Save & Go

Save & Go (Save and Go) adds a sleek, modern save button to the post editor that, in a single click, saves the current post and immediately takes you where you want to go next. It works in both the block editor (Gutenberg) and the classic editor — same settings, same behavior, everywhere. The following actions are available:

• Save and New: saves the current post and goes to the New Post screen.
• Save and Duplicate: saves the post, duplicates it (as a draft) and opens the duplicate's edit screen.
• Save and List (a.k.a. Save and Close): saves the post and goes back to the posts list — keeping your filters and pagination.
• Save and Return: saves the post and returns you to the page you were on just before, no matter which page.
• Save and Next: saves the post and opens the next post's edit screen.
• Save and Previous: saves the post and opens the previous post's edit screen.
• Save and View (same or new window): saves the post and shows the post's page on your site.

Save & Go saves you a lot of time when you have multiple posts, pages or custom posts to create or modify. It works with posts, pages and custom post types, on single sites and multisite. Through the plugin's modern settings page (its own "Save & Go" menu in the admin sidebar), you can choose which actions to show, which one is the default, and how the button appears in each editor: next to the WordPress button, as the primary button, or completely replacing the WordPress Publish/Update button. Each editor (block and classic) has its own setting. Bulk Add Already know all the pages or posts your site needs? The Bulk Add page (Save & Go > Bulk Add in the admin menu) lets you create many posts, pages or custom post type entries at once: one row per post, with its title, an optional slug (auto-formatted as you type — spaces become dashes) and a status (Published, Draft, Pending review or Private). Type them in, click once, and fill in the content later. A "Bulk Add" button also appears right next to "Add New" on every post list screen, and a "Bulk Add" entry is added to each post type's own admin menu (right after "Add New") — including all your custom post types, automatically. Both open Bulk Add with that post type already selected. Prefer a leaner sidebar? A "Menu location" setting lets you keep Save & Go as its own admin menu or tuck it under Settings — the list screen buttons keep Bulk Add one click away either way. Block editor (Gutenberg) support Unlike older plugins of this kind, Save & Go is built for the block editor: the button sits right in the editor's header next to the Publish button, waits for the save to finish, and then takes you to your next action. No page tricks, no disabling Gutenberg. For developers Extra actions can be registered from your own plugin or theme through the save_and_go_load_actions filter — add an instance of a class extending Save_And_Go_Action to the array and it will show up in the settings and in the button. Credits Save & Go is based on the "Improved Save Button" plugin by Label Blanc (GPLv3), rewritten and extended by Alisha Thomas with block editor support, a modernized interface and hardened code.

1.2.0 Release Date: August 17, 2026

• New: the button setting is now a per-editor mode with three choices — replace the WordPress Publish/Update button completely (the new default), show as the primary button, or show next to the WordPress button.
• In replace mode, the classic editor hides the WordPress button entirely; the block editor hides it once the post is published (drafts keep the normal pre-publish flow). Existing settings migrate automatically.
• New: a "Bulk Add" button next to "Add New" on every post list screen, and a "Bulk Add" entry in each post type's own admin menu — posts, pages and all custom post types automatically — opening Bulk Add with that post type pre-selected.
• New: a "Menu location" setting — keep Save & Go as its own sidebar menu, or tuck it under Settings for a cleaner sidebar (Bulk Add stays reachable from the list screen buttons and the Plugins page).
• The admin sidebar icon and page headers now use the full Save & Go brand mark (floppy disk with the "go" arrow).
• Added a "Bulk Add" quick link on the Plugins page, next to "Settings".

1.1.1 Release Date: August 17, 2026

• Save & Go now has its own item in the admin sidebar (with the floppy disk icon) instead of living under Settings, with two subpages: Settings and Bulk Add.

1.1.0 Release Date: August 17, 2026

• New feature: Bulk Add! Create many posts, pages or custom post type entries at once — one row per post with title, optional slug and status. Slugs are auto-formatted as you type (spaces become dashes; only letters, numbers and dashes) and auto-fill from the title until you edit them.
• Settings: "Display as the default button" is now configurable per editor — one toggle for the block editor (Gutenberg) and one for the classic editor.
• Fix: the block editor dropdown menu could render behind the editor sidebar. The menu now uses the browser's native top layer (Popover API) with a fixed-position fallback, so it always appears above every panel.
• Code quality: the "Save and Next/Previous" adjacent-post lookup now uses the standard WordPress query API instead of a direct database query.

1.0.0 Release Date: August 17, 2026

• Initial release of Save & Go by Alisha Thomas.
• Full block editor (Gutenberg) support: split button in the editor header, REST-based redirection after save.
• All classic actions included: Save and New, Duplicate, List, Return, Next, Previous, View (same or new window).
• Brand new, modern settings page with action tiles and toggles.
• Security hardening throughout: prepared SQL statements, sanitized input, escaped output, capability checks.
• Based on the "Improved Save Button" plugin by Label Blanc (GPLv3) — thank you!