvious manual URL hacking.

This plugin allows you one click access to all drafts, as well as to just your drafts, of each post type via the main admin menu.

In addition, the plugin provides a count of the number of current drafts for that post type in the link (i.e. the link could read “All Drafts (3)” to indicate there are three drafts for that post type, and “My Drafts (1)” to indicate you only have one draft for that post type).

When the user is responsible for all of the drafts of a given post type (and the “My Drafts” link is not disabled via a hook) then only the “My Drafts” links will appear. It would be redundant to show both the “All Drafts” and “My Drafts” links in this situation. This behavior also ensures only one link is present for single-author blogs.

Also, the draft link(s) only appear for users who have the capability to edit posts of that post type.

The plugin hides the two types of draft links when no related drafts for that post type are present. See the Filters section for how to override this behavior. Filters are also provided to disable the plugin from ever showing the “All Drafts” or the “My Drafts” links.

On admin listings of only draft posts, this plugin also adds a dropdown above the table that allows for the listing to be filtered by the selected draft author. (Only users who actually have a draft post are included in the dropdown.)

Links: Plugin Homepage | Plugin Directory Page | GitHub | Author Homepage

Developer Documentation

Developer documentation can be found in DEVELOPER-DOCS.md. That documentation covers the numerous hooks provided by the plugin. Those hooks are listed below to provide an overview of what’s available.

  • c2c_quick_drafts_access_post_types : Customize the list of post_types for which the draft links will be shown
  • c2c_quick_drafts_access_show_all_drafts_menu_link : Customize whether the ‘All Drafts’ link will appear at all for a post type.
  • c2c_quick_drafts_access_show_my_drafts_menu_link : Customize whether the ‘My Drafts’ link will appear at all for a post type.
  • c2c_quick_drafts_access_show_if_empty : Customize whether the ‘All Drafts’ and/or ‘My Drafts’ links will appear for a post type when that post type currently has no drafts.
  • c2c_quick_drafts_access_disable_filter_dropdown : removal of the ‘Drafts By’ dropdown from drafts post list table.

Read the full description on the official page →

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