Title: manage_pages_columns
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘manage_pages_columns’, string[] $posts_columns )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#more-information)
    - [Built-in Column Types](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#built-in-column-types)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Filters the columns displayed in the Pages list table.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$posts_columns`string[]

An associative array of column headings.

## 󠀁[More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#more-information)󠁿

 * Applied to the list of columns to print on the manage [Pages Screen](https://wordpress.org/support/article/pages-screen/).
   Filter function argument/return value is an associative array where the element
   key is the name of the column, and the value is the header text for that column.
 * See also the action hook [manage_pages_custom_column](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/),
   which alters the column information for each page in the edit table.

### 󠀁[Built-in Column Types](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#built-in-column-types)󠁿

Note: Listed in order of appearance. By default, all columns [supported](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_type_supports/)
by the post type are shown.

 * **cb** Checkbox for bulk [actions](https://wordpress.org/support/article/posts-screen/#actions).
 * **title**
    Post title.
 *  Includes “edit”, “quick edit”, “trash” and “view” links. If `$mode` (set from`
   $_REQUEST['mode']`) is ‘excerpt’, a post excerpt is included between the title
   and links.
 * **author** Post author.
 * **author** Post author.
 * **categories** Categories the post belongs to.
 * **tags** Tags for the post.
 * **comments** Number of pending comments.
 * **date** The date and publish status of the post.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $posts_columns = apply_filters( 'manage_pages_columns', $posts_columns );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L727)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L727-L727)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Posts_List_Table::get_columns()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/get_columns/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php` |  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.  [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/?output_format=md#comment-content-4778)
 2.   [Steven Lin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevenlinx/)  [  5 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/#comment-4778)
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 4. Example migrated from Codex:
 5. The example below adds a “Thumbnail” column, then removes an “Author” column and
    a “Comments” Column.
 6.     ```php
        add_filter( 'manage_pages_columns', 'my_custom_pages_columns' );
    
        function my_custom_pages_columns( $columns ) {
    
        	/** Add a Thumbnail Column **/
        	$myCustomColumns = array(
        		'thumbnail' => __( 'Thumbnail', 'Aternus' )
        	);
        	$columns = array_merge( $columns, $myCustomColumns );
    
        	/** Remove a Author, Comments Columns **/
        	unset(
        		$columns['author'],
        		$columns['comments']
        	);
    
        	return $columns;
        }
        ```
    
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