Filter Admin Published Default

Enables all public post types (posts, pages, etc) in wp-admin to show the Published filter by default. This came out of a need as some clients of mine had a lot of pre-scheduled posts so a LOT of drafts are up top and I got tired of the extra click to filter by published. I tweeted out for ideas and @Norcross answered and quickly whipped up this; which we turned into a plugin for public release and here you go!

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

2.0.0

• 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