Admin Columns lets you customize and organize the columns displayed in the WordPress admin list tables for posts, pages, users, comments and media.
Instead of the limited default list table, you get to display the information you actually need - like custom fields, featured images, taxonomies, file data and more.
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With a simple drag-and-drop interface you can:
- Add any column to posts, pages, users, media and comments
- Reorder and resize columns to match your workflow
- Choose from 200+ column types including custom fields, taxonomies and file data
- Display rich metadata such as images, dates, colors and relational fields
- Create clean overviews for even the most complex websites
It works for any site from simple blogs to large WooCommerce stores.
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Why Admin Columns?
Default WordPress list tables are limited. They often show only the title, author and date.
Admin Columns turns them into useful management screens that show you what matters.
Examples:
- See featured images, custom fields and taxonomies directly in the post list table
- Display media file size, dimensions or EXIF data
- View user metadata and roles in the users screen
- Keep track of large content libraries
Popular use cases
Admin Columns is used by developers, agencies and site owners to manage content more efficiently.
Common setups:
- Managing WooCommerce products with price, SKU or stock columns
- Displaying ACF custom fields in post list tables
- Organizing large media libraries
- Reviewing SEO metadata from Yoast
- Organizing custom post types with the right columns
Built for developers
Admin Columns is open source and built to be extended. Use actions and filters to register custom column types, modify output or integrate with your own plugins.
- Full hooks and filters reference for custom integrations
- Register column configurations in PHP for version-controlled setups
- Designed to work alongside page builders, custom post type plugins and third-party extensions
Explore the
developer documentation.
Admin Columns Pro
Upgrade to
Admin Columns Pro for sorting, filtering, inline editing and more. With Pro you can:
- Sort any column
- Filter content with stackable smart filters
- Inline editing – edit titles, custom fields, taxonomies and more directly from the list table
- Bulk editing – update multiple items at once
- Conditional formatting – color-code rows and cells based on rules
- Export to CSV
- Import/export column sets between sites or team members
- Save to PHP for version-controlled column configurations
Admin Columns Pro also provides deep integrations with popular plugins:
- Advanced Custom Fields – display and edit all field types
- WooCommerce – product and order columns
- Yoast SEO – SEO score and metadata columns
- Toolset 类型:s – custom fields and relationships
- Pods – Pods fields and content types
Learn more about the additional features of Admin Columns Pro on our website:
Upgrade to Admin Columns Pro
Supported content types
Admin Columns works with the following WordPress admin screens:
- 发表 s, Pages and Custom Post Types
- 用户 s
- Media Library
- Comments
- Taxonomies (Pro)
Custom field column
Admin Columns allows you to display custom fields (post meta and user meta) directly in the admin list table.
Supported field formats include:
- Color
- Date
- Images
- Number
- Text
- URL
- True/False
- Relational: Posts, Users and Media
Docs & Support
Is this your first time using Admin Columns? Check out our documentation and guides:
Documentation
Getting Started
Developer documentation
Need help? Please visit the Admin Columns
support forums.
Contribute
Admin Columns is open source and community-driven. There are several ways to contribute:
Automatic installation
- Visit Plugins > Add New in your WordPress dashboard
- Search for "Admin Columns"
- Install and Activate Admin Columns from your Plugins page
- Visit Settings > Admin Columns to create your first column set
Manual installation
- Download the plugin from WordPress.org
- Upload the
codepress-admin-columns folder to /wp-content/plugins/
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen
- Visit Settings > Admin Columns to get started
After activation
Head to Settings > Admin Columns and start customizing your columns. Check out the
getting started guide for a walkthrough.
7.0.14
Release Date: March 31st, 2026
- [Added] ACF field settings tab to add fields as admin columns directly from the field group editor.
- [Added] Column editor now scrolls to the opened column when linked from ACF field settings.
- [Added] Word Count columns now support Before & After text to prepend or append custom text around the count.
- [Added] Custom field column settings now display the meta key for reference.
- [Added] ACF date save format option for custom field date columns.
- [Improved] File columns now group attachments by file type and display multiple filenames separated by commas.
- [Improved] Refreshed column settings sidebar with updated review and support panels.
- [Improved] Improved Before & After display options UI.
- [Fixed] Fixed the post link option not appearing for most property types in the Comment Post column.
- [Fixed] Fixed the post link option not appearing for most property types in the User First Post and Last Post columns.
- [Fixed] Fixed a potential error in user property columns when the display setting has not been saved yet.
- [Fixed] Fixed "Default" option duplicating in the primary column preference dropdown.
- [Fixed] Fixed template creation showing a success notification even when it failed.
- [Fixed] Fixed media custom field columns not supporting multiple file uploads.
See changelog for all versions.