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WordPress Plugin: Show Post Busy Status

// October 24th, 2008 // Techie

Since starting the new CliqueClack blog, I’ve had to deal with multiple authors and multiple editors working within the admin interface. One annoying thing that I’ve come across is entering a ‘Pending Review’ post, only to see someone already editing it.

So, I wrote this simple plugin that adds a new column to the post management list. The column reads “Busy?” and will show nothing under it unless someone is editing the post. If someone is editing the post, it will display a red “Yes” as a hyperlink that, when hovered over, will show you the name of the person editing the post. Note that clicking the link should simply keep you within the same screen, and the busy status will only update if you reload the page.

I’ll get around to submitting this plugin to the proper places, but for now you can grab it here.