Title: Pre-Publish Post Checklist Author: danbriapps Published: October 30, 2014 Last modified: November 3, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pre-publish-post-checklist/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1016653) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/pre-publish-post-checklist/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1016661) # Pre-Publish Post Checklist By [danbriapps](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danbriapps/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist.3.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/) ## Description Pre-Publish Post Checklist lets you create todo lists for your WordPress posts. You’ll be able to create custom checklist items and control what happens when a user tries to publish a post. With Pre-Publish Post Checklist, you’ll never have to worry about accidentally publishing a post. How Does It Works 1. Create a few checklist items like “Check title for SEO” or “Make sure featured image is set” 2. Decide what you want to do when a user tries to publish, but hasn’t completed all the items 3. Create a new post and start checking those items off! See How It Works ## Screenshots [⌊Add, edit, and manage your checklist.⌉⌊Add, edit, and manage your checklist.⌉[ Add, edit, and manage your checklist. [⌊Choose what to do when a user tries to publish/update a post with incomplete items.⌉⌊ Choose what to do when a user tries to publish/update a post with incomplete items .⌉[ Choose what to do when a user tries to publish/update a post with incomplete items. [⌊View the checklist in your posts page.⌉⌊View the checklist in your posts page.⌉[ View the checklist in your posts page. [⌊Warn the user that they have incomplete items.⌉⌊Warn the user that they have incomplete items.⌉[ Warn the user that they have incomplete items. ## Installation This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload the zip file to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Go to “Settings” -> “Pre-Publish Post Checklist” to get started ## FAQ Can I add my own items? Yes, you can add items specific to your blog like “Make sure to add all recipe ingredients”. Can I use the checklist feature without disabling the ability to publish? Yes. While you can choose to warn or stop the user who’s trying to publish, you can also choose to do nothing and let them publish. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5632261ef5b210f5962760be85289bfeadfac8e5abfb647f656584ab31833869? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-732/)󠁿 [CroMisho](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cromisho/) September 3, 2016 2 replies I will leave the five stars because this is truly a useful plugin. However, it made me rewrite the whole post because it warned me that I haven’t finished the check- list, and I have clicked “don’t publish.” The warning window disappeared, but the black background stayed, blocking any click in the window (Latest Firefox). I had to refresh it and lose my whole post. Later it warned me again, although I did finish the checklist. I have turned-off the warnings and only use the checklist. Could be some plugin conflict, caching, who knows… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b2d5014dcc57c727d3d3984e4226240c554ac7a9aefb1a78070b8ead54643719? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[post status concerned and compatibility](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-status-concerned-and-compatibility/)󠁿 [beornot.tobie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gambia-is-good/) September 3, 2016 hi there, I would like to set (as administrator of a multi-blogeur blog) rules who would block automatically the submition of drafts if all the required fields are not properly complete by the authors. Your plugin would therefore be very helpfull to solve my issue. Unfortunately, your plugin does not seem to be compatible with my WP version (4.2.2). Is that correct? If so, are you going to update this plugin? If no, do you know further plugins that are compatible to my WP version? I also would like to know if “Pre-Publish Post Checklist” is able to block the update of all type of posts (whatever its status) or if it block just the published one. Best regards, Tobie [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Pre-Publish Post Checklist” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ danbriapps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danbriapps/) * [ andrewjmead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewjmead/) [Translate “Pre-Publish Post Checklist” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pre-publish-post-checklist/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pre-publish-post-checklist/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pre-publish-post-checklist/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pre-publish-post-checklist/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.1 * Fixed an issue where completing an item for one post would complete an item for another. * Fixed a bug that prevented the helpful “You have no items, create one” text from showing. #### 1.0 * First version! ## Meta * Version **3.1** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Tags * [checklist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/checklist/)[pre-publish checklist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pre-publish-checklist/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pre-publish-post-checklist/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pre-publish-post-checklist/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ danbriapps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danbriapps/) * [ andrewjmead ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrewjmead/) ## Support Got something to say? 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