Kanban (and gantt chart) filters help you find your tasks quickly.

Here are the filters avaliable since OrbitapWP v1.0:

• Group tasks by filter – changes the kanban lanes based on your custom fields
• Hide Uncategorized toggle – toggles the uncategorized lane on and off. Tasks in the current view that have no data stored in the custom field are placed in this column so you can drag them to their appropriate lane.
• Category/tag filter – helps you see tasks with certain category and tag taxonomies
• Assignee filter – filters the board based on a tasks assigned to specific users. You can also toggle the board to show only your assigned tasks. 
• Parent task filter – filters the board based on a single parent task. This is useful when you want to focus on that single parent and child task set.
• Related posts filter – filters the board by tasks that have been related to another post inside your WordPress.
• Reset Order Button – this button resets the kanban lane order to the default values that are set on plugin activation.

Related Post Filter Usecase

The related posts filter is a game-changer for task-to-post relationships inside your WordPress site.

Let’s take a look at a real-world example.

Imagine you have a post titled “New Hire Onboarding SOPs” that contains internal documentation, files, links, videos, and images. Your team references this post when new hire is onboarded into your organization.

You could have information setting up their email, getting a company laptop and cellphone, and signing paperwork.

Enter The Task-to-Post Relationship

With the task-to-post relationship feature, you can link tasks to this pillar post that your entire organization uses to onboard new clients.

Inside Orbital, you can assign a task or task template for a new hire. Lets call this task “John Snow Onboarding” with the following subtasks:

• Email setup
• Laptop
• Cellphone
• Training
• Signed Documents

By relating the task over to the “Onboarding” post, you can quickly jump from task to post to grab relevant information that might be used by your team complete the onboarding tasks for the new employee.

By creating the “Onboarding” post, you have one authoritative place to store all your documents, files, and information. Everyone on your team is on the same page and will use the same workflow to onboard new employees, no matter what department they work in. This type of standardization helps organizations save money, stay lean, and work fast.