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What exactly is a WordPress Post? How to Create and Update a WordPress Post?

A CMS can have various types of content, and since WordPress is a CMS, it also has various types of content, which is referred to as posts. All of those posts are saved in the same place in WordPress, namely the wp post table in the database you created during installation.

To view all existing posts on your website, follow these steps:

STEP 1: Navigate to the post link on the dashboard’s left sidebar. A menu will appear; select ‘All posts’ from that menu.
STEP 2: It will take you to a new page with all of the posts’ information such as author, categories, tags, and so on.

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How to Add a New POST

STEP 1: Log in to your WordPress blog using your admin credentials.
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STEP 2: Navigate to the post link on the dashboard’s left sidebar. A menu will appear, then click on the new post link in that menu.

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STEP 3: A new post form will be displayed. Enter the post’s title in the form’s first line (text box).

STEP 4: Enter the content in the post form’s text area.

STEP 5: Now, click Set featured image to add a featured image to your post. The featured image will be used to describe your post.

STEP 6: Select the post’s category from the dashboard’s right bar, or create a new category by clicking on Add New Category.

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STEP 7: You can include media, such as images or videos, in your post:

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A. Click on the Add Media button on the top left of the text box to add the content to your post.

B. A new window will open. It will display some images, and you can select any of them. By clicking on ‘upload files,’ you can upload any new image from your system.

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STEP 7: Add tags to your post in the sidebar. For a single post, you can use multiple tags.

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STEP 9: To add a featured image, you can choose from existing images or upload one from the system. If you want to add an existing image, navigate to media files; if you want to upload an image, navigate to upload files. After you’ve chosen an image, click Set featured image to include it in your post. This is how it will be perceived…..

Click Remove featured image to remove the featured image.

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STEP 10: To add a comment option to your post, go to the top right corner of the screen and click on screen options. A window will appear.

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From the window, select the discussion option.

Scroll down the screen until you see a discussion box; select Allow comments and Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page.

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STEP 11: To view the preview of your post, click ‘preview’ in the top right corner of your dashboard. It will display a preview of your post to you.

If you don’t like your post and want to delete it, go to the bottom left corner of the publish window and click the’move to trash’ button.

 

STEP 12: If you like your post and want to share it with others, click the publish button in the publish window.

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Steps for deleting or editing a Post:

STEP 1: Navigate to the All Posts page.
STEP 2: Move your cursor over the post you want to delete or edit. You will see the delete and edit options. To delete a post, select Trash, and to edit an existing post, select Edit.

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