[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12706: Custom post status bugs in the admin

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#12706: Custom post status bugs in the admin
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 Reporter:  ptahdunbar                           |       Owner:  ptahdunbar
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Post Types                           |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch westi-likes needs-testing  |  Resolution:
  needs-refresh needs-unit-tests                 |
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Comment (by BjornW):

 Maybe I've missed this so please excuse me if this point has already been
 made (feel free to point me towards it).

 I'm wondering if the current discussion on custom stati includes the
 possibility of having a published post/page workflow which has a new
 version currently in progress without taking the current version offline?
 Basically the ability to work on new drafts without having to take the
 current version offline akin to how autosave currently works.

 '''A possible example use case could be: '''

 Ann is an author who blogs about legislation. She wrote a post on law X
 some time ago. This law X is in the process of being be changed. She would
 like to update her old post on this law X, but keep the current version
 still online until the changes in law X have been agreed upon. In the
 meantime however she would like to update her old post, save the changes,
 but not make these changes public nor take the old post offline. She
 continues to work on her changes saving them, occasionally she invites a
 peer to have a look at her work and all this time the old post stays the
 same & online. After the changes in law X have been agreed upon she makes
 her changes public and this updates her old post online.

 As far as I know WordPress does not support this use-case currently and it
 would be very nice if the new custom stati API would support these type of
 usecases where the publicize workflow of WordPress could be enhanced.

 Btw the use-case described above is derived from both corporate &
 government clients who have a need for a more moderated publicize workflow
 due to the nature of their content, which for instance may be used in
 legislation.

 If there is anything we can do to speed up the inclusion of this in the
 stati API, feel free to contact me.

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