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 post list table, sidebar, post status panel, and 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.
- Helper text + reference links – add plain guidance text and an optional reference URL to each checklist item.
- 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
- wp-admin post list Readiness column for mapped post types
- 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.