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Scheduling WordPress posts is an easy way to control when your content is published. Use the built-in WordPress post scheduler to add a time to publish. Scheduling WordPress Posts This WordPress posts scheduling feature is found in the Publish box on the upper right side of the post editor page. To schedule a post for…

In this tutorial, we’ll be covering some of the basics of formatting your WordPress posts with the built-in WordPress post editor formatting options. The majority of your formatting options can be found in the Post Editor Toolbar. If you’ve ever used a word processing software such as Microsoft Word, most of these icons should look…

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through using the WordPress Media Library. The WordPress Media Library contains all the files you’ve uploaded to your WordPress site, with the most recent uploads listed first. Using the WordPress Media Library To visit your WordPress Media Library, expand the Media menu from the WordPress Dashboard.  The Media Library page will…

Using a visual element like an image or photo is a great way to spruce up your post or page content. Adding Images in WordPress 1. Determine where you’d like to insert your image in your post. 2. Click the + button to bring up an insert options box. Choose Image. 3. Your WordPress site…

The WordPress post and page editor makes it easy to add hyperlinks to other web pages from your content. Adding Links in WordPress 1. From the WordPress post or page editor, select the text that you want to be hyperlinked. 2. Once you have that text selected, click the hyperlink button in the toolbar. 3. This…

To get started creating your first WordPress post, locate the Posts menu in the left-hand side of the WordPress Dashboard. You can either hover over the Posts link or click to expand it to reveal the submenu. The Add New Posts page can also be found from the + New link in the WordPress Admin Bar,…

WordPress offers a ton of settings for customizing how your site functions. In this tutorial, we’ll be covering WordPress Settings in depth. Exploring WordPress Settings From the WordPress Dashboard, locate the Settings menu. If we hover over this menu, you’ll see a submenu appear with options for various WordPress settings, including: WordPress General Settings To get…

In this tutorial, we’ll be discussing the WordPress Admin Bar or toolbar. The WordPress Admin Bar is a shortcut area that allows you to access the behind the scenes controls when you’re on the front-end of your WordPress blog or website. Using the WordPress Admin Bar The WordPress Admin Bar is the dark grey bar…

To access the WordPress dashboard, you’ll need to first log in to your WordPress site. Once you’ve logged in to your WordPress site, you’ll land here, the WordPress Dashboard. Exploring the WordPress Dashboard The WordPress Dashboard allows you to control all of the behind-the-scene details of managing your site. Once you find your way around the…

Once WordPress has been installed on your web server, you can access your WordPress login page from two different URLs. Your WordPress Login URL The first way to access your WordPress Login URL will be in this format: http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php You can also log in from: http://yoursite.com/wp-admin For example, for a new WordPress installation, you can…

WordPress is a free, open-source website creation platform. On a more technical level, WordPress is a content management system (CMS) written in PHP that uses a MySQL database. In non-geek speak, WordPress is the easiest and most powerful blogging and website builder in existence today. WordPress is an excellent website platform for a variety of…

Find out the differences between and the reasons for using posts and pages.