Opened 2 years ago
Closed 2 months ago
#58838 closed feature request (maybelater)
Author filter on a posts list page
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | Administration | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | administration | Cc: |
Description
Current Behaviour
Under the user list, it shows only the published count but when visiting the list page from the user list then it shows all the published and drafts in the list and the count shows different.
Expected Behaviour
If the draft, pending, or any other types are available then it should have a proper count based on the selected author.
Suggestion
The Author filter allows administrators to filter and view posts created by specific authors quickly. This feature is handy when managing large amounts of content or coordinating with multiple authors, making it easier to locate and work with particular posts.
Redirecting from the user list page the default author should have to be preselected in the author filter.
I've seen similar petitions in some posts, but for other filters. Ultimately, WordPress has prioritized keeping filters minimal. As you can see, you can perfectly filter via URL, and you can easily add more filters with an extremely simple plugin. But by default, we could be filtering by not only author but many other things and it has been opted to keep then minimal, with the most frequently used filters and leave the extension to plugin developers. You can easily filter by "mine" though which is generally the most requested author filter by far.
For this reason, as many other closed reports in the past with similar requests, this is not planned, plus remember that a new admin UI is coming prob next year. Not sure if they will consider adding author as a filter, but definitely I would suggest you to take a look at the Gutenberg repo, as there is where this development and design is taking form right now.