diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php b/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
index 58a3271b39..c6fcd3cb1f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
@@ -29,204 +29,10 @@ if ( ! defined('ABSPATH') ) die();
 	<tbody>
 <?php
 if ( have_posts() ) {
-$bgcolor = '';
-add_filter('the_title','wp_specialchars');
-
-// Create array of post IDs.
-$post_ids = array();
-foreach ( $wp_query->posts as $a_post )
-	$post_ids[] = $a_post->ID;
-
-$comment_pending_count = get_pending_comments_num($post_ids);
-
-while (have_posts()) : the_post();
-$class = 'alternate' == $class ? '' : 'alternate';
-global $current_user;
-$post_owner = ( $current_user->ID == $post->post_author ? 'self' : 'other' );
-$edit_link = get_edit_post_link( $post->ID );
-$title = get_the_title();
-if ( empty($title) )
-	$title = __('(no title)');
-?>
-	<tr id='post-<?php echo $id; ?>' class='<?php echo trim( $class . ' author-' . $post_owner . ' status-' . $post->post_status ); ?>' valign="top">
-
-<?php
-
-foreach($posts_columns as $column_name=>$column_display_name) {
-
-	switch($column_name) {
-
-	case 'cb':
-		?>
-		<th scope="row" class="check-column"><?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="post[]" value="<?php the_ID(); ?>" /><?php } ?></th>
-		<?php
-		break;
-	case 'modified':
-	case 'date':
-		if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $post->post_date && 'date' == $column_name ) {
-			$t_time = $h_time = __('Unpublished');
-		} else {
-			if ( 'modified' == $column_name ) {
-				$t_time = get_the_modified_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'));
-				$m_time = $post->post_modified;
-				$time = get_post_modified_time('G', true);
-			} else {
-				$t_time = get_the_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'));
-				$m_time = $post->post_date;
-				$time = get_post_time('G', true);
-			}
-			if ( ( abs(time() - $time) ) < 86400 ) {
-				if ( ( 'future' == $post->post_status) )
-					$h_time = sprintf( __('%s from now'), human_time_diff( $time ) );
-				else
-					$h_time = sprintf( __('%s ago'), human_time_diff( $time ) );
-			} else {
-				$h_time = mysql2date(__('Y/m/d'), $m_time);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if ( 'excerpt' == $mode ) : ?>
-		<td><?php echo apply_filters('post_date_column_time', $t_time, $post, $column_name, $mode) ?></td>
-<?php		else : ?>
-		<td><abbr title="<?php echo $t_time ?>"><?php echo apply_filters('post_date_column_time', $h_time, $post, $column_name, $mode) ?></abbr></td>
-<?php		endif;
-		break;
-	case 'title':
-		?>
-		<td class="post-title"><strong><?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ) { ?><a class="row-title" href="<?php echo $edit_link; ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(sprintf(__('Edit "%s"'), $title)); ?>"><?php echo $title ?></a><?php } else { echo $title; } ?></strong>
-		<?php
-		if ( !empty($post->post_password) ) { _e(' &#8212; <strong>Protected</strong>'); } elseif ('private' == $post->post_status) { _e(' &#8212; <strong>Private</strong>'); }
-
-		if ( 'excerpt' == $mode )
-			the_excerpt();
-
-		$actions = array();
-		$actions['edit'] = '<a href="post.php?action=edit&amp;post=' . $post->ID . '">' . __('Edit') . '</a>';
-		$actions['delete'] = "<a class='submitdelete' href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$post->ID", 'delete-post_' . $post_ID) . "' onclick=\"if ( confirm('" . js_escape(sprintf( ('draft' == $post->post_status) ? __("You are about to delete this draft '%s'\n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.") : __("You are about to delete this post '%s'\n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete."), $post->post_title )) . "') ) { return true;}return false;\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>";
-		$action_count = count($actions);
-		$i = 0;
-		foreach ( $actions as $action => $link ) {
-			++$i;
-			( $i == $action_count ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = ' | ';
-			echo "<span class='$action'>$link$sep</span>";
-		}
-		?>
-		</td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'categories':
-		?>
-		<td><?php
-		$categories = get_the_category();
-		if ( !empty( $categories ) ) {
-			$out = array();
-			foreach ( $categories as $c )
-				$out[] = "<a href='edit.php?category_name=$c->slug'> " . wp_specialchars(sanitize_term_field('name', $c->name, $c->term_id, 'category', 'display')) . "</a>";
-			echo join( ', ', $out );
-		} else {
-			_e('Uncategorized');
-		}
-		?></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'tags':
-		?>
-		<td><?php
-		$tags = get_the_tags();
-		if ( !empty( $tags ) ) {
-			$out = array();
-			foreach ( $tags as $c )
-				$out[] = "<a href='edit.php?tag=$c->slug'> " . wp_specialchars(sanitize_term_field('name', $c->name, $c->term_id, 'post_tag', 'display')) . "</a>";
-			echo join( ', ', $out );
-		} else {
-			_e('No Tags');
-		}
-		?></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'comments':
-		?>
