Once your site has a good number of posts, scrolling through the **Posts** list stops being practical. The search box, the filters, and the status links at the top of that list will bring the one you want into view in a couple of clicks.

## Before you start

- An account on your site that is allowed to edit posts.
- At least one post saved as a draft or published.

## Steps

### Step 1: Open the Posts list

In the left-hand menu, click **Posts**. Every post on your site is listed here, newest first, and the links above the table tell you at a glance how many are published and how many are still drafts.

![Open the Posts list](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTA4MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8185c0ddcb41665e2f8c0effd78ac55522b4ddf2/block_open-the-posts-list.png)

### Step 2: Search for a post

Type a word or two from the post you're after into the search box, then click **Search Posts**. WordPress looks through titles and content, so a phrase you remember from the body of the post works too.

![Search for a post](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTA4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--99411d8dc9b0793e481edbd45e0f29aa0dc92db0/block_search-for-a-post.png)

### Step 3: Narrow the list with filters

Choose a category from the **All Categories** dropdown, or a month from the **All dates** dropdown, then click **Filter** to apply them. To see only the posts in one state, click one of the status links above the table — **Published** or **Drafts**, for example.

![Narrow the list with filters](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTA4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7ce13b190fe6ff151ce9add97007a118ae4ed22b/block_narrow-with-filters.png)

## Tips

- Pair a category with a month to dig older posts out of a long archive quickly.
- The counts beside the status links tell you at a glance how many posts are drafts and how many are live.
- Search is the fastest route when you remember a phrase from the post but not its title.

## You're all set

Search, filters, and status links all live at the top of the **Posts** list, so a long archive is never more than a couple of clicks away from the post you had in mind. When you spot it, clicking its title opens it in the editor.