Title: Mark New Posts Author: i.lychkov Published: May 12, 2015 Last modified: December 6, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/mark-new-posts/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2970633) # Mark New Posts By [i.lychkov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ilychkov/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mark-new-posts.7.6.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/#reviews) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/) ## Description Highlight unread posts on your blog. Key features: * Works right out of the box * Uses cookies, no authorization required * 4 different types of markers for highlighting posts (a “new” text label, an orange circle, etc.) * Customizable background color for unread post titles There’s a setting to determine when a post should be considered read. You can pick one of the following: * after it was opened * after it was displayed in the post list * after opening any page of the blog Functions available for theme developers: * mnp_is_new_post($post) – check if a post is unread * mnp_new_posts_count($query) – get unread posts count ## Screenshots * [[ * Marker type: “New” text (Twenty Twenty-One) * [[ * Marker type: “New” text (Twenty Twenty) * [[ * Marker type: Circle (old WP theme) ## FAQ ### 1. How can I check that the plugin works? 1. Install and activate the plugin; 2. Open your blog’s main page; 3. Add a new post to your blog; 4. Open the main page once again. An orange circle should appear to the left of the new post’s title. ### 2. Is it possible to highlight all the posts published in a recent few days for new visitors? Yes. Just set these two options: * _“A post only stays highlighted for N days after publishing”_ -> set the amount of days * _“Show all existing posts as new to new visitors”_ -> check ### 3. The plugin is exploding my page’s markup. How to fix it? Try to enable the option _“Check page markup before displaying a marker”_ (plugin options, advanced settings). ### 4. What do I need the mnp_is_new_post() and mnp_new_posts_count() functions for? These two functions may be useful for developing WordPress themes. ``` mnp_is_new_post($post) ``` Returns true if a specific post is unread, otherwise false. Parameters: $post ( optional) – post ID or object. ``` mnp_new_posts_count($query) ``` Returns the total number of unread posts, optionally filtered. Parameters: $query( optional) – WP_Query query string. Example: ``` echo mnp_new_posts_count('cat=1'); ``` This will show the number of unread posts in category with id = 1. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/64b066d7d028aee5b7344fdd17060e302f7719e758ca5c9eb6e08ea292877605? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Show visitors whats new on my blog, a good idea](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-visitors-whats-new-on-my-blog-a-good-idea/)󠁿 [emilegutenkauf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emilegutenkauf/) February 28, 2024 Searching for a tool that shows new blogs on my website, finaly find it and it works great. It shows a “News” button and it highlights the blog text. After opening the blog the buton disapears to show that the user reads the blog. Perfect and easy. Suggestion: Place multiple buttons or give multiple choice of buttons like “Live”“ Coming up”, or customizable fields… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/453321db8429a2b25b9711065306c64e765bac5bc8d1fb8265d69e1fd493195b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-support-2181/)󠁿 [Redyan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/redyan/) February 8, 2024 Excellent support, really hard to find today. Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/809651728bd12d165c2f17e68ae0399839a6a1e3d9fb092414299bcd7186bde4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Can you do it for widget Recent Posts in sidebar?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-you-do-it-for-widget-recent-posts-in-sidebar/)󠁿 [goncharovpro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goncharovpro/) October 4, 2023 5 replies I’d like to see it work for the widget “Recent Posts” in sidebar. Can you do it, please? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b232cac45c9b7b99153d34ebb31b3b20e5e887ddf2f93588b761d3426c71a1a7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Top](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-1554/)󠁿 [hroem](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hroem/) September 25, 2023 Good plugin with simple mechanism ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3b147f1ca091e20eb7b388a55dba0102ab541a8e7f7c7e2766f0daacde7d7b61? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[looks good but doesnt work for custom post types](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looks-good-but-doesnt-work-for-custom-post-types/)󠁿 [ramineros](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ramineros/) March 25, 2021 looks good but doesnt work for custom post types ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4759ed89c6e5ead5867ebcf919da3b3c78263528544bb4bac41c85b216bac4b1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Absolutely Awesome Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/absolutely-awesome-plugin-4/)󠁿 [teeboy4real](https://profiles.wordpress.org/teeboy4real/) May 24, 2020 Thanks so much for this awesome plugin [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Mark New Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ i.lychkov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ilychkov/) “Mark New Posts” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mark-new-posts/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Mark New Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mark-new-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mark-new-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mark-new-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mark-new-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mark-new-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 7.6 * Fixed security issue: possibility for non-admin users to update plugin’s settings. Thanks to Aiden for reporting. #### 7.5.2 * Fixed possible bug in the “Use JS” mode with posts not getting marked at all #### 7.5.1 * Fixed: “Allow outside the post list” option makes markup appear in admin post list #### 7.5.0 * “Allow outside the post list” option * Cosmetic: fixed some of the texts on the settings page #### 7.4.0 * Fixed a conflict with Buddypress. I hope now we can be buddies again. Thanks a lot to teeboy4real and r-a-y! * Improved performance * If you’ve read this far AND if you like this plugin, why not give it a nice review? It would be lovely! #### 7.3.2 * Fixed a conflict with WPForms plugin. A message “Notice: is_404 was called incorrectly” appeared when trying to open the Settings page of WPForms. #### 7.3.1 * The “New” marker type now has a better support for the old built-in WordPress themes, because they’re awesome. #### 7.3.0 * Post title background colour validation * Marker type “Custom image” removed for security reasons #### 7.2.0 * An option to change the background colour for unread post titles * Open your blog with ?mnp-test=1 in the page title to test the plugin (all posts will be shown as unread) * _mnp-title-wrapper_ class replaced with _mnp-unread_ #### 7.1.0 * “Disable for custom posts” option #### 7.0.1 * Added a new colour for the “New” text to fit in the Twenty-Twenty WordPress theme. Now it’s the default marker type. * Changed buttons placement in the settings screen. Yeah, I know… Sorry for that. * Fixed flickering pieces of code on blog pages that appear when the “Check markup” option is active #### 7.0.0 * Back after 4 years of inactivity! * Temporary new logo * Fixed a CSS bug for Image and Flag marker types, where the marker would float away to the left of the screen * Fixed warnings in Debug mode #### 6.9.28 * New translation: Russian * New option: mark posts as read after opening any page of the blog * New option: posts stay marked as new only for a certain amount of days after publishing * New option: mark all existing posts as new to new visitors * If the two options above are activated, then when someone visits your blog even for the first time, he will see all the most recent posts highlighted #### 6.9.26 * Fixed notices in debug mode #### 6.9.22 * mnp_new_posts_count() speed up #### 6.5.24 * Fixed minor bug: 2nd argument might not be passed to the_title filter in some themes #### 6.5.12 * Fixed blank screen when not running on Apache #### 6.5.10 * Unicode flag marker replaced with an image (because of Unicode issues in Firefox) icon by [Vectors Market](http://www.flaticon.com/authors/vectors-market) from [www.flaticon.com](http://www.flaticon.com), [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license * Code refactoring and optimization * Better way of markup checking * Settings page redesign #### 6.5.6 * Detect prefetching #### 6.5.5 * New marker placement: before and after post title * Incorrect markup check is disabled by default to use less memory #### 6.5.4 * Fixed: incorrect markup when the_title() is being called from an attribute value #### 6.3.18 * “Mark posts as read only after opening” option now works for post excerpts too #### 5.6.4 * New marker type: flag (unicode character) * New option: the marker can be placed before or after the title of a post * New marker type: custom image * Fixed bug: after opening a post’s preview it’s getting marked as read * Fixed bug: sometimes the marker falls on another line * Fixed: marker gets wrapped on new line in post’s navigation block #### 5.5.12 * i18n * Added “Mark post as read only after opening” option * New marker type: image. “Label New Blue” icon by [Jack Cai](http://www.doublejdesign.co.uk/), [CC BY-ND 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/) license #### 5.5.8 * This plugin is based upon [KB New Posts 0.1](http://adambrown.info/b/widgets/tag/kb-new-posts/) by [Adam R. Brown](http://adambrown.info/) * New functions for using in WordPress themes: _mnp\_is\_new\_post_ and _mnp\_new\ _posts\_count_ * 2 new ways of highlighting unread posts ## Meta * Version **7.6** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **500+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/) and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mark-new-posts) * Tags * [Highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlight/)[New posts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/new-posts/) [unread](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/unread/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/mark-new-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 11 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mark-new-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ i.lychkov ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ilychkov/) ## Support Got something to say? 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