Step 3 – Publishing Content

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Creating a website with WordPress starts with publishing a new post or a new page. You may wonder – what is the difference between posts and pages?

The answer is simple. WordPress posts can be categorized, tagged, archived. WordPress posts are used to publish time-sensitive content. In contrast, pages are mainly for static, dateless content. They don’t have categories or tags. Contact us or About pages are good examples of pages.

Step 3.1 – Creating a New Post

To create a new WordPress post open the Add New section under Posts or choose New -> Post option from the top toolbar.

You will be presented with an editing screen with an array of posting features. The first thing you should do is enter a title for your post. Secondly, enter the actual content of your post in the field below. If you want to format your text, use the toolbar options. It’s similar to the one you can find in MS Word or any other popular text editor.

At the right-hand side of the screen, you can see the so-called meta-boxes. Each box has a particular function.

  • Publish. Here you can change the status and visibility of your post, schedule it. By clicking the Publish button your post will go live. If you decide to delete the post, press the Move to Trash button.
  • Categories. On this box, you can assign your post to a specific category. You can even create a new one by pressing the + Add New Category button.
  • Tags box allows to quickly add new tags.
  • Featured Image. Here you can assign a featured image to a post. It will be visible at the very top of the post (image location can be different depending on theme).

Step 3.2 – Creating a New Page

In order to create a new WordPress page, open the Add New section under Pages menu or click New -> Page button at the top toolbar.

Add New page section has identical WYSIWYG text editor just like the Posts section has. Thus, the process of text input and formatting is the same.

You may also notice that Pages section does not have Tags and Categories meta-boxes. Instead, it has a box called Page Attributes. In this section, you can change the order of your pages and set parent pages. This is useful if you want to have several pages under one parent page.

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