Title: Hack the status post menu
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Hack the status post menu

 *  [Diraen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diraen/)
 * (@diraen)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/)
 * Hi !
    I would like to add a « mine » status on the post menu on the admin interface.
   I only found hack to hide others’ post for editors but nothing that I can adapt
   to my needs. Any idea ?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113658)
 * I’m not sure I understand. You want to add another post status in addition to
   the default draft, publish, future, trash, etc? You could, but you’ll need custom
   queries for anything related to this new status.
 * Or do you just want to and another column to the posts table to indicate which
   posts are yours? Wouldn’t the author column work for this? Anyway, you can add
   [custom columns](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/manage_posts_custom_column)
   if you want.
 * Or something else entirely? More information on the intended purpose would help
   me understand what you really want.
 *  Thread Starter [Diraen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diraen/)
 * (@diraen)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113663)
 * thanks !
 * Yes, I want to add another post status in addition to the default draft, publish,
   future, trash, etc.
 * It will just allow user to see, in one click, their own posts
 * Edit : I found something which looks like a patch but I’m not sure it still work
   with WordPress 3.6.
    (I tried it and nothing happened) [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19609](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19609)
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113720)
 * The patch doesn’t work because the line numbers changed. You could manually apply
   the patch, but changing core files is a bad idea anyway. A possible “clean” way
   to achieve this is to use jQuery to add the filter pick if it does not already
   exist.
 * If all you want is for editors and admins to see only their own posts, adding
   another post status is not the way to achieve this. If the jQuery idea does not
   work out, you could add another table view page to the Post admin menu that only
   shows the user’s own posts if the user is an admin or editor. Not as simple as
   applying a patch, but there is a lot to be said for not altering core files.
 *  Thread Starter [Diraen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diraen/)
 * (@diraen)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113786)
 * Please, what is the process to follow to use jQuery ?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113788)
 * Determine what HTML needs to be added to the filter dropdown container in order
   to add the pick for one’s own posts. I’m assuming this option shows up for authors,
   just not editors and admins, so the script that processes the form submits will
   know what to do with this extra pick. I would typically investigate this myself
   before suggesting an approach, but I currently cannot access my test installation.
 * Write a jQuery script that, once the document loads, checks the dropdown container
   for this pick already existing and if not, go ahead and add it. This script needs
   to be enqueued so that it is loaded with the posts table screen and jQuery dependencies
   are properly handled.
 * As I implied, this is just an idea that occurred to me, I can’t be sure it will
   actually work, but I believe the chances are good enough that it’s worth a try.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hack-the-status-post-menu/#post-4113788)
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