Find Posts by Title 2.0 is live on WordPress.org. It’s the biggest update since the plugin launched, and it fixes the two things people actually asked for.
What’s new in 2.0
Custom post type support. Until now the plugin searched posts and pages. As of 2.0, every public custom post type on your site gets its own Find by Title submenu — WooCommerce products, portfolio items, testimonials, whatever your theme or plugins register. No configuration. If the post type is public, the search is there.
Draft search. The old version only searched published posts, which was a strange limitation for a tool whose whole job is helping you find things. 2.0 searches drafts, pending, scheduled, and private posts too, with the status shown right next to the title. That half-written post from March you can’t find? It shows up now.
A new name. The plugin was renamed to Find Posts by Title – Quick Admin Search for Posts, Pages & Custom Post Types. Long, yes — but it says exactly what the plugin does, which beats a clever name you have to explain.
Tested against WordPress 7.0. Not “should probably work.” Tested.
What hasn’t changed
Everything that made the plugin worth installing in the first place:
- Still admin-only. Zero frontend scripts, zero performance impact for your visitors.
- Still native WordPress table styling with full row actions — Edit, Gutenberg, Classic Editor, Trash, View.
- Still no settings screen. Activate and search.
If you’re keeping score, the plugin gained two major features and its file size barely moved. That’s on purpose. Feature creep is how good plugins die, and we’re not doing that.
What’s coming
We’ve been prototyping a command-palette-style search — hit a keystroke anywhere in wp-admin, type, jump straight to the post. Think of it as Find by Title without even leaving the page you’re on. No promises on timing; it ships when it’s fast and it feels native, not before.
Get it
Install Find Posts by Title from WordPress.org, or search “find posts by title” in Plugins → Add New. It’s free, GPL, and always will be.
Found a bug or have a feature request? Post in the support forum — we read everything.