I have managed to display the fields i like on the frontend by some code tweaking.
Steps:
Create template override for com_projectlog -> category
Backup file/components/com_projectlog/views/category/tmpl/default.xml and add the following to the end of the <fields> group.
<!-- Custom options. -->
<fieldset name="custom" label="JGLOBAL_CUSTOM_LABEL" description="COM_PROJECTLOG_CONFIG_CUSTOM_SETTINGS_DESC">
<field name="show_project_date"
type="list"
class="chzn-color"
label="COM_PROJECTLOG_DATE_LABEL"
description="COM_PROJECTLOG_FIELD_DATE_FORMAT_DESC"
>
<option value="">JGLOBAL_USE_GLOBAL</option>
<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
</field>
<field name="show_project_status"
type="list"
class="chzn-color"
label="COM_PROJECTLOG_STATUS_LABEL"
description="COM_PROJECTLOG_FIELD_STATUS_DESC"
>
<option value="">JGLOBAL_USE_GLOBAL</option>
<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
</field>
<field name="show_contract_from"
type="list"
class="chzn-color"
label="COM_PROJECTLOG_CONTRACT_FROM_DATE_LABEL"
description="COM_PROJECTLOG_FIELD_CONTRACT_FROM_DATE_DESC"
>
<option value="">JGLOBAL_USE_GLOBAL</option>
<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
</field>
</fieldset>
Open file /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_projectlog/category/default_items.php and add the following after line 77.
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_contract_from')) : ?>
<th><?php echo JHtml::_('grid.sort', 'COM_PROJECTLOG_CONTRACT_FROM_DATE', 'contract_from', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?></th>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_project_status')) : ?>
<th><?php echo JHtml::_('grid.sort', 'COM_PROJECTLOG_STATUS_LABEL', 'status', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?></th>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_release_date')) : ?>
<th><?php echo JHtml::_('grid.sort', 'COM_PROJECTLOG_COMPLETE_DATE', 'release_date', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?></th>
<?php endif; ?>
Open file /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_projectlog/category/default_items.php and add the following after line 132.
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_contract_from') AND !empty($item->contract_from)) : ?>
<td><?php echo JHTML::date($item->contract_from, $item->params->get('pl_date_format')); ?></td>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_project_status')) : ?>
<td><?php echo ($item->params->get('show_project_status') AND !empty($item->status)) ? $item->status : '--'; ?></td>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_release_date')) : ?>
<td><?php echo JHTML::date($item->release_date, $item->params->get('pl_date_format')); ?></td>
<?php endif; ?>
Now you will have an output and menu config option like the included screenshots exept the translation. I have change some of the field translation based on my needs.