Advanced Notices Manager (WordPress Plugin)

Advanced Notices Manager is a productivity-focused WordPress plugin designed for organizations that manage high volumes of time-sensitive notices, such as News, Events, Jobs, and Volunteering.

It replaces the standard WordPress post list with a unified, categorized dashboard that allows admins to manage post statuses, visibility tags, and stale content from a single screen.

🚀 Key Features

• Unified Dashboard: View all relevant categories (Introduction, News, Events, Prayer, Jobs, Volunteering) on one page.
• One-Click Tag Switching: Instantly change how a post is displayed using AJAX-powered dropdowns (Full, Short, List, or Parked).
• Stale Content Alerts: Visual highlights (yellow background) for news older than 21 days or events where the date has already passed.
• Native-Style Row Actions: Familiar WordPress "Edit | Clone | View | Bin" menu appears on hover.
• One-Click Cloning: Duplicate any notice (including custom metadata and tags) into a new draft with a single click.
• Status Badges: Clear visual indicators for Draft, Scheduled, Private, and Pending posts.
• Category-Specific Logic: Smart tag management prevents "tag bleeding" by using prefixed tags (e.g., news-full vs jobs-full).

🛠 Installation

1. Download the advanced-notices-manager.php file.
2. Upload it to your WordPress site via wp-content/plugins/advanced-notices-manager/.
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
4. Navigate to Posts > Notices Manager to begin managing your content.

📂 Category & Tag Logic

The plugin relies on a specific tagging convention to determine how content is rendered on the front-end. To maintain a clean workflow, each category has its own set of tags:

1. Introduction (intro)

Designed for the "Welcome" or "Lead" section of your notices.

• introduction-full: Shows the full text.
• introduction-parked: Hides the post from public view (Parked).

2. Standard Categories (news, prayer, jobs, volunteering)

• [category]-full: The full post content is displayed.
• [category]-short: Displays the Excerpt only with a "Read More" link.
• [category]-list: Displays only the Title as a link.
• [category]-parked: The post is "Parked" (hidden from public view but kept for later).

3. Events (events)

Includes all tags from standard categories but adds custom date logic.

• Note: The Manager table for Events prioritizes the Event Start Date (meta field: event_start) over the Publish Date for visual consistency.

⚠️ Stale Content Logic

To keep your notices fresh, the plugin automatically audits your posts:

• General Categories: Highlighted if the publish date is older than 21 days.
• Events: Highlighted if the Event Start Date has passed, regardless of the publish date.

📝 Admin Reference

• Parked: Use this for notices advertised months in advance. It fades the row in the manager so you know it's "in the garage" and not currently live.
• Bin: Moves the post to the Trash instantly.
• Clone: Perfect for recurring weekly items. It copies everything into a new draft, allowing for quick updates.

🔧 Requirements

• WordPress: 5.0+
• PHP: 7.4+
• Dependencies: Requires the post categories (introduction, news, events, prayer, jobs, volunteering) to exist in your WordPress setup.