Last Thursday was a quick tour of the post editor area in WordPress. Today I shall take a closer look at the all posts page. So, if you start at the dashboard and click on “Posts” in the left-hand menu, you will arrive on the all posts page.
You will see this page lists all your posts in date order. Your latest drafts are at the top, then scheduled posts in date order and then published posts in date order. Date order starts with the latest.
The various buttons and menus at the top of the page help with navigation. The search box is particularly helpful, if you have a lot of posts and can remember a word in the title of the post you are seeking, it will bring all the posts with that word in the title to the top of the first page. (Note: below “Search Posts” you can see the number of pages listing post titles. )
To the left two icons offer two ways of viewing posts on the page. By default you see titles only, the other shows title plus the first few lines of the post.
Further left there are various filters and furthest left “Bulk Actions”. You apply bulk actions to selected posts. You select posts by clicking on the box to the left of the posts title. Once you’ve selected the posts, select the bulk action and then click on “Apply”.
The List of Posts
WordPress divides the posts display into 6 columns. After Title there is Author (which identifies the author, useful if your blog has more than one author), then Categories and Tags (of which more later), the cartoon balloon is for numbers of comments and pingbacks; and finally the date last modified, scheduled or published. Hover over any of the column headings and you’ll see a small triangle, which will enable you to sort posts according to that title, either ascending or descending.
Now hover over the first post and you will see a small menu appear beneath the title. Edit, Trash and Preview are self-explanatory so click on “Quick Edit”, which enables you to make certain changes without entering the post editor.
Most of this is straightforward and will make sense when we cover it elsewhere.
Slug below the title, is a shortened version of the title which can be used in the url. Make this post sticky means this post is kept at the top of the blog page on your website.
If you make any changes, you must click on Update to confirm the changes. Click on cancel to close the quick editor.
Let me know if this is helpful and if there are other aspects of blogging you would like me to cover.