Title: Posts Admin Screen
Author: hanni
Published: December 20, 2008
Last modified: May 20, 2014

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#  Posts Admin Screen

#### Topics

 * [Filtering Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#filtering-posts)
 * [Deleting Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#deleting-posts)
 * [Quick Edit](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#quick-edit)
 * [Bulk Edit](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#bulk-edit)
 * [Excerpt View](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#excerpt-view)
 * [Configuring the Screen](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#configuring-the-screen)

To edit your blog’s posts, click the **Posts** menu in your dashboard.

![](https://make.wordpress.org/support/files/2008/12/posts_menu.png)

You’ll see something like this:

![posts-edit-screen](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/edit_posts.png)

#### 󠀁[Filtering Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#filtering-posts)󠁿

You can filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks).
They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the
counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated
manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and
output. the posts displayed using several methods. The first method is using the
links at the top of the screen.

![edit-posts-status](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/filter_posts.
png)

You may also see **Private** and **Pending Review** links.

The next method is using a search.

![edit-posts-search](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/search_posts.
png)

The final filtering method is to use the date and categoryCategory The 'category'
taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories
are pre-defined and broad ranging. dropdown boxes and then click on the **Filter**
button.

![edit-posts-date-cat-filters](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/datesandcategories.
png)

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Deleting Posts](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#deleting-posts)󠁿

There are a couple of ways to remove posts from the Posts screen. If you want to
trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your
Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors)
have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item,
it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. multiple posts
at once, you can check the boxes to the left of each post, select **Move to Trash**
from the **Bulk Actions** dropdown, and click **Apply**.

![bulk-move-to-trash](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/bulk_trash_post.
png)

If you only want to trash one post, place your cursor over the post, and a few action
links will appear under the post’s title. Click the **Trash **link.

![trash-single-post](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/trash_link1.
png)

To restore a post that you’ve trashed, view your trash by selecting the **Trash**
link near the top of the page. Hover over the title of the post you want to restore
and click **Restore**. This will move the page back to your Posts menu. You can 
restore multiple posts at once using the Bulk Actions dropdown.

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/restore_posts.png)

To **permanently** delete a post, view your trash by selecting the Trash link near
the top of the post. Hover over the title of the post and click **Delete Permanently**.

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/delete_posts.png)

To **permanently** delete all your trashed posts, go to your trash and click **Empty
Trash**.

![](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/post_empty_trash.png)

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#### 󠀁[Quick Edit](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#quick-edit)󠁿

The Quick Edit option will appear below a post title when you hover over the title.
Quick Edit lets you modify the post details such as title, slug, date, author, password,
privacy, categories, tags, comments, status, and sticky.

![quick-edit](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/quick_edit.png)

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Bulk Edit](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#bulk-edit)󠁿

Using the **Bulk Actions** drop-down menu at the top of the Edit Posts list, you
can bulk edit several posts at a time. To do that, select several posts from the
list using the checkboxes on the left. Then select **Edit** from the **Bulk Actions**
drop-down menu and click the **Apply **button. You will see options that can be 
applied to all of the selected posts.

![posts-bulk-edit](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/bulk_edit1.png)

**Note**: There currently isn’t a way to bulk edit multiple posts to switch the 
status from Password Protected to Public.

[Top ↑](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#top)

#### 󠀁[Excerpt View](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#excerpt-view)󠁿

You can show an excerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or
page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs),
and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s
metabox. of each post in the list by using the **Excerpt View** button above the
list.

![edit-posts-list-excerpt-views](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/
excerpt_buttons.png)

When you make the change, a post row will now show some of the content from the 
post.

![edit-posts-excerpt-view](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/except_mode.
png)

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#### 󠀁[Configuring the Screen](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/posts/posts-admin-screen/?output_format=md#configuring-the-screen)󠁿

By using the Screen Options pull down at the top right of the screen, you can show/
hide the columns displayed on the Edit Posts Screen. See [Screen Options ](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/getting-to-know-wordpress/screen-options/)
for more information.

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