apply_filters( 'manage_posts_columns', string[] $post_columns, string $post_type )

Filters the columns displayed in the Posts list table.

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Parameters Parameters

$post_columns

(string[]) An associative array of column headings.

$post_type

(string) The post type slug.

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  • manage_posts_columns is a filter applied to the columns shown on the manage posts screen. It’s applied to posts of all types except pages. To add a custom column for pages, hook the manage_pages_columns filter. To add a custom column for specific custom post types, hook the manage_{$post_type}_posts_columns filter.
  • Built-in Column Types
    Listed in order of appearance. By default, all columns supported by the post type are shown.

    • cb Checkbox for bulk 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.
    • 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.

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Source Source

File: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php

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Version Description
1.5.0 Introduced.

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    Contributed by Ryan McCue —

    To add a custom column, hook into this filter, and add an item to the $post_columns array. The key should be a string ID, and the value should be the human-readable text to display in the column’s header.

    <?php
namespace DemoPlugin;

const COLUMN_ID = 'publisher';

/**
 * Register the custom column.
 *
 * @param array $columns Existing columns.
 * @return array Columns with custom column added.
 */
function register_column( array $columns ) : array {
	$columns[ COLUMN_ID ] = __( 'Publisher', 'demo-plugin' );
	return $columns;
}
add_action( 'manage_posts_columns', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\register_column' );

// You will likely also want to hook into 'manage_posts_custom_column' to
// output the column's value.
function render_column( string $column_id ) {
	if ( $column_id !== COLUMN_ID ) {
		return;
	}

	$post = get_post();
	echo esc_html( get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_demo_publisher', true ) );
}
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column',  __NAMESPACE__ . '\\render_column' );

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    Contributed by Keramot UL Islam —

    If the new custom column is only for the default post type, then it needs to check the post type.

    function my_add_new_columns($columns) {
    $post_type = get_post_type();
    if ( $post_type == 'post' ) {
        $new_columns = array(
            'my_featured' => esc_html__( 'Featured', 'text_domain' ),
        );
        return array_merge($columns, $new_columns);
    }
}
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns',  'my_add_new_columns' );
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    Contributed by codegearthemes —

    Example: To add custom featured image thumbnail column in the post.

    function wpdocs_posts_thumb_columns( $columns ) {
    $post_new_columns = array(
       'post_thumbs' => esc_html__( 'Thumbs', 'text_domain' ),
    );
    return array_merge( $columns, $post_new_columns );
}
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'wpdocs_posts_thumb_columns', 5 );

function wpdocs_posts_custom_columns( $column_name, $id ) {
    if ( 'post_thumbs' === $column_name ) {
        the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' );
    }
}
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column', 'wpdocs_posts_custom_columns', 5, 2 );

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    Contributed by stevenlinx —

    Example migrated from Codex:

    To add a column showing whether a post is sticky or not:

    function add_sticky_column( $columns ) {
	$columns['sticky'] = __('Sticky');
        return $columns;
}
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns' , 'add_sticky_column' );

    To actually display whether or not a post is sticky, hook the manage_posts_custom_column action.

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    Contributed by Imran Sayed —

    Example: This will remove the author, categories, tags and comment columns from backend Posts > All Posts section.

    if ( ! function_exists( 'custom_manage_posts_column' ) ) {
	function custom_manage_posts_column( $columns ) {
		unset( $columns['author'] );
		unset( $columns['categories'] );
		unset( $columns['tags'] );
		unset( $columns['comments'] );
		return $columns;
	}
}
if ( has_filter( 'manage_posts_columns' ) ) {
	add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'custom_manage_posts_column' );
}

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