What does most usually publish on their first WordPress post? Most bloggers introduce themselves, explain what their blog is about and why the users should subscribe.
But whatever it is, a lot of people are confused about the post editor, especially now, that the Gutenberg editor has been updated.
So while logged-in click on Posts > Add New
Here are a few important parts of the WordPress posts editor:
01 Post Title
02 Gutenberg Block Editor
03 Add Block
04 Undo and Redo buttons
05 Preview
See the post before publishing it.
06 Publish button
07 Visibility
Public – this will be visible to everyone
Private – this is only visible to users who are logged in to the site
Password Protected – this will only be visible to users who has the password of the page
08 Publish
You have the option to publish the post immediately or after adding it, schedule it for posting in the future or change the date as if it was posted in the past.
09 Stick to the top of the blog
10 Pending Review
When this is checked, it means it’s waiting for a review from the Editor
11 View Post
This section contains a link to the post, once it’s saved, you have the option to change the url slug
12 Categories
Select or add a category/ies for your post in this section, you also have the option to choose the main category for the post
13 Tags
Add post tags
14 Featured Image
Here’s where you add the featured image, normally, this image is placed on top of the post, depending on the theme
15 Manual Excerpt
This doesn’t show up all the time in the post editor, it depends on the theme, but here’s where you put the summary of the post which shows up on the Blog, Archive, Category and Search Results pages
16 Discussion
Disable comments and pingbacks & trackbacks
17 Post Attributes: Template
This usually depends on the theme, but on the Twenty Twenty theme, there’s an option to choose a template for posts
You can play around with the Gutenberg editor before adding your post, just make sure you are maximizing the use of it, enjoy blogging!