Title: manage_pages_custom_column Published: April 25, 2014 Last modified: August 20, 2026 --- # do_action( ‘manage_pages_custom_column’, string $column_name, int $post_id ) ## In this article * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#description) * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#parameters) * [More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#more-information) * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#source) * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#related) * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#changelog) * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes) [ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) Fires in each custom column on the Posts list table. ## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#description)󠁿 This hook only fires if the current post type is hierarchical, such as pages. ## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿 `$column_name`string The name of the column to display. `$post_id`int The current post ID. ## 󠀁[More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#more-information)󠁿 Combined with the [manage_pages_columns](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_columns/) filter, this allows you to add or remove (unset) custom columns to the list page pages. Note that if you are using custom post types and it has ‘`hierarchical`‘ => `true`, then you will need to use this action hook and not [manage_$post_type_posts_custom_column](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_post-post_type_posts_custom_column/). ## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#source)󠁿 ```php do_action( 'manage_pages_custom_column', $column_name, $post->ID ); ``` [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/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L1476) [View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php#L1476-L1476) ## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#related)󠁿 | Used by | Description | | [WP_Posts_List_Table::column_default()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/column_default/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php` | Handles the default column output. | ## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?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_custom_column/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿 1. [Skip to note 3 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/?output_format=md#comment-content-2905) 2. [Khoi Pro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/khoipro/) [ 8 years ago ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/manage_pages_custom_column/#comment-2905) 3. [You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note](https://login.wordpress.org?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fhooks%2Fmanage_pages_custom_column%2F%23comment-2905) Vote results for this note: 1[You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note](https://login.wordpress.org?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fhooks%2Fmanage_pages_custom_column%2F%23comment-2905) 4. **To add “Template” column into page list:** 5. ```php add_filter( 'manage_pages_columns', 'page_column_views' ); add_action( 'manage_pages_custom_column', 'page_custom_column_views', 5, 2 ); function page_column_views( $defaults ) { $defaults['page-layout'] = __('Template', 'textdomain'); return $defaults; } function page_custom_column_views( $column_name, $id ) { if ( $column_name === 'page-layout' ) { $set_template = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_wp_page_template', true ); if ( $set_template == 'default' ) { echo __('Default Template', 'textdomain'); } $templates = get_page_templates(); ksort( $templates ); foreach ( array_keys( $templates ) as $template ) : if ( $set_template == $templates[$template] ) echo $template; endforeach; } } ``` 6. **To add to other post types (not post, page or attachment…):** 7. The hooks to create custom columns and their associated data for a custom post type are `manage_{$post_type}_posts_columns` and `manage_{$post_type}_posts_custom_column` respectively, where `{$post_type}` is the name of the custom post type. 8. ```php // Add the custom columns to the book post type: add_filter( 'manage_book_posts_columns', 'set_custom_edit_book_columns' ); function set_custom_edit_book_columns($columns) { unset( $columns['author'] ); $columns['book_author'] = __( 'Author', 'textdomain' ); $columns['publisher'] = __( 'Publisher', 'textdomain' ); return $columns; } // Add the data to the custom columns for the book post type: add_action( 'manage_book_posts_custom_column' , 'custom_book_column', 10, 2 ); function custom_book_column( $column, $post_id ) { switch ( $column ) { case 'book_author' : $terms = get_the_term_list( $post_id , 'book_author' , '' , ',' , '' ); if ( is_string( $terms ) ) echo $terms; else _e( 'Unable to get author(s)', 'textdomain' ); break; case 'publisher' : echo get_post_meta( $post_id , 'publisher' , true ); break; } } ``` 9. 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Once you have added your column (for this example, thumbnail), the featured image can be displayed for that page in the new thumbnail column. 15. ```php function custom_page_column_content( $column_name, $post_id ) { if ( $column_name == 'thumbnail' ) { $post_thumbnail_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( $post_id ); if ( $post_thumbnail_id ) { $post_thumbnail_img = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $post_thumbnail_id, 'thumbnail' ); echo ''; } } } add_action( 'manage_pages_custom_column', 'custom_page_column_content', 10, 2 ); ``` 16. [Log in to add feedback](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fhooks%2Fmanage_pages_custom_column%2F%3Freplytocom%3D4432%23feedback-editor-4432) You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fhooks%2Fmanage_pages_custom_column%2F) before being able to contribute a note or feedback.