UI Labs

The plugin was created and is maintained by the WordPress lead designer John O'Nolan.

It's main purpose is to experiment, test, review and gather information about WP admin interface features.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

What is new in this release:

• Changed:
• CSS trickery to show the scheduled posts with a fake button
• Fixed:
• Array state of stupidity with post states

What is new in version 2.0-Beta:

• Changed:
• Removed images in order to use Dashicons instead.
• Moved CSS to subfolder for organization.
• Moved settings page to Tools.
• Modernized code via singleton, settings UI, shared options (upgrade will keep 'em intact).
• Fixed:
• Proper use of plugins_url (we should never be calling our plugin folder by name).
• Removed post-format images since that's in core now.
• Experiment number 2, updated for the WP 4.0 world.
• Updated:
• Screenshots
• New:
• Experiment number 4, larger fonts for old people

What is new in version 1.2:

• New:
• Experiment number 3, server identification colour coding. Adds a colored bar to the top of WP admin to easily identify when editing dev/staging/live site.

What is new in version 1.1.3:

• Fixed: Bug where post titles were invisible for non admin users.

What is new in version 1.1.2:

• New:
• Experiment #1 support for Custom Post Formats with new icons.
• Classic admin footer bar also added to experiment #2.
• Fixed:
• Background labels made properly invisible with new WordPress 3.2 table background colors.
• Display errors with new admin header when using menu in collapsed mode.
• Experiments will now automatically turn on when the plugin is activated.

What is new in version 1.1.1:

• New:
• The second UI Labs experiment, brings back a more traditional WordPress admin header. WARNING: Minimum version for this plugin is now WordPress 3.2.
• Settings screen to enable/disable individual experiments.

What is new in version 1.0.2:

• New:
• WordPress 3.2 compatibility.
• Fixed:
• Bug where there was no margin between post status labels and post titles.
• Bug where "Header image" labels were being made invisible on the Media management page.

What is new in version 1.0.1:

• New:
• Support for Private and Password protected post statuses.
• Fixed:
• Support for multiple post statuses.

What is new in version 1.0:

• Colour-Coded Posts Statuses, making it easier to pick out Sticky, Pending, and Draft posts from the edit-posts screen.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3 or higher
• Modern web-browser