[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #4446: Support for "pending review" posts

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#4446: Support for "pending review" posts
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 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:  anonymous  
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.3 (trunk)
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.2        
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:             
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 WordPress has supported "Save but not publish" capabilities since version
 1.3 (unreleased, fall of 2004).  It's about time the admin interface
 recognized that.

 This patch builds on Mike Adams' great work on #3945, and uses some of
 Robin's work on #4286.

 New post status: 'pending'

 Pending posts are drafts that are complete, but are not yet ready to be
 published.  The main reason for this would be that the author lacks
 publishing capabilities, but it could also be used by authors with
 publishing capabilities to ask their fellow authors to review their post
 before it goes out the door.

 Authors without publishing capabilities get a "Submit for Review" button
 instead of a "publish" button.

 The Manage > Posts screen allows "pending" posts to be listed.

 The "drafts nag" on the Write > Post screen has been upgraded.  It will
 show (assuming they exist and you can edit them): your drafts, pending
 posts, others drafts.  In each category, if there are more than 2 posts,
 instead of showing links to all the posts, it will just say how many posts
 of that type are waiting, and craft a special link to the Manage > Posts
 screen with that type of post selected.

 The Manage > Posts screen gets an upgrade.  Drafts and Pending posts don't
 show the meaningless "When" and "Comments" columns, as they don't apply.
 Support for author exclusion is available, but not advertised (the
 "others' drafts" nag from the Write > Post screen will link to the Manage
 > Posts screen with the current author excluded... it will show a title of
 "Drafts by other authors").

 The "Post Type" dropdown has been renamed "Status" (as post_type is
 something different!).  It automatically hides post statuses that are not
 used.  If there are currently no drafts, "Drafts" will not be an option in
 the dropdown.

 I think that's it.  I'd like to get this in before the earth moves beneath
 me, so please check it out.

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