Scheduled Posts Count in the Admin Menu
Shows a small counter next to Posts in the admin menu with the number of scheduled posts waiting to go live, so the publishing queue is visible from every screen.
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Code
add_action( 'admin_menu', function () {
global $menu;
$scheduled = (int) wp_count_posts( 'post' )->future;
if ( ! $scheduled ) {
return;
}
foreach ( (array) $menu as $i => $item ) {
if ( isset( $item[2] ) && 'edit.php' === $item[2] ) {
$menu[ $i ][0] .= sprintf(
' <span class="awaiting-mod" style="background:#2271b1" title="Scheduled posts"><span class="pending-count">%d</span><span class="screen-reader-text"> scheduled</span></span>',
$scheduled
);
break;
}
}
}, 99 );Notes
Uses WordPress's cached post counts, so it adds no extra queries on most screens.
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