Title: Pages screen
Author: william68
Published: November 4, 2018
Last modified: June 8, 2024

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# Pages screen

## In this article

 * [Pages Screen](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#pages-screen)
    - [Table of Pages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#table-of-pages)
    - [Filtering Options](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#filtering-options)
    - [Using Selection, Actions, and Apply](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#using-selection-actions-and-apply)

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The Pages Screen provides the facility to manage all the [Pages](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages/?output_format=md)
in a blog. Via this Screen, Pages can be edited, deleted, and viewed. Filtering,
and searching, also makes it easy to quickly find Pages matching certain criteria.

Several powerful features allow Pages to be edited in bulk (en masse) allowing fields
such as Author, Parent, Template, Comments Allowed, Status, and Pings Allowed, to
be changed for a whole batch of Pages. In addition, a Quick Edit feature provides
an easy method to change a multitude of values, such as Title, Slug, Date, and Author,
for a given Page.

![](https://wordpress.org/documentation/files/2018/11/managepages-enV4.4.2.png)

## 󠀁[Pages Screen](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#pages-screen)󠁿

### 󠀁[Table of Pages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#table-of-pages)󠁿

A table lists all of your Pages, by row. The Pages are listed with the newest Page
first.

The table of Pages contains the following columns:

 * **[ ]** – This checkbox, when clicked (checked), ‘selects’ that particular Page
   to be processed by a Bulk Action.
 * **Title** – This is the Page’s Title displayed as a link. Click the Title link
   to allow this Page to be edited in the Edit Page screen. Next to the Title, if
   a Page is of a Draft, Pending, or Password Protected nature, text will display
   showing that.
 * **“ID”** – This is not a column in the Table, but by hovering the mouse over 
   the Page Title, the Page ID is revealed as part of the URL displayed in the browser
   status bar (in Firefox the status bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen).
   A Page’s ID number is the unique number WordPress’ database uses to identify 
   individual Pages.
 * **Author** – Displayed in the form of a link, this is the [author](https://codex.wordpress.org/Users_Screen)
   who wrote the Page. Clicking the author link causes all the Pages authored by
   that user to be displayed in the Table of Pages (thus allowing a Bulk Action 
   to be applied to all Pages for a given author).
 * **comment bubble** – A comment bubble is the column heading, and each Page row
   has comment bubble with the number of comments for that Page. If a Pages has 
   any comments, then the number comments is displayed in a blue bubble. Clicking
   on a blue comment bubble causes the [Comments Screen](https://codex.wordpress.org/Comments_Screen)
   to be displayed to allow moderation of those comments.
 * **Date** – The Date column for each Page shows the Date ‘Published’ for Published
   Pages and the Date ‘Last Modified’ for other Pages.

#### 󠀁[Sortable Columns](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#sortable-columns)󠁿

Some column headings, such as the Title, Author, and Date, can be clicked to sort
the Table of Pages in ascending or descending order. Hover over the column title,
for example Title, to see the up-arrow or down-arrow. Click the heading to change
the sort order.

#### 󠀁[Page Navigation](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#page-navigation)󠁿

Under the Screen Options, the number of Pages displayed per page is determined. 
If more then one page of Pages is available, two double-arrow boxes to move to the
first and last page are provided. Also two single-arrow boxes are displayed to move
one page backward or forward. Finally, a box showing the current page number can
be used to enter a page to directly display.

#### 󠀁[Screen Options](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#screen-options)󠁿

The [Screen Options](https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-screens/?output_format=md#screen-options)
allow you to choose which columns are displayed, or not displayed, in the underlying
Table. Clicking on the Screen Options tab shows a list of the columns with a check-
box next to each column. Check the box for each column you want displayed in the
Table, or uncheck the box to not display that column. In addition, the number of
Pages per page can be set. Click the Screen Options tab again to close the Screen
Options.

