Plugin Review: Admin Management Xtended
As a whole, the new WordPress Admin panel is organized fairly well, however when it comes to editing posts quickly without having to open each post in a new tab or window, it isn’t a very efficient process. When I was working on another blog, I was looking for plugins that helped alleviate this problem, more specifically the limited number of posts displayed on the “Manage Posts” page (which I never found a plugin/fix for, by the way). In the search, I found the Admin Management Xtended Plugin.
The plugin allows you to edit properties of posts and pages directly from the Manage panel, making the fact that WordPress can be used as CMS a reality. Icons are displayed beside each post – for editing tags, categories, visibility, publish date, post title, post slug, and comment status – open or closed.
The plugin does exactly what I wanted it to, I am now able to save time and possibly bandwidth by not having to open each individual post or page and change tags, categories, publish status, etc.
Note: The main plugin release page is in German, you simply need to scroll half-way down the page to access the English version. In addition, the screenshots that I have created show the fact that I am using the Fluency Admin Plugin.
Installation and upgrading this plugin is a snap, you simply download, extract, upload, and activate for first use, then follow the standard steps to upgrade – deactivate, upload/overwrite the old version, then reactivate.
Compatibility: Requires WordPress Version 2.5+, up to 2.6-beta1
Latest Version: 1.5.0 (June 28, 2008)
Languages Supported/Translated: English, German, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Persian, Turkish
Features
- Ability to change post and page properties inline in the post or page management view.
- Toggling visibility with a single click
- Calendar using JavaScript displays to change post date
- Post and page titles changeable from their management pages
- Page order (only top-level pages currently) can be changed – either drag-and-drop or direct input
- Two choices of buttons
- Comment status – open/closed changeable
- Ability to change media description and order in Media Management panel
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