Admin Starred Posts
Admin Starred Posts lets you mark posts, pages and custom posts within the WordPress admin with stars. This helps you highlight a post, or mark it so you remember is important.
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Admin Starred Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (400+ active installs)
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.1 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Admin Starred Posts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| admin | >100 |
| bookmarks | >100 |
| organize | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
| stars | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 6 reviews
About Admin Starred Posts
From the official readme · v2.5.0Description
Admin Starred Posts lets you mark posts, pages and custom posts within the WordPress admin with stars.
This helps you highlight a post, or mark it so you remember is important.
For example, you might have tons of pages, but are always editing one or two. In that case, star those pages,
and they’ll be easily recognizable in your list of posts.
If you’ve used Gmail before, you’re very familiar with this feature. Similar to that email client, this plugin
let’s you click on a star in your list of posts, pages and custom posts to ‘star’ it.
The plugin works out of the box, but you also get some configuration options to help you customize it to your workflow.
Configuration Options
- Rotate between 12 different “stars”
- Drag and set the orders of your stars
- Enable/disable this feature for any post type in your WordPress install
- Decide whether you want stars to be visible to every one, or in a per user basis.
Other Features
- You can display only starred posts by using the “Stars” filter available at the top of the posts list.
This plugin requires WordPress 3.8 or higher
Installation
- Upload the Starred Posts folder to the plugins directory in your WordPress installation
- Activate the plugin
- Go to your posts or pages list in the WordPress admin. You should see little stars to the left of each post title.
- Customize the plugin by going to Settings>Starred Posts in your WordPress admin
Changelog
Bugs Fixed! Fixes settings stars when clicking quickly on a slow network.
2.5.0
- small fix in plugin version and readme file
2.4.0
- Star images slightly updated (saturation and sharpness)
- small fix in css position rule
2.3.0
- Cleanup version numbers
- Bug Fixes when looping through stars, specially on slow networks.
- Bug fix: don’t display “yellow-star” label when star is unset
2.2.0
- Bug Fixes when looping through stars, specially on slow networks.
- Bug fix: don’t display “yellow-star” label when star is unset
2.1.0
- Improved layout for mobile
2.0.0
- Improved code for faster switching between stars
- Using a sprite for stars instead of multiple images
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FAQ
Admin Starred Posts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 28, 2026
Is Admin Starred Posts free?
Yes. Admin Starred Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Admin Starred Posts safe to use in 2026?
Admin Starred Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 400+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 39/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Admin Starred Posts?
Admin Starred Posts is active on 400+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,527 times since it launched in May 2015. It was downloaded 99 times in the last 30 days.
Does Admin Starred Posts work with WordPress 7.1?
Admin Starred Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 5.1.26, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Admin Starred Posts last updated?
The latest version, 2.5.0, was released on April 13, 2019 (7 years ago).
Who makes Admin Starred Posts?
Admin Starred Posts is developed and maintained by innocuo.
What are the best alternatives to Admin Starred Posts?
The most popular alternatives to Admin Starred Posts are Loginizer (1M+ installs), Redux Framework (900K+ installs) and Admin Menu Editor (300K+ installs).
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