{"id":9383,"date":"2021-07-14T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:52:09","slug":"bulk-edit-posts-and-pages-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/blog\/bulk-edit-posts-and-pages-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to WordPress Bulk Update Posts and Page With 2 Easy Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learning how to edit pages in WordPress is easy when you only need to update one page. But when your website has many posts, pages, or custom post types, editing each item manually can take a lot of time. This becomes especially difficult when you need to change post or page text in WordPress, update categories, change authors, edit status, or apply the same changes to multiple items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress includes a basic bulk edit option for posts and pages. It can help you update simple fields like status, author, categories, tags, and comments. However, it is limited when you want to edit multiple post pages, update content fields, change titles, manage custom fields, or filter specific posts before editing.In this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn how to edit posts in WordPress, how to edit pages in WordPress, and how to bulk update multiple posts and pages using both the default WordPress bulk action feature and WPBULKiT – Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages<\/a>. This helps you save time, reduce repetitive work, and manage large WordPress content libraries more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is bulk action in WordPress and how to do it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bulk action is the process of editing the data or value of multiple posts or pages simultaneously. By performing bulk actions, there is no need to open the posts or pages one by one and change their data. This is a very useful feature for saving time and effort needed for posts or pages management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To bulk edit posts or pages by default options of WordPress, you need to follow three below steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Increase the number of posts \/ pages displayed in one page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Mark those posts or pages you need to bulk edit their values and apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Specify those values you need to be bulk edited.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let \u2018s see how we can do them on WordPress together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Step 1: Increase the number of posts \/ pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Navigate to the below address to see the list of posts\/pages on your website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WordPress dashboard > posts \/ pages > All posts \/ pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Open<\/a>
    Add new post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    On the top right of the screen, click on \u201cscreen options<\/strong>” and increase the number of posts\/pages in the pagination field as you can see in the below picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Increase<\/a>
    Increase the number od posts\/pages to show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Step 2:\u00a0Mark the posts\/ pages\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    When you changed the number of items per page, mark the proper posts or pages you need to be bulk edited in the list, open the combo box of \u201cBulk action<\/strong>\u201d on the top of the list and choose the “Edit<\/strong>” option then click on “Apply<\/strong>” button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Select<\/a>
    Select posts to bulk edit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Step 3: Choose the values to be bulk edited<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Bulk Edit Posts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The below items will be shown on the screen as soon as you mark the posts and click on “Apply<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Posts<\/a>
    WP bulk edit form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    You can make changes to them as illustrated in the below pictures, so those changes will be applied to all posts you have marked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Status:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    It is possible to assign one of the below items to the status of those selected posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Change<\/a>
    Edit post status<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    Categories:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    All categories you have added to the WordPress display here and you can mark one or more of them to be assigned to your marked posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Edit<\/a>
    Edit post category<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    Tags:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
    \"Update<\/a>
    Edit post tags<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    You can type as many tags as you need in the text box and WordPress will assign all of them to those posts you have marked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Comments:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
    \"Edit<\/a>
    Edit post comments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In this part, you can choose to receive comments or not from the readers of your marked posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Author:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Assigning different authors that their Email or username has been registered on WordPress is also possible for the selected posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bulk edit pages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The below items will be shown on the screen as soon as you mark the pages and click on apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Save<\/a>
    Save the changes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    As we mentioned above, there are some limited data that you can directly perform bulk action on them without using any plugin on WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So, let\u2019s introduce you WordPress bulk posts editing plugin as one of the most powerful plugins enabling you to do bulk actions on every single data related to your posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What can I bulk edit by WordPress bulk post editing plugin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    WordPress bulk posts editing plugin<\/strong> is the best solution for helping website managers to bulk edit any feature of multiple posts and custom posts robustly and flexibly. You can become a professional manager by WordPress Bulk posts editing plugin and doing bulk actions on your desired posts in a few seconds by using the user-friendly interface of this plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WordPress bulk post editing plugin facilitates changing multiple post features by designing a simple interface including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Post table<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    As soon as installation and activation of this plugin on your website, you have access to a customizable post table with different columns as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"WPBULKiT<\/a>
    WPBULKiT post table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    You can increase the number of posts displaying on one page and choose which columns to be displayed on the table by using the \u201ccolumn profile\u201d<\/strong> form illustrated below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Column<\/a>
    WPBULKiT column profile form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    You can also add\/ remove as many columns as you need to be displayed on the post table by marking\/unmarking them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Quick search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Quick search<\/strong> box designed on this plugin enables you to quickly find your desired posts according to their titles<\/strong> or IDs<\/strong> and do bulk actions on them in less than a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Quick<\/a>
    WPBULKiT quick search box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Filter form<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Filter form<\/strong> includes all fields related to the posts divided into some different tabs to allow you to filter your desired posts to bulk edit their features precisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Filter<\/a>
    Filter form of WPBULKiT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    All fields and meta fields have been listed in the filter form of this plugin such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n