Filter Admin Published Default

Enables all public post types in wp-admin to show the Published filter by default: posts, pages, and any custom post type with a public URL. Those are the post types where the distinction actually matters, the ones with a front end, where you want to see at a glance what is live and what is not. This came out of a real need. Some clients of mine had so many drafts and pre-scheduled posts that the published ones were pushed off the first page entirely, and finding a live post meant paginating through drafts to get to it. I got tired of the extra click to filter by published every single time.

Installing "Filter Admin Published Default" can be done either by searching for "Filter Admin Published Default" via the "Plugins > Add New" screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps:

1. Download the plugin via https://wordpress.org/plugins/filter-admin-published-default/
2. Upload the ZIP file through the 'Plugins > Add New > Upload' screen in your WordPress dashboard
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

2.1.0

• Fixed a fatal error. The chuck_admin_publish_link_types filter is public, and a callback returning a non-string post type reached rawurlencode(), which throws a TypeError on PHP 8 and took down every admin page with a white screen. Filter output is now validated before use.
• The "All items" link is now located by matching its URL instead of assuming submenu index 5. Index 5 is core's convention, not a contract, so a plugin that reorders the submenu could previously cause the wrong link to be rewritten.
• A link another plugin has already repointed is now left alone instead of being overwritten.
• Added the Requires PHP header to the plugin and readme.

2.0.2

• Tested up to WordPress 7.1
• Fixed: post types that are public but hidden from the admin menu no longer get a malformed submenu entry fabricated for them. Writing to a menu key WordPress never registered created an item with no title and no capability, which polluted the global admin menu for anything that walks it.

2.0.1

• Fix URL escaping to use rawurlencode() instead of esc_attr()
• Strengthen direct access guard with ABSPATH check
• Remove redundant empty check

2.0.0

• 2026-03-09
• Tested and compatible with WordPress 6.9.1
• Requires WordPress 5.2+
• Fixed: chuck_admin_publish_link_types filter now applies even when no custom post types are registered
• Removed redundant type-casting code
• Code cleanup and modernization

1.3

• 2017-11-14
• tested to wp 4.9

1.2

• 2017-09-02
• tested to wp 4.8.1
• clarify plugin descriptions
• secured against any direct plugin file access

1.1

• 2015-04-25
• tested to wp 4.2

1.0.1

• 2014-09-25
• Expanded to include all public post types excluding attachments (media)
• Adds chuck_admin_publish_link_types filter to add / remove types

1.0

• 2014-07-28
• Initial release after twitter conversation: https://twitter.com/ChuckReynolds/status/493933761851965443