Custom dropdowns give you more control over how you organize and manage your projects in ManyRequests. Whether you're running a creative agency, a content studio, or a development shop, custom dropdowns let you tailor your workflow to fit your way of working.
Why Use Custom Dropdowns?
Many creative teams deal with more than just categories and statuses. You might need to:
Prioritize tasks with urgency levels (High, Medium, Low)
Sort projects by type (Website, Blog, Newsletter, Landing Page)
Track stages in your internal process (Discovery, Wireframe, Review, Publish)
Group requests by departments (Marketing, Sales, Product)
Instead of relying solely on default fields, you can now create your own dropdown menu to reflect how your team actually works.
📌 Use Cases:
Here are some examples based on real agency scenarios:
A design subscription agency adds a dropdown to label design tasks as "Branding", "Social Media", or "Web UI".
A development agency uses one to identify which platform the project is for: "Shopify", "WordPress", or "Custom Code".
A content team creates one for "Topic Type" to classify requests into "How-to", "Opinion", "SEO pillar", etc.
How to Create a Custom Dropdown
On your Dashboard, head over to Settings > Modules and Extensions
Select Requests
Scroll down and enable "Request custom dropdown"
Give your custom dropdown a name
Hit Save
How to Customize Custom Dropdown Options
On the Requests page, look for the custom dropdown name header
If you can't find the custom dropdown name, click the button between filters and view
Select "show/hide" columns
Tick the custom dropdown title
Hit Save
Click on the dropdown and create some options by typing a name/label
Assign a color
Click the "Save changes" button
Note: You can rearrange the options, edit the colors and options, and delete them at any time.