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title: The Content Overview Screen
description: "The Content Overview screen is a companion to [the PublishPress Planner Calendar screen](http://publishpress.com/publishpress/docs/calendar/). The Calendar allows you to see content organized by dates. The Content Overview screen allows you to drill down and see content organized by status, categories, authors and…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/the-content-overview-screen/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: PublishPress Planner / Content Overview
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# The Content Overview Screen

The Content Overview screen is a companion to [the PublishPress Planner Calendar screen](http://publishpress.com/publishpress/docs/calendar/). The Calendar allows you to see content organized by dates. The Content Overview screen allows you to drill down and see content organized by status, categories, authors and much more.

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## Introducing the Content Overview Screen

By default the Content Overview screen provides 5 filters and 6 columns.

- **Default filters**: Date, Post Status, Categories, Author, Post Type.
- **Default columns**: Title, Status, Post Type, Author, Post Date, Last Modified

You can customize the columns and filters that are used on this screen. [Here is our guide to custom columns](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/columns-in-content-overview/) and [here is our guide to custom filters](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/filters-content-overview/).

![Content Overview screen in PublishPress Planner](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/content-overview-1024x390.png)
Content Overview Screen

There is a "Me Mode" available on this screen. When you enable the Me Mode, you will only see posts where you are the author.

![Me Mode in PublishPress Planner](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/me-mode-1024x390.png)
Content Overview Metadata

There is also a "Print" button available so you can print a copy of all your scheduled content.

![Print button for Content Overview screen](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/print-content-overview-1024x390.jpg)

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## The Modal Editing Window

This feature requires the Pro version of the PublishPress Planner plugin.

If you're using the Pro version of [PublishPress Planner](https://publishpress.com/links/planner), you can click on any post and see a larger modal that allows you to edit many details of each post:

![Modal window in the Content Overview](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/large-planner-modal-1024x542.png)

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## Content Overview Default Settings

You can change what post types are visible by default on this screen by going to Planner > Settings > Content Overview.

![Settings for Content Overview screen](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/content-overview-post-types.png)
Content Overview Settings