Edit published post

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Sue Waters

There are occasions where you’ll want to go back to a previously published posts to edit aspects such as correct spelling, grammatical errors, add updates, amend tags and categories.

To locate the post you want to edit you use the Posts Screen by going to Posts > All Posts.

Brief Overview of Your Posts Screen

This is the area in your administration panel where you see a listing of all the saved posts, 20 posts per page, that you’ve written on your blog.

In this screen you can search for posts by date, category and tag. Once posts are located you can either edit the posts or delete posts.

To locate all posts by date or category just:

Select your desired date or category from the Show All dates drop down menu and/or View All Categories drop down menu.
Click Filter

You can also choose to view all posts, only those that have been published, your drafts only or those that you have trashed.

Hovering your mouse over the title of a post brings up four action links:

Edit

Clicking the action link Edit opens the post into full edit mode where you can edit the post and/or configure post options such as passwords, categories, tags and the timestamp.

Editing Posts Video

Watch the video below to learn about Editing Posts and Pages

Quick Edit

Clicking the action link Quick Edit opens the post options letting you configure features such as title, status, passwords, categories, tags comments and the timestamp without having to edit the full post.

Bulk Edit

You can also bulk edit multiple pages using Quick Edit at the same time.

This is as simple as:

Select the posts you want to edit
Then in the Bulk Actions dropdown select Edit and then click the Apply Button

Trash

Used when you want to remove a post on your blog without permanently deleting it right away. All items in your trash folder can be restored or permanently deleted within 30 days of the time you trashed them.