#### 󠀁[Search](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#search)󠁿

Above the Table, to the right, is a search box where you can enter a word, or series
of words, and click the “Search Pages” button to search and display all the Pages
meeting your search words.

### 󠀁[Filtering Options](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#filtering-options)󠁿

At the top of this Screen are links such as All, Published, Pending Review, Draft,
Private, that when clicked, will cause just the Pages of that type to be displayed
in the underlying Table.

Below that, and to the right of the [Bulk Actions](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#actions)
[Apply button](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#apply),
are one other filter option:

**Show all dates**

This dropdown allows you to select, by date, which Pages are displayed in the [Table of Pages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#table-of-pages).
By default, “Show all dates” is selected and all of your Posts are displayed.

**Filter**

Clicking this button applies the settings you select in the dropdowns.

### 󠀁[Using Selection, Actions, and Apply](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#using-selection-actions-and-apply)󠁿

#### 󠀁[Selection](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#selection)󠁿

This Screen allows Bulk Actions to be performed on one or more Pages selected in
the Table. For Bulk Actions to be performed on multiple Pages at once, those Pages
must be first **selected** via one of these methods:

 * **Select one Page at a time** – To select a Page, the checkbox to the left of
   the Page entry must be checked (clicked). It is possible to keep selecting more
   Pages by checking their respective checkbox.

#### 󠀁[Actions](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#actions)󠁿

Actions describe the process to be performed on particular Pages. There are two 
styles of Actions that will be referred to as _Bulk Actions_ and _Immediate Actions_.
The following describes these Actions:

 * **Bulk Actions** – These Actions can be performed on one, or more Pages, at one
   time, if those Pages have been previously [selected](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#Selection).
   Bulk Actions are available, when appropriate, as choices in the Bulk Actions 
   pulldown box, above the Table. The only Bulk Actions allowed are Edit and Delete.

The available Actions are described below:

 * **Edit** – This Action can be either an “Immediate Action” or a “Bulk Action”.
   The Immediate Action, initiated by click on the Title or clicking on the Edit
   option just below the Title, causes the Edit Pages screen to display. Edit is
   also available as a Bulk Action for the selected Pages, so see the Bulk Edit 
   section for details on the Bulk Editing process.

##### 󠀁[Bulk Edit](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#bulk-edit)󠁿

The Bulk Edit Pages ‘screen’ is displayed below the Table Of Pages header once, 
one, or more, Pages have been [selected](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#selection),
and the [Bulk Action](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#action)
of Edit is [Applied](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#Apply).
Bulk Edit allows the fields Author, Parent, Template, Comments Allowed, Status, 
and Pings Allowed, to be changed for all the selected Pages.

 * **Cancel** – Click Cancel to cancel and abort the Bulk Edit of these Pages.

##### 󠀁[Quick Edit](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#quick-edit)󠁿

Quick Edit is an Immediate Action performed on one Page by clicking the Quick Edit
link under the Page Title in the Table of Pages. Quick Edit is just an in-line edit
that allows you to change the following items–Title, Slug, Date, Author, Password
or Private page box, Parent, Order, Template, Allow Comments, Allow Pings, Status.

 * **Cancel** – Click Cancel to cancel and abort the Edit of this Page.

##### 󠀁[Editing Individual Pages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#editing-individual-pages)󠁿

This mode is essentially the same as the [Pages Add New Screen](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-add-new-screen/?output_format=md)
so see that Screen for the specific details of writing a Page. The only difference
is that the button to save your work is called “**Update**” instead of “**Publish**“.

#### 󠀁[Apply](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/pages-screen/?output_format=md#apply)󠁿

After one or more Pages are _selected_, and after a _Bulk_ Action is specified, 
the **Apply** button performs the given Action on the selected Pages.

 * **Apply** – Click the Apply button to execute the Bulk Action, specified in the
   Actions pulldown, on the selected Pages. Remember, prior to executing Actions,
   one or more Pages must be **selected**, as described before.

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First published

November 4, 2018

Last updated

June 8, 2024