Manage Posts

Manage WordPress posts across your Child Sites from the MainWP Dashboard. Create, edit, schedule, change status, and delete posts remotely without logging into each child site separately.

The Manage Posts feature lets you create, edit, schedule, and delete WordPress posts across all your child sites from a central location. Search for posts across your network, change their status in bulk, and manage content without logging into each site individually.

What You’ll Accomplish

• Search and view posts across all child sites
• Create new posts on one or multiple sites
• Schedule posts for future publication
• Edit existing posts
• Change post status (publish, unpublish, trash)
• Delete posts individually or in bulk

Prerequisites

• MainWP Dashboard installed and activated
• At least one child site connected to your Dashboard
• Administrator access to your Dashboard site

Manage Posts handles standard WordPress posts. To manage custom post types, use the MainWP Custom Post Types Extension.

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View Existing Posts

1. Navigate to Manage Posts

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts.

2. Set search filters

   In the Search Posts section:

   Filter	Description
   Status	Select one or more statuses: Published, Pending, Private, Scheduled, Draft, or Trash
   Keyword	Search for specific text in the post title, body, or both
   Date Range	Filter posts by their last-modified date
   Max posts to return	Set the maximum number of posts returned per child site

3. Select sites

   Select the child sites you want to search.

4. Search

   Click Show Posts.

   A list of matching posts appears at the bottom of the page.

The default Max posts to return value is 50 posts per child site. You can change the value before running the search.

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Create a New Post

1. Navigate to Add New

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts, then click Add New.

2. Enter post content

   Complete the post fields:

   Field	Required	Description
   Title	No	Post title
   Content	No	Post body content
   Slug	No	Post URL slug
   Excerpt	No	Short summary
   Custom Fields	No	Additional metadata
   Discussion Settings	No	Comment and pingback options
   Featured Image	No	Post thumbnail
   Tags	No	Post tags
   Categories	No	Select existing or create new

3. Select sites

   Select the child sites where you want to publish this post.

4. Publish

   Click Publish.

   The post is created on all selected sites.

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Schedule a Post

1. Create post

   Follow the steps above to create a new post (steps 1-3).

2. Set schedule

   In the Publish Options section:

   1. Under Publish, select Schedule
   2. Set the date and time
3. Schedule

   Click Publish.

   The post is scheduled on all selected sites.

Post preview is not available in the MainWP Dashboard because posts may display differently on each child site due to different themes and settings.

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Edit an Existing Post

1. Search for post

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the post.

2. Edit

   Find the post in the results and click Edit.

3. Update

   Make your changes and click Publish.

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View a Post on Its Site

1. Search for post

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the post.

2. View

   Find a published post in the results and click View.

   The post opens on its child site in a new tab.

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Change Post Status

Single Post

1. Search for post

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the post.

2. Change status

   Open the post’s actions menu and select the available status action:

   • Publish for draft or scheduled posts
   • Approve for pending posts
   • Unpublish for published posts
   • Restore for trashed posts

Bulk Status Change

1. Search for posts

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the posts.

2. Select posts

   Check the boxes next to the posts you want to update.

3. Apply action

   Select the action from Bulk Actions dropdown and click Apply.

Bulk actions include Publish, Unpublish, Trash, Restore, and Delete. MainWP applies an action only to selected posts whose current status supports it.

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Delete Posts

Move to Trash

1. Search for post

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the post.

2. Trash

   Find the post and click Trash.

For multiple posts, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Trash.

Delete Permanently

WordPress only allows permanent deletion of posts already in Trash.

1. Search for trashed posts

   Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and set Status to Trash.

2. Delete

   Find the post and click Delete.

For multiple trashed posts, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Delete.

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Self-Check Checklist

• You can search and view posts across child sites
• New posts publish successfully to selected sites
• Scheduled posts show correct scheduling
• Post status changes apply correctly
• Deleted posts move to trash or delete permanently

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Related Resources

• Manage Pages - Page management documentation
• Custom Post Types Extension - Manage custom post types
• Boilerplate Extension - Create content templates