OrganizeWP Docs

Entries

A primary goal of OrganizeWP is to make it as fast as possible to locate a post type entry to edit. Closely related is making it easy, straightforward, and fast to position entries in a way that makes sense for editors.

Drag and drop

For hierarchical post types, OrganizeWP lets you drag and drop entries to sort them. You can not only sort but also redefine the ancestry of entries.

Sort order is a core WordPress feature, not something proprietary to OrganizeWP. In WordPress, every post type entry has a database column named menu_order that stores a numeric value; when querying posts you can use that value to retrieve properly sorted entries. OrganizeWP relies on this core feature by automatically updating menu_order for all applicable entries in ASC order whenever a drag-and-drop operation occurs.

Collapsing

When displaying hierarchical post types, OrganizeWP lets you collapse parent entries in the tree view, streamlining the effort of locating nested entries by temporarily hiding the rest. OrganizeWP remembers the collapsed state per user, so editors can shape the view in the way that makes the most sense for them.

Actions

By default only the icon and title (which doubles as an Edit link) are shown for an entry, along with any Info Columns you choose to include. Hovering an entry lets you open an actions panel with additional details and operations:

The actions panel — the Entry Panel — is fully customizable, letting you specify exactly what your editors need (and what they don’t).

Note: any plugin that properly registers links in the core row-actions area is included automatically. In the screenshot above, links from Duplicate Post are picked up without any extra work.

Information columns

By default OrganizeWP displays no Info Columns for entries, embracing the idea that less is more until more is needed. OrganizeWP supports any number of custom Info Columns, and ships with two opt-in columns:

• Author: the entry author’s initials.
• Modified: the entry’s modified date.