-		<td class="num"><div class="post-com-count-wrapper">
-		<?php
-		$left = isset($comment_pending_count) ? $comment_pending_count[$post->ID] : 0;
-		$pending_phrase = sprintf( __('%s pending'), number_format( $left ) );
-		if ( $left )
-			echo '<strong>';
-		comments_number("<a href='edit.php?p=$id' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('0') . '</span></a>', "<a href='edit.php?p=$id' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('1') . '</span></a>', "<a href='edit.php?p=$id' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('%') . '</span></a>');
-		if ( $left )
-			echo '</strong>';
-		?>
-		</div></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'author':
-		?>
-		<td><a href="edit.php?author=<?php the_author_ID(); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'status':
-		?>
-		<td>
-		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(sprintf(__('View "%s"'), $title)); ?>" rel="permalink">
-		<?php
-		switch ( $post->post_status ) {
-			case 'publish' :
-			case 'private' :
-				_e('Published');
-				break;
-			case 'future' :
-				_e('Scheduled');
-				break;
-			case 'pending' :
-				_e('Pending Review');
-				break;
-			case 'draft' :
-				_e('Unpublished');
-				break;
-		}
-		?>
-		</a>
-		</td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'control_view':
-		?>
-		<td><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="permalink" class="view"><?php _e('View'); ?></a></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'control_edit':
-		?>
-		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post',$post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='$edit_link' class='edit'>" . __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	case 'control_delete':
-		?>
-		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('delete_post',$post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-post_' . $post->ID) . "' class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		?>
-		<td><?php do_action('manage_posts_custom_column', $column_name, $id); ?></td>
-		<?php
-		break;
-	}
-}
-?>
-	</tr>
-<?php
-endwhile;
+	post_rows();
 } else {
 ?>
-  <tr style='background-color: <?php echo $bgcolor; ?>'>
+  <tr>
     <td colspan="8"><?php _e('No posts found.') ?></td>
   </tr>
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 85e06b311e..8e19eca536 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -406,6 +406,223 @@ function wp_manage_pages_columns() {
 	return $posts_columns;
 }
 
+function post_rows() {
+	global $wp_query, $post, $mode;
+
+	add_filter('the_title','wp_specialchars');
+
+	// Create array of post IDs.
+	$post_ids = array();
+	foreach ( $wp_query->posts as $a_post )
+		$post_ids[] = $a_post->ID;
+
+	$comment_pending_count = get_pending_comments_num($post_ids);
+	if ( empty($comment_pending_count[$post->ID]) )
+		$comment_pending_count = array();
+
+	while ( have_posts() ) {
+		the_post();
+
+		if ( empty($comment_pending_count[$post->ID]) )
+			$comment_pending_count[$post->ID] = 0;
+
+		_post_row($post, $comment_pending_count[$post->ID], $mode);
+	}
+}
+
+function _post_row($a_post, $pending_comments, $mode) {
+	global $post;
+	static $class;
+
+	$global_post = $post;
+	$post = $a_post;
+
+	$class = 'alternate' == $class ? '' : 'alternate';
+	global $current_user;
+	$post_owner = ( $current_user->ID == $post->post_author ? 'self' : 'other' );
+	$edit_link = get_edit_post_link( $post->ID );
+	$title = get_the_title();
+	if ( empty($title) )
+		$title = __('(no title)');
+?>
+	<tr id='post-<?php echo $post->ID; ?>' class='<?php echo trim( $class . ' author-' . $post_owner . ' status-' . $post->post_status ); ?>' valign="top">
+<?php
+	$posts_columns = wp_manage_posts_columns();
+	foreach($posts_columns as $column_name=>$column_display_name) {
+
+		switch($column_name) {
+
+		case 'cb':
+		?>
+		<th scope="row" class="check-column"><?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="post[]" value="<?php the_ID(); ?>" /><?php } ?></th>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'modified':
+		case 'date':
+			if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $post->post_date && 'date' == $column_name ) {
+				$t_time = $h_time = __('Unpublished');
+			} else {
+				if ( 'modified' == $column_name ) {
+					$t_time = get_the_modified_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'));
+					$m_time = $post->post_modified;
+					$time = get_post_modified_time('G', true);
+				} else {
+					$t_time = get_the_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'));
+					$m_time = $post->post_date;
+					$time = get_post_time('G', true);
+				}
+				if ( ( abs(time() - $time) ) < 86400 ) {
+					if ( ( 'future' == $post->post_status) )
+						$h_time = sprintf( __('%s from now'), human_time_diff( $time ) );
+					else
+						$h_time = sprintf( __('%s ago'), human_time_diff( $time ) );
+				} else {
+					$h_time = mysql2date(__('Y/m/d'), $m_time);
+				}
+			}
+
+			if ( 'excerpt' == $mode ) { ?>
