How to work in the WordPress admin panel

How to work in the WordPress admin panel

Despite great popularity, the panel of the administrator of CMS WordPress is not the simplest and clear. However having dealt with all key pages once, you with ease will be able to perform necessary operations on setup and optimization of a resource.

Instruction

1. The main point of the panel of the administrator of WordPress is "console" which window opens right after an input on a resource. Here you will see all key information which is available to the managing director. There you will be able to view the last published articles, comments which expect check, availability of updates and some technical moments. Also on this page the window for fast creation of posts is located.

2. The following item is "records". Here you will find all published posts. By means of the hot keys and the menu you will be able to edit massively them in the automatic mode. Also by means of the Properties and Parameters keys you will be able to change the main settings. For example, to change authorship or to specify necessary time of the publication. It is very convenient as it is not necessary to visit the page of each record separately. In addition, here you will be able to find the button to go to creation of a full-fledged post.

3. "Pages" is key point for definition of an administrative part of a resource. If records are, in fact, a making elements of content of the website, then pages are separate blocks of important information. For example, there publish a contact information, a site map, offers on advertizing and so on. Pages are to the preset templates and empty. Everything depends on a specific subject and the version of WordPress.

4. "Comments" is a menu item in which you will be able to manage comments of users. Several main actions are by default available: approve, send to spam, edit and delete. Some plug-ins allow to automate a number of these actions. For example, to allow to publish comments from certain users or to completely prohibit spam.

5. The appearance tab allows to change design of the website. Here you can select a necessary template, configure widgets (add-on information units) and also to edit the code of a resource. If you, for example, need to put a banner in a side bar, then just select the widgets item, drag the HTML tab to the right place and insert the advertizing code.

6. Two significant elements of the panel of the administrator are "plug-ins" and "settings". In the first point you will be able to enable new additions and also to edit previous. Consider that standard search is conducted mainly in English therefore it is better to look for plug-ins separately. You can specify the main characteristics of a resource in settings. For example, name of the website, its description, possibility of commenting and adding of records.

7. In the Tools tab there is an additional functionality which the web master can use. For example, it is possible to configure the fast publication, having added the corresponding button to favorites of the browser. The translation function of headings in tags, export and import of records is also available.

8. The Users tab is intended for work with the registered visitors. In the subparagraph "All users" all available accounts will be displayed. They can be edited massively, to quickly change separate settings and also to see statistics on a record count. The subparagraph "Add the new user" allows to create the new account, and "Your account" - to change personal data and also to select a necessary color gamma.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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