Show more than 15 posts in admin’s Manage -> Posts?

That is a great idea, I would this functionality.

I was just searching for this function myself – can anyone help with where to tweak this ?

In wp-admin/includes/post.php

Line 517

wp(”post_type=post&what_to_show=posts$post_status_q&posts_per_page=15&order=$order&orderby=$orderby”);

Change posts_per_page=15 to posts_per_page=25

Or whatever is desired. I actually have mine quite high.

Thanks for the answer ZeRohiLL

In 2.7 it’s on line 807 in the same file as above.

man I’m glad I found this. I’m writing a wxr export script for a backwater blogging system, and there’s a lot of deleting involved.

Is it just me, or should this be an option in the “screen options” drop-down? I can think of lots of cases where one would want to change the number from the (really unnecessarily low) fifteen. That feels like a number an engineer pulled out of the air while working and now it’s become the standard. Crazy how often that happens. [resists urge to tell stories]

I have wrote a follow up to this topic:

Display More Posts In WordPress Post Manager

I have found if it is set too high, you may potentially receive errors.

I agree this should be an option, like how you are able to change the amount of lines when your write a post (wp-admin > settings > writing). Another number I’ve set much higher than the default ten (10). Makes HTML work much easier.

Maybe a plugin is in order.

Thank you ZeRohiLL! You just made my morning go a LOT faster.

Seems WP has solved this issue in 2.8 with the option to show more posts on the post administration page.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Version_2.8:

• Add per page option to Screen Options for comments, posts, pages, media, categories, and tags.
• Allow a plugin to control how many posts are displayed on edit pages.

WordPress 2.8
wp-admin\includes\post.php
line 823:

$posts_per_page = 15;

I will refrain from editing core wordpress files.
Instead you can code this in your template using query_posts
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/The_Loop
From this article in the codex:

// Get the last 10 posts in the special_cat category.
<?php query_posts('category_name=special_cat&showposts=10'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- Do special_cat stuff... -->
<?php endwhile;?>

Or using WP_query:
https://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2008/04/13/define-your-own-wordpress-loop-using-wp_query/

anyone know what to change in WPMU?

Xamataca, what “template” can we edit for the admin screens? I think you mistook the question to be for one’s WP website. Actually the question was about the WP *admin* page in the backend.

ZeRohiLL, yes, 2.8 allows for these things. But how? Where’s the option to make the number of Posts higher than the 15 by default?

Erick_paper,

To Change the amount of posts that can be edited at a time in WordPress 2.8.x

Click on SCREEN OPTIONS
Change Options Posts per page from 1 to 999.

@vincent101,

Thanks for posting your answer. This is one of the features I hadn’t needed until now, and it’s been a real time saver!