{"id":563,"date":"2021-06-13T07:11:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T07:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/?p=563"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:12:39","slug":"bulk-edit-post-status-by-wordpress-bulk-post-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/bulk-edit-post-status-by-wordpress-bulk-post-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bulk edit post status by WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bulk edit post status by <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/wordpress-bulk-posts-editing\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=edit-post-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin<\/a> can be done in less than a few minutes as we provide you an easy and straightforward way for changing various past settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To change multi posts status settings at the same time, you need to follow 3 steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Filter the custom posts<\/strong> for bulk edit post status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By opening the filter form and getting help from the tutorial below, you can choose the custom posts that their status must be changed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/filter-posts-on-wordpress-bulk-post-editing-plugin\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=edit-post-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to filter WordPress posts \/ custom posts on WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For example we are going to bulks edit post status of those items that have \u201c<strong>news<\/strong>&#8221; in their titles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Filter-the-custom-posts.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1518\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Filter-the-custom-posts.png\" alt=\"Filter the custom posts in WordPress bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1617\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk edit post status&nbsp;<\/strong>using bulk edit form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, after select desired posts, you need to click on \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d button at the main page and continue as follow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to \u201c<strong>Date &amp; Type<\/strong>\u201d tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the combo box in front of post status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select one of the post status including:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Draft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pending Review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Published<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Do Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Bulk-edit-of-post-status.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1505\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Bulk-edit-of-post-status.png\" alt=\"change post status in date &amp; type tab of WordPress post bulk edit plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1619\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we selected \u201c<strong>Pending Review<\/strong>&#8221; from the status list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/pending-review-in-post-status.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1505\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/pending-review-in-post-status.png\" alt=\"choose pending review in post status\" class=\"wp-image-1620\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After clicking on \u201c<strong>Do bulk edit<\/strong>\u201d, the status of custom posts were changed at the same time as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/result-of-bulk-edit-of-post-status.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1299\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/result-of-bulk-edit-of-post-status.jpg\" alt=\"Final result of bulk editing posts status\" class=\"wp-image-2291\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk edit post status by inline edit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is another option to change multi post status in our plugin by inline edit. To use this option you need to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add status column to the post table&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding proper post columns to the post table helps you to observe the result of post status bulk editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To display \u201c<strong>Status<\/strong>\u201d column, you can easily add it from the \u201c<strong>Column Profiles<\/strong>\u201d page as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-status-column.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1519\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-status-column.png\" alt=\"Add status column in column profile\" class=\"wp-image-1622\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark checkboxes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark \u201c<strong>Bind Edit<\/strong>\u201d in the main page then select the post you need to change their status by marking their checkbox&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Choose status<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the combo box under the status column of one of the posts to choose the appropriate status<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>See the final result<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Press enter and see the result of bulk editing posts status as you expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/result-of-bulk-edit-of-post-status.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1299\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/06\/result-of-bulk-edit-of-post-status.jpg\" alt=\"Final result of  bulk editing posts status\" class=\"wp-image-2291\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulk edit post status by WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin can be done in less than a few minutes as we provide you an easy and straightforward way for changing various past settings. 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