Title: Bulk Action – Custom Fields
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Bulk Action – Custom Fields

 *  [tkozan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkozan/)
 * (@tkozan)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/)
 * I’d like the ability to Bulk Edit a custom field. Anyone know how I could do 
   this? Do you know what code I’d need to edit and what would I need to add? Alternatively,
   is there a plugin available to do this?

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034709)
 * What does bulk edit a custom field mean? To see all the rows for all posts with
   the same custom field key at once? Is this an ongoing need or an occasional need?
   If occasional you can do this in phpMyAdmin with a simple SQL query. If that 
   makes sense and you need assistance, write back.
 *  Thread Starter [tkozan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkozan/)
 * (@tkozan)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034786)
 * Yes, on the edit posts page I’d like edit a set of custom fields on a recurring
   basis using the Bulk Actions drop down menu for a selected set of posts.
 * When you select a post and select edit from the Bulk actions drop down the only
   fields you can change are the category, tags, author, comments, status, pings,
   sticky.
 * I’d like to add a custom field to this view.
 * How can I do this?
 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034793)
 * Hi
 * That would be a quite complicated process that would require someone knowledgeable
   in developing WordPress plugins to create one with that functionality. Unless
   you can find one already on the WP plugins site.
 *  [podda999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podda999/)
 * (@podda999)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034957)
 * bump
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034958)
 * Right now stvwlf’s suggestion would be the way to go:
 * > If occasional you can do this in phpMyAdmin with a simple SQL query

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## Tags

 * [bulk edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/bulk-edit/)
 * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/)

 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-action-custom-fields/#post-1034958)
 * Status: not resolved

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