How to Bulk Add Posts and Pages in WordPress (Best Method)

Adding many posts or pages to WordPress one by one can be slow and boring, especially when starting a new site, moving content, or testing themes.

At WPBeginner, we’ve helped countless people set up WordPress sites and even offer our own free blog setup service. We know firsthand how tricky it is to add many pages manually, particularly when creating complex page structures.

This guide will show you how to add multiple posts and pages at once using a free WordPress plugin. It’s perfect for site owners building content or users migrating their websites.

When to Bulk Add Posts and Pages in WordPress

Bulk-adding posts and pages is useful when setting up a new WordPress website. You may want to quickly add a number of parent and child pages with a hierarchy, which can be time-consuming to do manually.

If you are moving to WordPress from a platform that doesn’t let you export page content, like switching from Wix to WordPress, then bulk adding pages will save you a lot of time if you have a lot of pages with hierarchy to recreate.

Finally, for developers who are testing a WordPress theme, it can be handy to quickly add multiple posts and pages so you can see how they appear on your site.

Now, if you simply want to test your WordPress theme, then there’s a better way to do that. Please take a look at our guide on how to add dummy content for theme development in WordPress.

But if you want to bulk-add WordPress pages and posts with custom content, then the dummy content solution won’t work for you.

Let’s take a look at how you can easily bulk-add posts and pages in WordPress.

Bulk Adding Posts and Pages in WordPress (Easiest Method)

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Simple Add Pages or posts plugin. This post and page generator plugin will help you add multiple pages or posts to your website all at once at the same time.

For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Plugins » Simple add pages or posts in your WordPress dashboard. This is where you will bulk-create posts and pages.

You need to start by selecting the post type that you wish to create. Simply click on either ‘Post’ or ‘Page’ from the first dropdown menu.

If you are adding pages, then the second option allows you to create child pages, also called nested pages. Simply select the parent page from the dropdown menu.

After that, you need to type the titles of the posts or pages you wish to create. For posts, just add new post titles on each line.

However, if you are adding new pages, then you can create a hierarchy. Simply indicate child pages by starting the line with the hierarchy separator. By default, that’s a hyphen (-), but you can change it to anything you like by entering the new character in the ‘Hierarchy separator’ field.

Here’s an example of parent pages that just have the title and child pages that start with one or more hyphens:

Home
About
- Our Team
- Company History
- Careers
-- Positions Vacant
Contact

The final option lets you select the author of the posts or pages from a dropdown menu.

Once you have finished, you need to click on the ‘Add’ button. After you respond to the ‘Are you sure?’ message, new posts or pages will be created.

This is how it looks on our demo website.

Note that the new posts or pages will have a title but no content. Posts will be filed under the default category of your WordPress site and not be tagged.

If you want, you can quickly change how the new posts are organized by following our guide on how to bulk move posts to categories and tags in WordPress.

Enhance Your WordPress Content Management With Expert Tips

Want to take your WordPress content to the next level? Check out these helpful guides:

• How to Split WordPress Posts into Multiple Pages (Post Pagination) – Break long posts into easy-to-read sections.
• How to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress (Easy Steps) – Keep important content at the top of your blog.
• How to Archive Posts Without Deleting Them in WordPress – Organize old content without losing it.
• How to Add Excerpts to Your Pages in WordPress (Step by Step) – Create snappy summaries for your pages.
• How to Show Related Pages in WordPress – Boost engagement by linking similar content.
• How to Display Popular Posts by Views in WordPress – Showcase your most-read articles easily.

We hope this tutorial helped you learn how to bulk-add posts and pages in WordPress. You may also want to read our expert guide on the anatomy of a high-converting landing page and our expert picks of the best related posts plugins for WordPress.

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