+		<td><?php echo apply_filters('post_date_column_time', $t_time, $post, $column_name, $mode) ?></td>
+		<?php } else { ?>
+		<td><abbr title="<?php echo $t_time ?>"><?php echo apply_filters('post_date_column_time', $h_time, $post, $column_name, $mode) ?></abbr></td>
+		<?php }
+		break;
+
+		case 'title':
+		?>
+		<td class="post-title"><strong><?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ) { ?><a class="row-title" href="<?php echo $edit_link; ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(sprintf(__('Edit "%s"'), $title)); ?>"><?php echo $title ?></a><?php } else { echo $title; } ?></strong>
+		<?php
+			if ( !empty($post->post_password) ) { _e(' &#8212; <strong>Protected</strong>'); } elseif ('private' == $post->post_status) { _e(' &#8212; <strong>Private</strong>'); }
+
+			if ( 'excerpt' == $mode )
+				the_excerpt();
+
+			$actions = array();
+			$actions['edit'] = '<a href="post.php?action=edit&amp;post=' . $post->ID . '">' . __('Edit') . '</a>';
+			$actions['delete'] = "<a class='submitdelete' href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$post->ID", 'delete-post_' . $post->ID) . "' onclick=\"if ( confirm('" . js_escape(sprintf( ('draft' == $post->post_status) ? __("You are about to delete this draft '%s'\n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete.") : __("You are about to delete this post '%s'\n  'Cancel' to stop, 'OK' to delete."), $post->post_title )) . "') ) { return true;}return false;\">" . __('Delete') . "</a>";
+			$action_count = count($actions);
+			$i = 0;
+			foreach ( $actions as $action => $link ) {
+				++$i;
+				( $i == $action_count ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = ' | ';
+				echo "<span class='$action'>$link$sep</span>";
+			}
+		?>
+		</td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'categories':
+		?>
+		<td><?php
+			$categories = get_the_category();
+			if ( !empty( $categories ) ) {
+				$out = array();
+				foreach ( $categories as $c )
+					$out[] = "<a href='edit.php?category_name=$c->slug'> " . wp_specialchars(sanitize_term_field('name', $c->name, $c->term_id, 'category', 'display')) . "</a>";
+					echo join( ', ', $out );
+			} else {
+				_e('Uncategorized');
+			}
+		?></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'tags':
+		?>
+		<td><?php
+			$tags = get_the_tags();
+			if ( !empty( $tags ) ) {
+				$out = array();
+				foreach ( $tags as $c )
+					$out[] = "<a href='edit.php?tag=$c->slug'> " . wp_specialchars(sanitize_term_field('name', $c->name, $c->term_id, 'post_tag', 'display')) . "</a>";
+				echo join( ', ', $out );
+			} else {
+				_e('No Tags');
+			}
+		?></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'comments':
+		?>
+		<td class="num"><div class="post-com-count-wrapper">
+		<?php
+			$pending_phrase = sprintf( __('%s pending'), number_format( $pending_comments ) );
+			if ( $pending_comments )
+				echo '<strong>';
+				comments_number("<a href='edit.php?p=$post->ID' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('0') . '</span></a>', "<a href='edit.php?p=$post->ID' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('1') . '</span></a>', "<a href='edit.php?p=$post->ID' title='$pending_phrase' class='post-com-count'><span class='comment-count'>" . __('%') . '</span></a>');
+				if ( $pending_comments )
+				echo '</strong>';
+		?>
+		</div></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'author':
+		?>
+		<td><a href="edit.php?author=<?php the_author_ID(); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'status':
+		?>
+		<td>
+		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo attribute_escape(sprintf(__('View "%s"'), $title)); ?>" rel="permalink">
+		<?php
+			switch ( $post->post_status ) {
+				case 'publish' :
+				case 'private' :
+					_e('Published');
+					break;
+				case 'future' :
+					_e('Scheduled');
+					break;
+				case 'pending' :
+					_e('Pending Review');
+					break;
+				case 'draft' :
+					_e('Unpublished');
+					break;
+			}
+		?>
+		</a>
+		</td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'control_view':
+		?>
+		<td><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="permalink" class="view"><?php _e('View'); ?></a></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'control_edit':
+		?>
+		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='$edit_link' class='edit'>" . __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		case 'control_delete':
+		?>
+		<td><?php if ( current_user_can('delete_post', $post->ID) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url("post.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-post_' . $post->ID) . "' class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+
+		default:
+		?>
+		<td><?php do_action('manage_posts_custom_column', $column_name, $post->ID); ?></td>
+		<?php
+		break;
+	}
+}
+?>
+	</tr>
+<?php
+	$post = $global_post;
+}
+
 /*
  * display one row if the page doesn't have any children
  * otherwise, display the row and its children in subsequent rows