Description
Tidy Content Planner turns your WordPress admin into a visual content planning cockpit. See all your posts at a glance, drag and drop them to reschedule, and never miss a publishing slot again.
Free Features
- Monthly calendar view — See all your posts on a clean, visual calendar
- Drag & drop — Move posts between days to reschedule instantly
- Backlog sidebar — Keep unscheduled drafts and ideas in a dedicated panel, then drag them onto the calendar
- Quick filters — Filter by category, author, status or keyword
- Quick edit — Edit title, date, status, category and author without leaving the calendar
- Quick create — Click any day to create a new post with pre-filled date
- Color-coded cards — Posts are colored by status (draft, pending, scheduled, published) or by category
- Visual legend — Always know what each color means
Pro Features
- Weekly and agenda views
- Kanban board (by status)
- Multi-author management
- Custom statuses
- Editorial checklists
- Category distribution analysis
- Publishing rhythm insights
- Internal notes on posts
- CSV and iCal export
- SEO plugin integration
More from Tidy Plugins
If you like this plugin, take a look at the rest of the Tidy suite:
- Tidy Table of Contents — automatic, accessible table of contents
- Tidy Draft Share — share drafts via secure, expiring preview links
- Tidy Author Box — author bio box with avatar and social links
- Tidy Broken Link Scan — find broken links and images, no external service
Development
The calendar interface is built with the WordPress Scripts toolchain. The uncompiled JavaScript source lives in the src/ directory, shipped with the plugin, and is compiled into build/.
To rebuild the assets from source:
npm install
npm run build
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
tidy-content-plannerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu
- Go to Calendar in the admin sidebar
- Start planning your content!
FAQ
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What post types are supported?
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By default, the calendar shows standard posts. You can enable pages and custom post types in Settings.
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Yes! All users with the “edit_posts” capability can access the calendar.
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Does drag & drop change the publication date?
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Yes. When you drag a post to a different day, its publication date is updated immediately.
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What is the backlog on the right?
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Every draft without a publication date. Drag one onto a day to schedule it, and it leaves the backlog. It is the fastest way to turn a pile of ideas into an actual plan.
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Can I stop other people from moving my posts around?
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The calendar respects WordPress capabilities: someone can only move a post they are allowed to edit. Contributors see the calendar but cannot reschedule other people’s work.
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Does it change anything on my site’s front end?
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No. This is an editorial tool: it only touches the admin. Nothing is enqueued on the public side and no markup is added to your pages.
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Can I filter the calendar?
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Yes, by category, author and status, and there is a search box. Useful once several people publish on the same site.
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Can I colour posts by category instead of status?
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Yes. In Settings, switch the colour mode to “By category”. You can also choose what each card shows — author, category, thumbnail — and set your own status colours.
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Does it work with custom post types?
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Yes. Enable them in Settings and they appear on the calendar alongside posts.
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Will scheduling a post from the calendar actually publish it?
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Yes, through the normal WordPress scheduling mechanism. A post dropped on a future date is scheduled, and WP-Cron publishes it at the configured time.
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Contributors & Developers
“Tidy Content Planner” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.9
- The admin menu and settings page still said “Editorial Calendar” after the plugin was renamed; both now say “Content Planner”.
1.0.8
- The review prompt now waits for real usage: it only appears on the plugin screens, once at least five posts have been rescheduled from the calendar, and it states how many.
1.0.7
- Removed the bundled translation files (.po/.mo) from the package; translations are delivered automatically through translate.wordpress.org.
1.0.6
- Unified all PHP, option, hook and JavaScript global names under a single
tidy_content_plannerprefix to prevent conflicts with other plugins.
1.0.5
- Hardening: REST endpoints now restrict listings and stats to posts the current user can edit, and enforce the proper capabilities before assigning privileged statuses (publish, scheduled, private) or reassigning authors.
- The uncompiled JavaScript source (
src/) andpackage.jsonare now included in the plugin, with build instructions in the readme.
1.0.4
- Removed an unused
isPremiumflag from the calendar config (no functional change).
1.0.3
- WordPress.org coding-standards hardening: translators comment for an i18n placeholder (Plugin Check compliance).
1.0.2
- Removed the
load_plugin_textdomain()call; translations are now loaded automatically by WordPress.org since WP 4.6.
1.0.1
- Free release: removed all licensing UI; Pro features now ship as a separate companion plugin.
- Added action hooks
tidy_content_planner_settings_topandtidy_content_planner_settings_after_formfor extensibility.
1.0.0
- Initial release