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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.

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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

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Prerequisites

  • MainWP Dashboard installed and activated
  • At least one child site connected to your Dashboard
  • Administrator access to your Dashboard site
MainWP supports default WordPress post types. For 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.Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts
2

Set search filters

In the Search Posts section:
FilterDescription
StatusFilter by Published, Pending, Private, Scheduled, Draft, Trash
KeywordSearch for specific text in post titles or content
Date RangeFilter posts published within a date range
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.
By default, MainWP returns a maximum of 50 posts per child site to prevent performance issues when loading large amounts of data.

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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.Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts, then click Add New
2

Enter post content

Complete the post fields:
FieldRequiredDescription
TitleYesPost title
ContentYesPost body content
ExcerptNoShort summary
Custom FieldsNoAdditional metadata
Discussion SettingsNoComment and pingback options
Featured ImageNoPost thumbnail
TagsNoPost tags
CategoriesNoSelect 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.Edit action button in posts table row
3

Update

Make your changes and save.

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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 the post in the results and click View.View action button in posts table rowThe post opens on its child site in a new tab.

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Change Post Status

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Single Post

1

Search for post

Go to MainWP > Sites > Content Operations > Manage Posts and search for the post.
2

Change status

Find the post and click the status action (Unpublish, Publish, etc.).Posts table showing list of found posts

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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.
Available actions depend on the current post status. Published posts can be unpublished, scheduled posts can be published, etc.

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Delete Posts

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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.Posts table with Trash action option
For multiple posts, select them using checkboxes and use Bulk Actions > Trash.

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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.

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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