Title: Creating admin-only internal reference archive
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Creating admin-only internal reference archive

 *  [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
 * (@karl19)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/)
 * Hello – I’m not sure if the above is the best title, but I’ve been struggling
   to find information about this, so perhaps I’m phrasing it wrongly.
 * In short, I’d like to set up an internal archive, which only admins can access
   in the backend. I imagine having a custom post type, which allows me to upload
   text, images and documents in the admin, so that I can reference these posts 
   later.
 * Why do I want to do this? We do a lot of web design and sometimes designs get
   rejected, but we think the design is still really good. So we’d like to build
   up an online archive in the backend, where we can upload a screengrab, source
   files (PSD, AI) and write a short blurb about the design.
 * Ideally there would be an overview page where all designs are listed, with a 
   thumbnail and excerpt, possibly with the ability to filter on tags.
 * Oh, and all uploaded files would need to be accessible only to admins and not
   viewable to frontend visitors.
 * The closest to something like this that I’ve found (which isn’t really that close),
   is Mark Jaquith’s [WP Help](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-help/) plugin,
   that uses custom posts to create an admin user guide.
 * Not really expecting there to be a plugin for this, but would be really interested
   in hearing if someone else has done something similar and/or if anyone knows 
   any resources where to get started?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/#post-2639171)
 * Try it with a role management plugin:
    [https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/)
   [https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/role-scoper/)
 *  Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
 * (@karl19)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/#post-2639433)
 * Thanks for the reply keesiemeijer!
 * Yep, using a role management plugin would take care of one issue, limiting acess
   to a particular custom post type.
 * It’s primarily the other aspects I’m struggling to find more information about
   though – how to have a custom setup where all custom posts are listed with their
   thumbnail and an excerpt in the admin itself, not in the frontend. That way I
   can get a visual display of what’s added. In that sense it’s not too far removed
   from the WP Help plugin, showing an index of pages and ability to view each page.
   Plus, ability to edit pages as well, of course.
 * I guess my best bet is probably to look at the WP Help plugin code and see if
   I can modify it to our needs.
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/#post-2639439)
 * > I guess my best bet is probably to look at the WP Help plugin code and see 
   > if I can modify it to our needs.
 * Or you can try adding your own pages to the wp-admin.
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus](https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus)
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/#post-2639440)
 * Or create your own plugin for this. Here is an example: [http://pastebin.com/danD659b](http://pastebin.com/danD659b)
 *  Thread Starter [KS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karl19/)
 * (@karl19)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-admin-only-internal-reference-archive/#post-2639548)
 * [@keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/), sorry for
   the late reply.
 * Many thanks for your input on this, much appreciated! I’ve not had a chance to
   do anything more than look at your example code, but that, together with the 
   WP-Help plugin should hopefully be enough to get me started on putting together
   something to suit our needs.
 * Appreciate the help! All the best.

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