Pre-Publish Checklist

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1. ★★★★★ Scott DeLuzio

   2.9y ago

   This plugin has helped me ensure I don’t miss any steps I need to complete before publishing. Without it I am certain that I would forget some basic steps before hitting publish. Also, when I had an issue with the plugin, support quickly implemented and released a fix.

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2. ★★★★★ tibsie

   3.7y ago

   This plugin is excellent and is exactly what I was looking for when I needed something to keep track of what jobs had been done for each article. However, there is a feature that I think could improve the plugin’s functionality without being too difficult to implement. There is the “Filter Unchecked” dropdown box that allows you to see which posts need a particular action doing to them, but it has no idea if there is a dependency that needs doing first. So I can get a list of all articles that need editor approval, but it includes articles that have been written and those which haven’t. Adding another filter alongside the “Filter Unchecked” called “Filter Checked” should be relatively easy. That way you could see all the articles that have been written AND need editor approval.

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3. ★★★★★ yesorcayes

   5.2y ago

   This plugin very useful. simple and powerful for workflow

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4. ★★★★★ findetim

   6.8y ago

   Thought about developing this myself and found this one. Does what it’s built for, awesome! One thing that would make it top notch: A description to each Checklist-Item that appears by hovering or clicking a little questionmark next to each item! That would be dope!

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5. ★★★★★ itsViney

   6.9y ago

   Exactly what I was looking for and it’s not over-engineered or bloated – it’s just easy to use and functional. The one thing I hope you could add is the ability to show the checklist completion percentage (maybe as a progress bar?) as a column on the post list (/wp-admin/edit.php). It would be really useful for seeing at-a-glance how close each post is to being complete and ready to publish without having to go into each post.

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6. ★★★★★ chagassilva

   6.9y ago

   Team Brainstorm Force as always innovating! the best!

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7. ★★★★★ Adnan

   6.9y ago

   Excellent work, Clean UI. I liked it.

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8. ★★★★★ Anand Upadhyay

   6.9y ago

   This plugin is a must have for anyone who is regularly involved in posting content on their WordPress website. It can reduce the chances of missing essentials steps that are required to publish a post perfectly. A great idea, executed by a great team

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Pre-Publish Checklist <= 1.1.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Post '_ppc_meta_key' Update ↗
   2023-09-22 CVE-2023-44151 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects < 1.1.2 Patched in 1.1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5

Translated into 8 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-04-05 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-04-04 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
3. 2023-03-30 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2023-03-27 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-03-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-03-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-03-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2023-03-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Pre-Publish Post Checklist 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
• Outreachboard — installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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Pre-Publish Checklist: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pre-publish-checklist